Sedgewick Building (1968 and 1969)
Offices and Seminar Rooms
The Sedgewick Building consists in fact of three separate but closely grouped units of
similar design. These are one-storey buildings of wood frame construction, with an exterior
finish of cedar siding. The major part of the first stage (1968) originally housed the
Department of English, and after 1976 the Faculty of Human and Social Development; a
smaller unit to the south was designed to accommodate presidential and vice-presidential
offices. The second stage (1969) was built for several small departments in the Humanities,
before being reassigned in 1979 to administrative use.
Name
Dr. Garnett Gladwin Sedgewick (1882–1949), a native of Nova Scotia and a graduate of
Dalhousie and Harvard, was the dynamic head of the University of British Columbia English
Department from 1918 to 1948. His name commemorates the close link that Victoria College enjoyed with UBC.
Facts and Figures
Architect: Barry V. Downs, [Vancouver]
Mechanical: F. T. Gardiner, P. Eng.
Electrical: Spratt & Associates
Contractor: (Stage I) Farmer Construction Ltd., (Stage II) H. E. Fowler & Sons Ltd.
Contract: (Stage 1) $299,683 (May 7, 1968); $300,520,
(Stage II) $215,444 (Apr. 28, 1969); $212,236
Gross area: 17,400 sq. ft. (I), 11,000 sq. ft. (II)
Cost per
square foot: $17.29 (I), $19.29 (II)
See UVic's maps and buildings description.
Plans