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The UBC was replaced in 2000 by the new International Building Code (IBC) published by the International Code Council (ICC). The ICC was a merger of three predecessor organizations which published three different building codes. [2] These were: International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO) Uniform Building Code
The building was subject to the 2012 British Columbia Building Code, which limits wood buildings to six storeys. [7] This necessitated a special approval, as well as two structural reviews. [7] The first review, completed by Merz Kley Partner ZT GmbH of Dornbirn, Austria, focussed on the timber structure. The second was a seismic review ...
The C. K. Choi Building is an educational building on the campus of the University of British Columbia (UBC) known for its sustainable design features. [1] [2] [3] Named for businessman and philanthropist Dr. Cheung-Kok Choi, [4] [5] the building houses UBC's Institute of Asian Research. The architecture of the building implements Asian motifs ...
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses near Vancouver and Kelowna, in British Columbia, Canada.With an annual research budget of $893 million, UBC funds 9,992 projects annually in various fields of study within the industrial sector, as well as governmental and non-governmental organizations.
The building is dedicated to research collaboration and outreach on urban sustainability. It was officially opened in November 2011. The CIRS vision is to be the most innovative high performance building in North America and an internationally recognized leader in accelerating the adopt of sustainable building and urban practices. [2]
The building expanded, becoming the Cottage Hotel in 1894 and the Gordon Hotel in 1902. Its visitors included Willam Jennings Bryan in 1900 and Mark Twain in 1902, according to information ...
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A 99 B-Line bus at UBC Exchange. The internal campus street grid is mostly organized as a number of east–west roads intersecting a series of north–south malls. There are few through streets on campus as both Main Mall and University Boulevard are largely pedestrian streets, bisecting the campus in both the east–west and north–south directions.