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UBC Buildings – Chronology

Chronological index to University buildings and facilities, 1911-present

Fairview Campus
Point Grey Campus (1925: Farm Buildings | Permanent Buildings | Semi-permanent Buildings) | 1926-1939 | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s
Okanagan Campus

Photographs of many of these buildings and facilities can be found in the UBC Historical Photographs database.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX

Fairview Campus (1911-1925)

Point Grey Campus (1912- )

Cecil Green Park House (1912)

Farm Buildings (1917-1925)

Old Dairy Barn (1917)
Barn Coffee Shop (Horticultural Barn) (1917)
Dairy Barn (1918)
Naramata Court – Farm Cottages Acadia (1919)
Cheeze Factory – Engineering Undergraduate Society (Dairy Building) (1920)
Plant Science Annex B (Vocational Building) (1920)
Soldiers’ Civil Re-establishment Building (1920)
Beef Barn (1920)
AMS Dog Barn (Horse Barn) (1920)
Incubators Building (1920)
Landscape Architecture Annex (Agronomy Barn) (1925)
Sheep Barn (1925)
Piggery (1925)

Permanent Buildings (1925)

Semi-Permanent Buildings (1925)

Arts One Building (Old Forestry Building)
Auditorium
Geography Building (Old Applied Sciences Building)
Mathematics Annex (Old Agriculture Building)
Mathematics Building (Old Arts Building)
Mining, Metallurgy and Hydraulics Building
Mechanical Engineering Annex A – Hut M-17 (Electrical Laboratories)
Mechanical Engineering Lab – Hut M-18 (Mechanical Laboratories)
Old Administration Building

1926-1939

Old Fire Hall (1926)
Vancouver School of Theology – Chancellor Building (Anglican College) (1927)
Vancouver School of Theology – Iona Building (Union College) (1927)
Women’s Gymnasium (Old Gymnasium) (1929)
Green College – Graham House (1930)
Stadium (Old) (1937)
Fort Point Grey (1939)

1940s

Brock Hall (1940)
Acadia Camp (1941)
Armoury (1941)
Army Huts (1945)
Hillel House (1945)
Faculty Club – Old (1946)
Scenery Shop (1946)
Campus Planning and Development II (Stores Building) (1947)
Field House (1947)
Hennings Building (Physics) (1947)
Vivarium (Agricultural Pavilion) (1947)
Computer Sciences Building (Engineering) (1948)
Task Force Building (Agricultural Engineering and Mechanics) (1948)
Totem Park (1948)
Graham’s Gates (1949)
Home Economics Building (1949)

1950s

Biological Sciences Building (1950)
Mary Bollert Hall (1950)
Norman MacKenzie House (President’s Residence) (1950)
War Memorial Gymnasium (1950)
Anthropology and Sociology Building – Anne Wesbrook Hall (1951)
Anthropology and Sociology Building – Isabel MacInness Hall (1951)
Geophysics and Astronomy Building (Old B.C. Research Council Building) (1951)
George F. Curtis Building (old Law Building) (1951)
Horticulture Building (Head House) (1951)
Poultry Products Building (1951)
Turkey Research Wing (1951)
Wesbrook Building (Preventive Medicine Institute) (1951)
Campus Planning and Development I (1952)
Botany Annex (1954)
Empire Pool (1954)
Header House (1955)
Parking and Security Services Building (1955)
Plant Science Greenhouse (1955)
Buchanan Building (1958)
International House (1958)
St. Andrew’s Hall (1958)
St. Mark’s College (1958)
Faculty Club – New (1959)
Food Science Building (1959)
Totem Pole Shed (1959)

1960s

Agriculture Research Station and Buildings (1960)
Carey Hall (1960)
Pan-Hellenic House (1960)
Place Vanier Residence (1960)
D.H. Copp Building (1961)
Friedman Building (1961)
Medical Sciences Block C (1961)
Thea Koerner House (Graduate Student Centre) (1961)
Animal Science South Campus Buildings (1961-1974):
- Aquaculture Teaching and Research Centre
- Beef Cattle Research Building
- Dairy Cattle Teaching and Research Unit
- Sherwood Building – Physiology Research
- Small Ruminant Research Unit
George Cunningham Building (1961)
Frederic Lasserre Building (1962)
Neville Scarfe Building (1962)
South Staff Office Block (Education) (1962)
Frederic Wood Theatre (1963)
Landscape Architecture Studios (1963)
Ponderosa Centre (Ponderosa Cafeteria) (1963)
Rugby Pavilion (1963)
Totem Field Studios (1963)
Totem Park Residence (1964)
MacLeod Building (1964)
Plant Sciences Field Station and Garage (1964)
Apiary (1964)
Hebb Buildings (1964)
Woodward Library (1964)
Thunderbird Winter Sports Centre (1965)
Henry Angus Building (1965)
Acadia Park Highrise (1967)
Acadia Park Pre-school (1967)
Acadia Park Residence (1967)
John Barfoot Macdonald Building (1967)
H.R. MacMillan Building (1967)
Thunderbird Stadium (1967)
John Owen Pavilion and Allan McGavin Sports Medicine Centre (1967)
Ladner Clock Tower (1968)
Fisheries Centre – Hut B8 (1968)
Forward (Frank) Building (1968)
Music Building (1968)
Student Union Building (SUB) (1968)
Plant Operations Nursery – Gardeners Residence and Laboratory (1968)
Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre — UBC Pavilions (1968-1980):
- Detwiller Pavilion (Psychiatry)
- Koerner Pavilion (Acute Care)
- Purdy Pavilion (Extended Care)
B.C. Research Corporation Building (1969)
Fish and Game Branch Workshops (1969)
General Services Administration Building (1969)
TRIUMF (1969)

