Vancouver School of Theology - Somerville House

Location:

6015 Walter Gage Road

Date:

Original Construction - 2004
Renovated - c.2013

Architect:

Original - unknown
Renovation - Christine Lintott

Cost:

Unknown

Sources of funds:

Sales of property for housing development along Iona Drive and sale of the Iona Building.

Name History:

2004-Current: Somerville House. Named after Archbishop T. David Somerville

Architectural features:

Current design adapts Christian references including a cruciform composed of a roof plane intersecting with a vertical element at one end. The vertical component is a frame illuminated by placement of fenestration at the building wall. The horizontal roof is suspended above a glazed forth floor clerestory expression above a more solid three story building base. The composition is complemented by distilled vertical frame elements which serve to buttress the east and west facades.

Use History:

2004-2013: A student residence for the Vancouver School of Theology
2013-Current: Vancouver School of Theology, McMillan Library
2018-2021: First floor of south end used by Great Dane Coffee as overflow seating and a bakery.

Sources:

UBC Archives, Ubyssey, Vancouver School of Theology, UBC Campus and Community Planning

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