Main entry:

Van Norman, Charles B. K.

Title & Author:

Charles B.K. Van Norman fonds, ca. 1942-1967.

Description:

96 items.

Restrictions:

Access by appointment only.

Notes:
Consists of 65 photographs, 24 drawings (including 7 reprographic copies), 3 textual records, 2 albums, 1 negative, and 1 panel.
File 1. C.B.K. Van Norman House -- file 2. Powell River department store -- file 3. Powell River low cost housing -- file 4. Prefabrication plant proposal -- file 5. Prefabricated timber cabin -- file 6. Prefabricated wooden duplex house -- file 7. Loxtave Housing Unit -- file 8. House types A, F and G -- file 9. Bridge River power house -- file 10. Canada Customs Building -- file 11. Vancouver community centre proposal -- file 12. Burrard Building -- file 13. Qualicum Junior Senior High School -- file 14. Mission City school -- file 15. Toronto office building -- file 16. Toronto City Hall and Square Competition -- file 17. Park Harbour Redevelopment Project -- file 18. Eaton's Department Store and Office Tower -- file 19. Empire Tower -- file 20. Beach Towers Apartment Buildings -- file 21. Block Brothers Head Office Building -- file 22. Powell River 40-family housing development -- file 23. Powell River men's residence block -- file 24. Unidentified office building.

Biographical note:

Charles B.K. Van Norman, architect; born 1906 or 1907, Meaford, Ont.; died 1975, Vancouver, B.C. Charles B.K. Van Norman studied at the University of Manitoba school of architecture, Winnipeg, from 1924-1928, while working summers in the office of Winnipeg architect A.A. Stoughton. Upon graduation, Van Norman joined the Vancouver firm of Townley & Matheson, founded his own practice in 1930, but also worked for McCarter & Nairne in 1935. During the war, he organized the Precision Housing Company in 1944 to design and manufacture prefabricated housing in Canada and for Britain. In 1955, C.B.K. Van Norman and Associates was founded, and later architect Ojars Kalns became a partner with Van Norman.

Resources:
Finding aid

Subject:

Van Norman, Charles B. K.
Architecture British Columbia History 20th century.
Architecture Colombie-Britannique Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture.
British Columbia.
Architecture (object genre) Canada British Columbia 1940-1970.

Form/genre:

Fonds (collections)
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library archives collection 262908
Call No.: AP096
Status: Available