HOME		The Measured Drawings of British Columbia bring to the Internet a collection of "As Found" drawings, exhibiting a sampling of the architectural diversity of historical buildings in British Columbia. The original "As Found" drawings were completed by third and fourth year architecture students at the University of British Columbia. The drawings in this website were reproduced from six bound manuals of half-size reproductions. The six manuals contain 53 historic buildings from around the province. The drawings shown here were chosen for their variety and practical representation of British Columbia architecture -from the vernacular to the high style. The site is a contrast of the industrial and residential, the public and private, and the entrepreneurial and community. Everyone in British Columbia shares the common thread of old buildings that populate our towns and cities. We have all walked past the old school, city hall, the edge of town by the CPR Station, or out towards the old sawmill. Even a young country like Canada has a living history, and these buildings are documents and found sculptures linking us to the people, culture, times, events and ingenuity of the builders. Measured Drawings are both functional and aesthetic. The dimensional sums and parts, the details and elevations, are accurately rendered; but, more than blueprints or architectural plans, measured drawings are meant to be graphically pleasing, well designed and contain the nature of the place they are describing. This website is for students, architects, historians, and old building connoisseurs of all sorts. We hope you will take the time to explore the wonderful drawings and read about the buildings shown here. You will find elevations, sections, floor plans, details, window plans, stairwells and steeples. You will discover tools, decorative features and materials that are not used much any more. At the R.B. Mclean Sawmill you can look over the plans for a steam sawmill operation, and at Ceperly Mansion, see how an early entrepreneur built a domestic sanctuary in the rainforest of Vancouver. The Historic Places Initiative Many of the sites shown here are already restored historical sites and some of them, like Wells Centennial Hall, are in process. Others have unknown fates such as the Ozeroff Village. The Historic Places Initiative is a national program designed to strengthen the culture of conservation in Canada. It was developed jointly by the federal, provincial and territorial governments. Two tools developed for the Historic Places Initiative are the Canadian Register of Historic Places and the Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada. The Register is a online, searchable database of historic places formally recognized by local, provincial, territorial and federal governments. The Standards and Guidelines is an enabling document designed to provide practical, effective guidance on conservation action. Many of the buildings on this website are listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places. We encourage you to view the register record for each of the places through the link below to the Canadian Register. We hope this website will introduce you to some of the many heritage places in British Columbia. We hope that you are inspired to visit the sites and that you will gain a better understanding of heritage conservation and conservation values.

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Last updated 31 August 1998. This digital collection was produced under contract to the Canada's Digital Collections Program, Industry Canada. Produced by Canada's Digital Collections Team. Content provided by BC Heritage Trust and Heritage Branch, Province of British Columbia. Site maintained by fishAbility.