SFU In The News

SFU News Round-Up – Aug-Sept 2019

By: Henry Tran, Peak Associate SFU community discourages demolition of the Madge Hogarth House Simon Fraser University administrators have agreed to dismantle the Madge Hogarth House which is currently located in the West precinct of the Burnaby campus. The SFU administration has decided to move forward with its decision in order to meet its plan of doubling the number of residence beds at the Burnaby campus from 1,554 to 3,250 by 2035.  According to an article written by Canadian Architect, the university explains that upgrading the building to meet the “seismic, fire and life safety requirements is unfeasible.” Thus, the…

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