VGH and UBC Hospital Foundation
VGH and UBC Hospital Foundation
This transformative mixed-use healthcare development expands the Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) campus to address the city’s growing healthcare needs and consolidate corporate leases within the Broadway Corridor. Designed in alignment with the Broadway Plan and city policies, the project connects to the existing VGH campus and integrates a diverse range of clinical, diagnostic, long-term care (LTC), daycare, and retail spaces.
The two-tower, phased development spans over 800,000 sq ft and includes 557,671 sq ft of state-of-the-art clinical space, 244,366 sq ft of LTC facilities providing 280 new beds, a spacious daycare with an outdoor play area, vibrant ground-floor retail, and a welcoming public plaza. Phase 1 addresses immediate healthcare demand, while Phase 2 introduces a smaller tower and additional public open space to further enrich the campus experience and community engagement.
Architecturally, the design uses horizontal massing and varied materials to clearly distinguish between clinical, LTC, and support functions. Gardens, rooftop terraces, and expansive windows bring in natural light and mountain views, enhancing comfort, social connection, and well-being throughout the complex. Sustainability is embedded into every aspect of the design, with features including green roofs, solar panels, rainwater harvesting systems, and an extensive use of natural materials—creating a resilient, future-ready healthcare environment
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Broadway and Granville
Broadway and Granville
This landmark building, the first high-rise built under Vancouver’s Broadway Plan, sets a unique precedent for the entire plan. It embodies the “Vertical Block” concept by integrating a mixed-use program centered around transit while being sensitive to the architectural and public realm context of South Granville and Fairview. The building’s vertical stacking includes a transit station, parking, retail, a grocery store, office space, a fitness center, amenities, and both market and below-market rental residential units. Each use connects directly to the street, creating a lively and accessible public realm at the critical Broadway and Granville intersection.
The building’s façade design is meticulously tailored to each segment of the vertical block, reflecting its diverse functions. The office façade draws inspiration from traditional local architecture, incorporating vertical and horizontal Brise Soleil elements for rhythm and solar control, while a silicone-glazed curtain wall contrasts with these textured elements. The residential façade echoes the surrounding heritage buildings with materials and detailing that reinforce the slender verticality of the tower, reminiscent of Art Deco and Neo-Gothic styles. The retail and grocery façades are distinguished by tactile terra-cotta cladding, which provides a contextual echo to nearby buildings as well as adds warmth through textures that reference the abundant masonry structures in South Granville area.
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The Post
The Post
Covering a full city block, the Post on Georgia is the largest heritage revitalization project in British Columbia. The former Main Post Office building, an International Style landmark in Vancouver, is reimagined as a centrepiece for the growing downtown community with high tech office space, restaurants, retail, and a new public plaza. Two new office towers create a contemporary extension of the existing building while being respectful of the existing heritage elements.
Within the existing heritage structure, the development provides two levels of underground parking, retail opportunities on the first four levels, and office and parking above in the top three levels. The towers above are articulated to establish a formal relationship with the base and surrounding context, while a contrasting material palette distinguishes old and new. Each elevation has a distinct identity using solar shades and window detailing to echo proportions of the heritage façade and develop a visual hierarchy of scales.
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1628 Scotia Street
1628 Scotia Street
A unique infill development located near the western end of the CN Rail Vancouver main yard. It includes laboratory space, office space, and a large rooftop amenity.
The building structure is designed to accommodate the dual uses of laboratory and office spaces in two separate volumes, each with its own planning modules, structural requirements, and core-to-wall depths. This is achieved by averaging the required front and side yard setbacks at different building heights, creating a continuous vertical expression of the building form. A louvre pattern, echoing the nearby train tracks, is integrated with the massing, visualizing a transition between the opposite corners. The main entrance, pulled out towards Scotia Street, is emphasized with a dramatic canopy.
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King George Hub
King George Hub
King George HUB at the Station is a substantial site at a pivotal location at the intersection of King George Boulevard and Fraser Highway in Surrey. CCS is anchored at the site’s highest profile adjacent to the transit hub, CCS plaza and the retail high street. King George Station will be developed in 3 phases over the next several years.
The development will feature two residential towers (738 units), a large format retailer, food and drug, service retailers, and restaurants. It will capitalize on the many and varied transit users, access by car, office users and adjacent residential. CCS plaza will be animated by restaurants/food service and provide access and respite for both transit users and office workers. Pedestrian access and connectivity with adjacent properties, street and public transit is a priority.
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Canada Place
Canada Place
An international symbol of Vancouver, Canada Place is a landmark waterfront development that transformed the city’s relationship with its harbour. Originally designed as the Canadian Pavilion for Expo ’86, this 375,000-square-foot mixed-use project pioneered the revitalization of the downtown waterfront and remains a vibrant centre for tourism, business, and community celebration.
