Thea Koerner House
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- Street Address
- Marine Drive NW & West Mall
- Architect
- Thompson, erwick & Pratt
- Kaffka, Peter
- Dates From
- 1961
- Material Type
- building
- Street Address
- Marine Drive NW & West Mall
- Architect
- Thompson, erwick & Pratt
- Kaffka, Peter
- Dates From
- 1961
- Material Type
- building
- Source
- Province: Jun 16, 1960, p. 17, Koerner gift contract let.
- The Canadian Architect: Vol. 6, Dec 1961, p. 23-28, Thea Koerner House, UBC, Vancouver, illus. (R 720.5 C212).
- Province: Nov 19, 1959, Thea Koerner House to be built at the UBC with a gift of $400,000 from Dr. Leon J. Koerner ..., illus.
- Sun: May 13, 1961, p. 27, Post-graduates' centre for UBC.
- Sun: Nov 3, 1961, p. 28, Massey Prize to city architects.
- Notes
- Legal description: University Endowment Lands.
- Social and cultural centre for postgraduate students.
- Contractor: Anglin-Norcross Western Ltd.
- Plaza floor of Japanese mosaic tile designed by Zoltan Kiss.
- Fountain designed by Jack Harman.
- Height of building: 4 storeys.
- 1961 gold medalist in the Massey Medals for Architecture.
Map Locations
49.268632,-123.258832