Nicholas R. Bawlf

Nick Bawlf graduated from the University of British Columbia School of architecture in 1963 with a thesis on the rejuvenation of Bastion Square, Victoria, for which he was awarded a Pilkington Scholarship for architectural studies abroad. He worked in London, England (the Civic Trust), Denmark, and Ireland before returning to Canada to work with a number of Vancouver firms such as Thompson, Berwick and Pratt, and Erickson Massey. While with Erickson he was senior designer on the Bank of Canada building, Ottawa. In 1972 he established a practice in Victoria in association with Cooper, Tanner and Associates, Vancouver. In 1978, this became Bawlf Cooper Associates. This firm's major projects have included numerous restorations, such as Market Square and St. Andrews Cathedral, Jewish Synagogue, heritage rehabilitation (Belmont Building), contemporary contextual work (Victoria Conference Centre, Huntington Manor Hotel), and historical restoration work at Barkerville, Cottonwood, Hat Creek and Yale. His Conference Centre design won a Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia Medal for Excellence.

Projects contained in this site:

MacDonald Block renovation, Bastion Square 1979