Built on the historic foundations of Pier B-C, Canada Place integrates a cruise ship terminal, convention centre, hotel, retail, offices, and public plazas into a singular architectural statement. A defining feature is its iconic sail-like roof—a fibreglass-reinforced Teflon fabric structure evocative of nautical forms. The angled boardwalk and layered promenades create a seamless connection between the city and the waterfront, offering panoramic views of the harbour, Stanley Park, and the North Shore mountains. The building’s multi-use program supports a wide range of activities year-round, while its ship-like silhouette and carefully detailed public spaces continue to inspire civic pride and international recognition.
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Vancouver Centre II
Vancouver Centre II
The building is a thirty-two storey office building connected at the lower level to existing retail shopping. This new class A office building will augment the existing Vancouver Centre Complex. The ground floor lobbies are connected along Seymour Street with an Atrium. The new building includes new amenities such as fitness centre, premium end-of-trip-facilities and bicycle storage, 6th level podium terrace and 27th level sky terrace. The building will have above and below grade parking to replace the existing parkade.
To meet future expansion, the above grade parking is designed to allow conversion to office use as parking demands reduce in the downtown district. The form generated conforms to limits of the site, its mid-block nature, and view cone guidelines. Special attention and detail have been given to connecting the ground plane between the two office towers.
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1151 W Georgia Street
1151 W Georgia Street
1151 West Georgia is located on Vancouver’s Georgia Street in the Central Business District. The elegant, slim, triangular, 167-meter tower rotates 45 degrees between its base and its roof.
Situated on Vancouver’s primary ceremonial street, the proposed tower is conceived as a singular pure form rising from the ground plane to the parapet in a graceful spiral. The massing results from the rotation of a constant truncated triangular floor plate to create a powerful iconic form for this tall building. A three-storey podium element engages the tower on the east side responding to the similarly scaled Terasen Building podium. The large public open space fronting Georgia Street offers a sunny place for congregating and gives access to the mid-block connectors to the north.
The project is in collaboration with dys architecture and in association with Arthur Erickson.
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1155 East 6th Avenue
1155 East 6th Avenue
This unique city block development, located at the eastern end of the Creative District and False Creek Flats, embodies a new vision for Vancouver’s urban environment by leveraging rapid transit in an area rich in environmental, industrial, and social history. The project is the result of a thoughtful, collaborative design process involving the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ Nations (MST Nations). It offers a mix of residential, office, retail, leisure, and amenity spaces, creating a dynamic and diverse micro community.
The overall block design responds thoughtfully to the site’s varying urban edges. The office building features a clean, elegant curtain wall system that contrasts with the textured, varied podium below, where curved surfaces create outdoor deck spaces. Makers Lane showcases staggered, sawtooth maker spaces, evoking an industrial aesthetic. The southwest corner enhances public space through distinctive architectural and landscape features, while the retail frontage along East 6th Ave is defined by varied “gridded” facades with different materials and textures to add human scale and animation.
The landscape design for the site integrates its historical and ecological context, drawing on themes of land, water, biodiversity, and cultural significance rooted in the former tidal mudflat ecosystem of False Creek. The site benefits from the energy of nearby movements, including the VCC-Clark Skytrain, bus loop, Central Valley Greenway, and surrounding student activity. Street-level activation is achieved through plazas, Makers Lane, and retail spaces, supporting events and fostering site character. Green infrastructure, such as robust planting, rain gardens, and extensive green roofs, enhances the ecological value while connecting visually to China Creek Park, creating a dynamic and multi-layered urban landscape.
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4545 West 10th Ave
4545 West 10th Ave
The former Safeway site in West Point Grey, spanning three acres on the north side of West 10th Avenue between Sasamat and Tolmie Streets, is set to be transformed into a dynamic, mixed-use community that enhances vibrancy, diversity, and livability. This project leverages the site’s unique potential to create a thoughtfully integrated urban environment.
The design carefully balances density with neighborhood character, transitioning from 19 and 17-storey buildings along West 10th Avenue to lower-scale 2 to 6-storey buildings along West 9th Avenue. This approach respects the residential fabric of West 9th while reinforcing the active, pedestrian-friendly nature of West 10th Avenue. At the heart of the development is a reinstated full-service grocery store, serving as a key community amenity and a central hub for West Point Grey Village. By combining increased density with essential services and connections to nearby amenities and transit, the project fosters a vibrant, walkable, and livable community.
All residential units will be secured purpose-built rentals, with 20% dedicated to moderate-income households, ensuring a diverse and sustainable housing mix.
