Saunders Annex
Formerly Visual Arts Building (1979)
This one-storey building, of structural steel construction, was designed to provide interim
accommodation for the printmaking and sculpture programs within the Department of Visual
Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts. At the time of the building's completion, other programs of this
department were moved to the adjacent army hut "M."
Facts and Figures
Architect: Peterson & Lester
Structural: Willis, Cunliffe, Tait & Company Ltd.
Mechanical: D. W. Thomson & Company Ltd.
Electrical: Spratt & Associates
Contractor: Dura Construction Ltd.
Contract: $398,867 (June 26, 1978); $407,836
Gross area: 10,706 sq. ft.
Cost per
square foot:
$38.09
See UVic's maps and buildings description.






