Parking and Security Services Building

Location:
6501 North West Marine Drive
Date:
Original construction: 1955
Addition: 1982-83
Architect:
1955: Thompson, Berwick & Pratt
1982-83: UBC Physical Plant
Cost:
n/a
Sources of funds:
n/a
Architectural features:
This is a 2-floor domestic building with standard floor to ceiling height.Its vertical cedar siding and stucco show no big differences from housing of the 50s.
Construction Type:
Wood frame, modest pitched roof
Notes:
This facility (referred as Home Management House) was originally intended as a place for the Department of Home Economics (now Family and Nutritional Sciences). It was previously used by UBC Botanical Gardens as their head office.
Building users:
Departments of Parking and Security
Sources:
Fine Arts Pamphlet Files; UBC Buildings (Campus Planning)

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