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Book Launch | Copp House by Adele Weder

October 26, 2017 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

In 1950, a young Vancouver architectural apprentice was handed a small house project that his boss was too busy to take on. The apprentice, Ron Thom, took the simple plan and rectangular foundation that had been roughed in, and transformed it into a groundbreaking work of architecture that gained national fame. Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright and Richard Neutra, but using local wood and paying careful attention to its verdant oceanside setting, Thom created a landmark for the new architectural movement known as West Coast Modernism. The client, Dr. Harold Copp, was himself a trailblazer, the first head of the physiology department in the University of British Columbia’s new Faculty of Medicine and a research pioneer. Generously illustrated with both vintage and contemporary architectural photography, line drawings, and photographs of the architect and residents, the Copp House is the story of a cultural landmark on the shores of Vancouver.

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Date:
October 26, 2017
Time:
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Event Category:
Website:
https://sala.ubc.ca/news-events/event/2017-10-26-book-launch-copp-house-adele-weder

Venue

Inform Interiors
50 Water Street
Vancouver,Canada

Organizer

UBC SALA
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