The Leon and Thea Koerner University Centre
- Location:
- 6331 Crescent Road
- Date:
- Original construction: 1959
Addition 1: 1968
Addition 2: 1987
Renovation: August 2008
- Architect:
- Original design: Frederick Lasserre
Renovation: Gordon Hlynsky Architects
- Construction
- Renovation: Syncra Construction Group
- Cost:
- Renovation: $4,682,000
- Sources of funds:
- Leon and Thea Koerner
- Architectural
features:
- This is considered as a masterpiece
of modern architecture and was originally designed by Frederick Lasserre, first Director of the UBC School of Architecture.
- Construction Type:
-
Concrete
- Name History:
- 1959-1998 Faculty Club
1999-Current: The Leon and Thea Koerner University Centre
- Use History:
- 1959-1998 Faculty Club
1999-Current Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS)
1999-Current Sage Restaurant
2014-2016 - Bachelor of International Economics (Now located in the Iona Building)
- Notes:
-
This facility was originally the Faculty Club,
and re-opened in 1999. It is for both the university and the external community,
and is open to public. It can be rented for everything from academic
meetings to receptions and weddings.
- Sources:
- Public Affairs media
releases database; UBC Properties Trust; UBC Maps; Ubyssey; UBC Archives; Peter Wall Institute; Sage Restaurant; Vancouver School of Economics; UBC Learning Spaces.
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