1931 – Royal Bank Tower, Vancouver, British Columbia
The Royal Bank Tower is a 16 storey office tower located in downtown Vancouver and served as the regional office for the Royal Bank of Canada until 1973.
The Royal Bank Tower is a 16 storey office tower located in downtown Vancouver and served as the regional office for the Royal Bank of Canada until 1973.
An architectural competition was held to design a new assembly building for the province. Francis Rattenbury,
The Temple Building was designed by architect Samuel Maclure for Robert Ward & Company. It is considered his finest commercial building design.
The building faces south and is a five story concrete and glass structure over a podium on a steeply sloping site.
The foundation stone was laid by the Hon John Robson on March 7th 1889 just five months before he became the ninth Premier of British Columbia.
Designed by the architectural firm of Parr and Fee – a partnership of John Parr (1856-1923),
Designed by Burke, Horwood & White of Toronto, and who specialised in designing large commercial buildings using historic styles but contemporary materials.
Now known as Waterfront station, this was originally the Pacific terminus for the CPR’s transcontinental passenger trains to Montreal and Toronto.
Built in 1891, the Milne Block was designed by prominent British Columbia architect, Thomas Hooper (1857-1935),
Constructed as a branch of the Bank of Toronto and now an art gallery. The building has a simplified,