Duke of Edinburgh's International Awards City Tour

ADDRESS: 800 Smithe St, Vancouver BC NEIGHBOURHOOD: Downtown TYPE: Commercial SIGNIFICANCE: A: Primary Significance The Robson Square complex was designed by architect Arthur Erickson in 1973, and incorporates UBC’s main downtown site, th... Read more

  ADDRESS: 578 Carrall St, Vancouver BC NEIGHBOURHOOD: Chinatown TYPE: Parks & Landscapes GRANTS: Heritage Conservation Grant 2019 & 2021 PROTECTION & RECOGNITION: M: Municipal Protection SIGNIFICANCE: O: Other This Suzhou-styl... Read more

ADDRESS: 104-108 E Pender St, Vancouver BC NEIGHBOURHOOD: Chinatown TYPE: Mixed Use PROTECTION & RECOGNITION: M: Municipal Protection SIGNIFICANCE: A: Primary Significance Vancouver’s Chinese Benevolent Association (CBA) was formed in... Read more

ADDRESS: 128 W Pender St, Vancouver BC NEIGHBOURHOOD: Downtown TYPE: Commercial PROTECTION & RECOGNITION: M: Municipal Protection SIGNIFICANCE: A: Primary Significance This Beaux Arts structure was designed by W.T. Whiteway and built in... Read more

ADDRESS: 111 W Hastings St, Vancouver BC NEIGHBOURHOOD: Downtown TYPE: Mixed Use PROTECTION & RECOGNITION: M: Municipal Protection SIGNIFICANCE: C: Contextual or Character Charles Woodward opened his store at Main and E. Georgia in 1892... Read more

ADDRESS: 207 W Hastings ST, Vancouver BC NEIGHBOURHOOD: Downtown TYPE: Commercial  PROTECTION & RECOGNITION: M: Municipal Protection SIGNIFICANCE: A: Primary Significance This 13-storey Dominion Building was once the highest building i... Read more

ADDRESS: 757 W Hastings St, Vancouver BC NEIGHBOURHOOD: Downtown TYPE: Commercial PROTECTION& RECOGNITION: M: Municipal Protection N: National Protection   SIGNIFICANCE: A: Primary Significance This building is the oldest of the four a... Read more

ADDRESS: 355-385 Burrard St, Vancouver BC NEIGHBOURHOOD: Downtown TYPE: Mixed Use PROTECTION & RECOGNITION: M: Municipal Protection SIGNIFICANCE: A: Primary Significance   The Marine Building was built from 1929-1930. It was designed b... Read more

ADDRESS: Stanley Park, Brockton Point NEIGHBOURHOOD: Stanley Park BC’s most visited tourist attraction, Brockton Point is home to nine totem poles, carved by a variety of Indigenous artists. Despite not being a part of traditional Coast S... Read more

ADDRESS: 1154 Gilford St, Vancouver BC NEIGHBOURHOOD: West End TYPE: Commercial PROTECTION & RECOGNITION: M: Municipal Protection SIGNIFICANCE: A: Primary Significance The Sylvia was designed as an apartment building by Mr. W.P. White, ... Read more

  NEIGHBOURHOOD: Kitsilano to Downtown PROTECTION & RECOGNITION: M: Municipal Protection The Burrard Bridge is more than a span between two points of land, it is a “symbol of Vancouver’s progress and a mark of faith in the city’s... Read more

ADDRESS: 450 W 2nd Ave, Vancouver, BC NEIGHBOURHOOD: Mount Pleasant TYPE: Commercial PROTECTION & RECOGNITION: M: Municipal Protection SIGNIFICANCE: B: Significant This building was originally the Nye’s service station built in 1923. ... Read more

ADDRESS: 85 W 1st Ave, Vancouver, BC NEIGHBOURHOOD: Mount Pleasant TYPE: Commercial SIGNIFICANCE: B: Significant The Domtar Salt Building was constructed in 1931. The original structure was built on 155 piles, on what was then the waterfron... Read more

ADDRESS: 63 W. 6th Avenue NEIGHBOURHOOD: Mount Pleasant TYPE: Industrial SIGNIFICANCE: B: Significant HOUSS is a distinct building in vibrant Mount Pleasant, providing a mix of strata office, light industrial, and restaurant space. Contempo... Read more

This building held MOA before its current building; it is currently the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at UBC’s Vancouver campus. MOA’s operations officially began in 1947, when Audrey Hawthorn was appointed the museum’s first cura... Read more