Gerald Hamilton (architect)
Gerald Hamilton was a Canadian architect best known for his buildings in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Hamilton was born in Germany, but moved to the United Kingdom where he received training at Leeds University from 1940 to 1943. He joined the British Army from 1943 to 1947, before arriving in Vancouver in the 1950s.
His first New Formalist building in the city was the 1963 East Asiatic House. The building uses two office blocks connected by a pavilion. He also designed the H. R. MacMillan Space Centre in Vanier Park, with its conical dome, which opened in 1968.
He was made a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada in 1971.Notable buildings
