CHOW, W.H. (fl. 1908-22) may be one of the first successful Chinese-Canadian architects to practice in Canada. He appears in the 1911 Vancouver City Directory as "contractor", but he soon expanded the range of services which he offered to include that of "architect" (Henderson's Directory of Vancouver, 1911, 562). From his office in the Chinatown district of Vancouver, B.C. he designed a variety of commercial and institutional projects for clients from the Chinese community in that city (D. Luxton, Building the West: The Early Architects of British Columbia, 2003, 284, 495)
(works in Vancouver)
WONG SON KING CO., also called The Hong Kong Club, East Pender Street, 1913 (Vancouver Heritage Inventory-Summary Report, 1986, 17, illus.)
CHINESE THEATRE, Keefer Street at Columbia Street, for Sam Kee, 1914 (Vancouver Daily World, 15 Jan. 1914, 20; dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
WING LUNG CO., East Pender Street, 1918 (dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
YUE SHAN SOCIETY BLOCK, East Pender Street, a three storey block for Hung Fook Tong, with 2 retail stores, and club rooms on the upper floors; 1920 (Vancouver Sun, 14 May 1920, 7, descrip.; H. Kalman, Exploring Vancouver, 1978, 52, illus.; dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)