Thompson Berwick and Pratt and Partners

{{Infobox company

| name = Thompson Berwick and Pratt and Partners

| type = Private company

| industry = Architecture

| foundation = Sharp and Thompson, 1908 - 1990

| location = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

| founder = G.L.T. Sharp, Charles J. Thompson

| num_employees = 20-50

| homepage =

}}

Thompson Berwick and Pratt and Partners is an architectural firm that was founded in 1908{{cite web

| title = Thompson, Berwick, Pratt and Partners

| url = http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/thompson-berwick-pratt-and-partners/

| publisher = The Canadian Encyclopedia

| access-date = 2014-11-17}} as Sharp and Thompson. The firm played a substantial role in Vancouver and Canadian Architecture and began as a birthplace for several famous Canadian architects such as Barry Downs, Paul Merrick,{{cite journal |last=Koepke|first=Melora |date=September 2009 |title=Almost Grown |url=http://thewalrus.ca/almost-grown/ |journal=The Walrus |location=Toronto, Ontario |publisher=The Walrus Foundation |access-date=2014-11-19 }} Arthur Erickson, and Ron Thom.

Early work was inspired by medieval and classical architecture which included residential, commercial, and institutional, especially several buildings on the University of British Columbia Campus.{{cite book |last= Carroll, Bellyk |first=Ann, Jayne |date=1989 |title=Thompson, Berwick, Pratt & Partners fonds

|url= http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/u_arch/tbp&p.pdf |publisher=University of British Columbia |access-date=November 17, 2014}}

File:Sharp and Thompson proposed plan for Point Grey campus.jpg

The firm became known for winning the 1913 international competition for the UBC Point Grey Campus master plan as well as becoming the university's official architecture firm.{{cite web

| title = Thompson, Berwick, Pratt & Partners fonds, 1908-1968

| url = http://caa.ucalgary.ca/tbp

| publisher = Canadian Architectural Archives

| access-date = 2014-11-17}}

Robert A.D. Berwick and Charles Edward Pratt later joined the firm in 1937, which switched the firm's style to European modernism.

The firm helped several successful Canadian Architects, including Barry Downs, Paul Merrick, Arthur Erickson, and Ron Thom embark on their careers. It closed in 1990.

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