A landmark building at the University of B.C. has been torn down to make room for a new high-end condo development.

The Vancouver School of Theology's Chancellor Building, inspired by English architecture, was built in 1927 and was one of the first major structures to be built at the Point Grey campus.

The remains of the building following Wednesday's demolition. A new condo building will now go up on the site.
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The chairman of the Theological Neighbourhood Planning Group said it was a "painful decision" to demolish it, but says the school needs the money to renovate its main building.

"We had to make a judgment call between this building and the other building, because one of them had to help pay for the other," said Bud Phillips.

No heritage protection at UBC

Former UBC professor Harold Kalman of Commonwealth Historic Resource Management doesn't agree, and thinks the building should have been saved.
 
He also says it raises a larger issue of accountability, noting that the university is not answerable for its land-use decisions to any municipality.

Kalman says there have been quite a few losses from UBC's heritage building stock in the last few years.

He says it's frustrating because the university doesn't have any heritage protection guidelines.