Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1981-2004 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
- 13,206 architectural drawings
- 9 photographs
- 7 aerial photographs
- 10 maps
- Textual records
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Subseries consists of architectural drawings created by Bing Thom Architects for projects spanning 1981 to 2004. The drawings include sketches, preliminary plans, proposals, development drawings, and construction drawings. The drawings document over eighty projects, including the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, False Creek Yacht Club, Homer Tower, Canada Pavilion Expo '92, Dalian New Town Masterplan, BC Place Convention Centre, Vancouver Aquarium Pacific Canada Pavilion, Aberdeen Centre Expansion, Yuxi Masterplan, and the unrealized Georgia Hotel Project. The series is arranged according to project numbers, which are primarily in chronological order.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
6071 duplicate drawings, shop drawings, and superseded drawings were removed during reprocessing by the archivist between October 2022 and March 2023.
Accruals
System of arrangement
Sub-subseries were arranged by project number order during processing, which is roughly chronological.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Some drawings pertaining to projects in China and Hong Kong are in Chinese.