The Path to Regulation – Part II
1907
- A letter was sent to 500 architects in April 1907, which invited them to join a proposed Institute of Architects of Canada.
1908
- In October of 1908, the first general annual assembly of the Architectural Institute of Canada was held.
- In May of the following year, this new national group joined forces with the Royal Institute of British Architects to become the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC).
1909
- During this time of economic boom, it was estimated that up to 300 people in the province claimed to be “architects.”
- With renewed interest at the national level and amid concerns over misrepresentation, two parallel groups were formed; the British Columbia Society of Architects, and the Architects Association of Victoria.
1912
- On March 23, 1912, the Architects Association of Victoria voted to become the Victoria Chapter of the British Columbia Society of Architects.
1913
- In 1913, the British Columbia Society of Architects had a total of 189 members, though nearly half would not become registered under the Architects Act several years later.
- Several architects felt the Society was not serving in member’s or the public’s best interest, and formed a new group called the Architectural Institute of British Columbia.
1914
- The Architectural Institute of British Columbia is incorporated under the Benevolent Societies Act on June 10, 1914.
- The Architectural Institute of British Columbia holds its first general meeting as a society on June 25, 1914.
- WWI – known as the Great War – breaks out, July 28, 1914.
1918
- There are several competing architectural entities in British Columbia, but after World War I only the Architectural Institute of British Columbia remained.