1927 – Hudsons Bay Company, Vancouver, British Columbia

Designed by Burke, Horwood & White of Toronto, and who specialised in designing large commercial buildings using historic styles but contemporary materials. Their work was known for favouring glazed terra-cotta, steel frames and fireproof construction methods. Although it was considered a new technique, the building had a reinforced concrete frame rather than steel. A substantial building, at six storeys, the design included the possibility of an additional four storeys at a later date.

“The accompanying illustration is a view of the proposed new building to be erected by the Hudson’s Bay Co., for their department store, at the northeast corner of Granville and Hornby streets, Vancouver. This structure will be the largest store or office building in British Columbia. It will be 10 storeys high, 150 by 260 feet in dimensions, and will be of reinforced concrete and steel construction, with a terra cotta front and stone trim. The cost, complete, will be about $2,000,000. Messrs. Burke, Horwood & White, Toronto, are the architects.”
Engineering and Contract Record, September 25, 1912

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