1970s

Carr Hall – Centre for Continuing Studies (1970)
Osborne (Robert F.) Centre/Gym (1970)
Duke Building (1970)
South Campus Warehouse (1970)
Astrophysical Trailer (1971)
Ponderosa Office Annexes (1971-1973):
- A, B and C
- D, E and F
- G and H
Civil and Mechanical Engineering Laboratories (1971)
Geological Science Centre (1971)
Instructional Resource Centre (I.R.C.) (1972)
Buchanan Tower (1972)
Walter H. Gage Residence (1972)
Adult Education Research Centre (1973)
Counselling Psychology Building (1973)
Forestry Annex A (1973)
Sedgewick Library (1973)
Environmental Services Facilities (1973)
James Mather Building (1973)
TRIUMF House (1974)
Forestry Annex 6 (1975)
Plant Science Field Building (1975)
Main Substation (1975)
Asian Centre (1975)
Berwick Memorial Centre (1976)
Animal Care Centre (1976)
Botanical Garden (1976-1990):
- Garden Centre/Gatehouse
- Gift Shop
- Workshop Trailer
Museum of Anthropology (1976)
Civil and Mechanical Engineering Building (1976)
Ocean Engineering Centre (1978)
Aquatic Centre (1978)
Library Processing Centre (1979)

1980s

Health Sciences Parkade (1980)
Coal and Mineral Processing Laboratory (1981)
School of Family and Nutritional Sciences Building (1982)
Public Safety Building (1982)
Fraser River Parkade (1982)
Bookstore (1983)
Douglas Kenny Building (1984)
Fairview Crescent Student Housing (1985)
PAPRICAN Building (1985)
Forest Sciences Trailer (1986)
Pulp and Paper Centre (1986)
Biomedical Research Centre (1987)
Biotechnology Laboratory (Michael Smith Laboratories) (1987)
North Parkade (1988)
Acadia Family Housing – Phase II (1988)
Acadia Family Housing – Phase III (1989)
Audiology and Speech Sciences Trailer (1989)
Forest Harvesting and Wood Science Trailer (1989)
Acadia Community Center (1989)
Acadia (Faculty) Row Housing (1989)
Child Care Services Buildings (1989)
Gas Gun Facility (1989)

1990s

Centre for Research in Women’s Studies and Gender Relations (1990)
Child Care Services Administration Building (1990)
Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada Building (F.E.R.I.C.) (1990)
Wood Products Laboratory (1990)
Forintek Western Research Facility (1990)
Ambulance Station (1991)
Networks of Centre of Excellence (NCE) (1991)
International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy (1992)
Jack Bell Building for the School of Social Work (1992)
Legal Aid Clinic (1992)
Mathematics and Statistics Resource Centre (1992)
David Lam Management Research Centre (1992)
First Nations Longhouse (1992)
Engineering High Headroom Laboratory (1992)
Plant Operations Exterior Storage Shed (1992)
Ritsumeikan House (1992)
University Services Centre Building (1992)
West Parkade (1992)
Point Grey Apartments (1993)
Centre for the Integrated Computer Systems Research/Computer Science (C.I.C.S.R/C.S.) (1993)
Rose Garden Parkade (1994)
Student Recreation Centre (1995)
Thunderbird Residence (1995)
Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratories – A.M.P.E.L. (1995)
Gerald McGavin Building (1995)
Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery (1995)
Neville Scarfe Library (1995)
NRC Institute for Machinery Research (1995)
St. Andrew’s Hall – Residences (1996)
Walter C. Koerner Library (1996)
C.K. Choi Building for the Institute of Asian Research (1996)
Centre for Continuing Studies (1997)
Sing Tao School of Journalism (1997)
St. John’s College (1997)
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts (1997)
Forest Sciences Centre (1998)
Leon and Thea Koerner University Centre (1999)

2000s

Donald Rix Building (2000)
Liu Centre for the Study of Global Issues (2000)
Robson Square Campus (UBC at Robson Square) (2001)
Earthquake Engineering Building (2003)
Tec de Monterrey University – UBC House (2003)
David Strangway Building (2005)
Fred Kaiser Building (2005)
Life Sciences Centre (2005)
West Mall Swing Space Building (2005)
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (2005-08)
Marine Drive Residences (2005-09)
Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL) (2006)
Chemical and Biological Engineering Building (2006)
John M.S. Lecky UBC Boathouse (2006)
Fraser Hall Residence(2006)
Natural Resources Canada Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation (2006)
Abdul Ladha Science Student Centre (2007)
Dorothy Somerset Studios (2007)
Old Barn Community Centre (2007)
MBA House (2009)

2010s

Biodiversity Research Centre and Beaty Biodiversity Museum (2010)
Allard Hall (2011)
UBC Tennis Centre (2011)
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (C.I.R.S.)(2011)
Wayne & William White Engineering Design Centre (2011)
Somerville House (2013)
UBC Life Building (2017)

Okanagan Campus (2005-)

Kalamalka and Valhalla (2006)
Cascades and Upper Cascades (2007-2009)
Charles E. Fipke Centre for Innovative Research (2008)
University Centre Building (2009)
Nicola Residence (2009)
Arts and Science II (2010)
Cassiar Residence (2010)
Engineering, Management, and Education Building (2011)
Purcell Residence (2011)

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