Vancouver School Board
Vancouver School Board
The Vancouver School Board building is based on an image of openness and accessibility to the public, as a place of learning as well as an administrative headquarters.
With a total area of 115,000 sf, this facility contains public meeting rooms, educational resource centre, a printing and distribution centre and staff amenities. Retail stores animate the Broadway frontage, while a new civic park provides a more formal processional entry to the building.
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Centra Gas
Centra Gas
This 80,000 sq. ft office building reinterprets and combines elements of the Edwardian commercial style common on Victoria’s Douglas Street in a more modern vernacular. An important feature, which demonstrates this and repeats in several locations, is a bracketed cornice in painted aluminium, which defines the roof, continues the cornice of the Fairfield Hotel as a landscaped trellis, and locates the building entrance at the pedestrian level as glass canopy.
The bulk of the building is buff precast with grey sills utilizing one-inch-deep joint patterns sympathetic with traditional stone patterns. A two-storey retail portion of the building steps the mass down to the street is clad in brick, developing window proportions and patterns more similar to neighbouring buildings. The project is highly regarded in Victoria for the way it integrates with the surrounding heritage structures.
Location: Victoria
Size: 80,000 sf
Client: Standard Life Assurance Co.
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Block 350
Block 350
Located at Broadway and Granville Street, Vancouver, BC, Block 350 is a full block, mixed-use project. The commercial and residential components funded a new headquarters for the Vancouver School Board. In addition, public amenities include a new civic park, mid-block pedestrian walkways and continuous retail frontage on the main streets.
The nine-storey office tower has 200,000 sf of office space and a two-storey retail podium. The School Board building has 115,000 sf of office and retail space. On the south side of the block is an 86-suite residential tower.
Location: Vancouver
Size: 336,000 sf
Client: BentallGreenOak / United Properties
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Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Located at Howe and Cordova Street, this 20-storey office tower is 275,000 sf with 14,700 sf plates. A split-level lobby will allow access directly from the street level at Granville Square’s existing pedestrian concourse, and a 2-acre renovated plaza. Retail is located on both Howe and Cordova Streets.
The union of both rectilinear and curvilinear architectural forms, resolving the intersection of two different building grids at the site. The rectilinear form relates to the city grid while the curvilinear form relates to the waterfront. The form and materials of the building are a counterpoint to the older and visually heavier buildings in the immediate vicinity. The lightly coloured green glass and aluminium curtain wall reinforce the massing with contrasting horizontal and vertical emphasis.
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Gateway Station Tower
Gateway Station Tower
The master plan for this 20-acre site comprises 2,600,000 square feet of commercial and residential space. Office and residential precincts have their own unique character, unified by extensive landscaping and pedestrian links.
The first phase of the development integrates with the SkyTrain Rapid Transit station. An urban park with fountains and pools is a focus for the commercial zone. The flagship development, Station Tower, has 240,000 square feet of office space. The energy-efficient and cost-effective curtainwall glazing give a commanding skyline presence.
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Uptown Centre
Uptown Centre
Uptown Centre provides 40,000 square feet of office and retail space at a prime intersection in New Westminster’s business district.
The major tenant, a financial institution, occupies the corner with a double height entry. There is one level of underground parking and a limited number of surface stalls.
Location: New Westminster
Size: 40,000 sf
Client: Canacemal Investment Inc.
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VanCity Centre
VanCity Centre
Located close to their roots in the east side of Vancouver, the VanCity 100,000 sq head office building straddles the Main Street SkyTrain station.
This site gives them prominence from downtown, with Vancouver’s workforce literally in transit through their building to and from the city. The building form is broken into two distinct masses, one oriented to the “city” grid and the other on axis with SkyTrain.
Location: Vancouver
Size: 100,000 sf
Client: VanCity Enterprises Ltd.
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Glenlyon Business Park
Glenlyon Business Park
This project provides approximately 40,000 sf of office space. The design takes advantage of the challenging size and shape of the site, resulting in pie-shaped floor plates with dramatically curved perimeter walls.
The south-facing curved wall is screened with heat-absorbing glass panels to reduce glare and heat gain from direct sunlight. Sheltered bicycle parking facilities are provided along with 120 spaces for cars. The building is constructed using standardized concrete tilt-up panels.
Location: Burnaby
Size: 40,000 sf
Client: Canada Lands Company Ltd.
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