George F. Curtis Building

Location:

1822 East Mall

Date:

Original construction: 1950-51
Addition: 1972-74
Dismantled and replaced by Allard Hall, 2009-11

Architect:

1950-51: Sharp & Thompson, Berwick, Pratt
1972-74: Fred T. Hollingsworth

Cost:

1950-51: $323,263
1972-74: $3,400,000

Sources of funds:

B.C. Government grants

Name history:

Also known as Law Building

Person after whom named:

George F. Curtis - first Dean and Law professor since 1945.

Architectural features:

Original building: classical modernism. Structural steel frame and light steel trusses. Curtain wall and brown brick facing bellow the windows. Concrete addition.

Sources:

Thompson, Berwick, Pratt; UBC Reports vol.19, No.10.

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