BOW, Douglas Scott (1889-1977), active in Vancouver, B.C. where he was in partnership with his older brother William Bow before WWI. Born in Thornliebank, near Glasgow, Scotland on 3 March 1889, he was educated in Scotland and emigrated to Canada in 1911, likely on the recommendation of his brother.
In late November 1912 he distinguished himself by winning the Second Prize of $3,000 for his Scottish Baronial design for the new campus of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. His scheme, one of twenty entries submitted in the open competition, was likely prepared with the advice of his brother William Bow, and received press attention in both Canada and in England where it was credited solely to Douglas S. Bow as the designer (Colonist [Victoria], 11 Dec. 1912, 1 & 3; Architects’ & Builders’ Journal [London], xxxvii, 14 May 1913, 523, illus.). A detailed appraisal and critique of the submission by Bow, with elevations, site plan, and a bird’s eye perspective drawing, appeared in the architectural journal Construction [Toronto], vi, March 1913, 106-09, illus. & descrip. The winner of the competition was the Vancouver firm of Sharp & Thompson.
After WWI it appears that Douglas Bow had abandoned the architectural profession; in 1921 he was listed as an “ automobile mechanic” in Vancouver (Canada - British Columbia - Census 1921), and he later died in North Vancouver on 5 November 1977 at the age of 88 years.