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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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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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.
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2111 Main Street
2111 Main Street
Located in one of Vancouver’s most historic and culturally significant neighborhoods, Mount Pleasant, and occupying an entire city block, this project offers a unique opportunity to enrich and enhance the existing character and urban fabric through thoughtful design combined with art and cultural integration, while providing much needed secured rental housing.
The development is characterized by two towers situated on separate podiums, bisected by a breezeway connecting to Main Alley. The podiums are thoughtfully designed as seven distinct and varied brick masses that respond to the eclectic urban form of Main Street and the industrial heritage of Mount Pleasant. The breezeway is envisioned as a protected environment, programmed with small-scale retail and restaurant spaces. By carving the public realm into the site, the project fosters a stronger connection between pedestrians and the building, while also creating new opportunities for human-centric interactions. The building also includes dedicated art and cultural space and offers blank ‘canvas’ spaces in the laneway, creating opportunities for future mural installations.
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717 Davie
717 Davie
Located along the Downtown West Loop at the intersection of Davie and Granville, this new hotel aims to serve as an architectural anchor, revitalizing the intersection by energizing Granville and Davie Street, encouraging pedestrian activity, and reinforcing transit connections. The project addresses Downtown Vancouver’s shortage of hotel accommodations, aiming to bridge the substantial gap between supply and demand. Moreover, it aims to boost tourism, culture, and entertainment sectors while enriching visitor experiences and revitalizing Granville Street.
The building features distinct design elements and round corners for the podium and tower. The podium design honors the historical context of the site, drawing inspiration from the form and scale of Granville Street. The podium mirrors the distinctive sawtooth profile of Granville Street and the façade articulation reflects the width of a typical downtown block, maintaining the continuity of the pedestrian-scale street wall. The proposed building features a thoughtfully articulated facade, with its massing divided into three distinctive volumes. As the tower rises, elements of the facade are methodically removed. This gradual material denaturing creates a striking visual contrast that highlights the building’s verticality. The facade articulation is dictated by the hotel unit module, creating a dynamic composition that maximizes functionality and aesthetics.
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Hudson House
Hudson House
Hudson House is a 23-storey residential tower located at 1700 Blanshard Street in Victoria’s historic Hudson District. As the tallest rental building in the city, it offers a distinctive blend of modern design and community-focused living. The building comprises studio, one, and two-bedroom apartments, each featuring efficient layouts, contemporary finishes, and expansive views of the cityscape.
Over 10,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenities foster a vibrant community atmosphere, including a rooftop common area, fitness center, and pet-friendly spaces. Its prime downtown location ensures residents have convenient access to a variety of dining, shopping, and entertainment options, enhancing the urban living experience.
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Arbutus and Broadway
Arbutus and Broadway
Situated at the southeast corner of the West Broadway and Arbutus intersection, the project site spans a narrow city block adjacent to the future SkyTrain Arbutus Station, presenting an opportunity for an elegant tower expression at West Broadway. The development comprises a 30-storey tower on the northern half, closest to the transit hub, and a connected six-storey podium on the southern half along West 10th Avenue.
This mixed-use development integrates residential, retail, and the future home of the Ohel Ya’akov Community Kollel. The project reserves space for a potential secondary entrance into Arbutus Station as part of the Broadway line SkyTrain extension. A public plaza will be established at the north end of the block, enhancing pedestrian connections across West Broadway to access the main station entrance. The subway construction project will reinstate the Arbutus Greenway’s traffic signal-controlled mid-block pedestrian and cycling crossing across West Broadway.
Varying façade detailing and materiality define the project, with the tower form emphasized by soft curving balconies and a continuous horizontal expression that unifies the podium and tower. A series of natural-colored panels create subtle patterning and visual interest, providing relief to the horizontal banding and contributing to a warm, high-quality material palette that maintains cohesion with the podium. Brick cladding on the lower volume of the podium adjacent to West 10th Avenue draws inspiration from the neighborhood context.
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1456 W 8th Ave
1456 W 8th Ave
The proposed project envisions a new 25-storey rental residential tower with amenities on the rooftop above level 2 and atop the tower. Ground-floor retail will face West 8th Avenue. A new mid-block connection on the west side of the site will facilitate pedestrian traffic through the area. Adjacent to the future South Granville subway station, currently under construction at the corner of Broadway and Granville, the project offers a prime opportunity to add rental housing and retail space close to new and existing rapid transit networks.
The main residential lobby is situated mid-block on West 8th Avenue, flanked by retail spaces on either side to create a continuous, active ground plane. This layout also accommodates the significant grade change across the site, reflected in the split ground floor plan. The tower is set back on all four sides to highlight the podium expression and preserve opportunities for future development on the block. Above Level 9, the tower steps back further, creating a slender, elegant form that maximizes access to light and views. This articulated form and smaller floorplate distinguish the proposal from a uniformly extruded tower that could be envisioned under the Broadway Plan.
The tower’s design is characterized by a light and dark mass, interwoven with ‘tartan-like’ detailing achieved through varying material textures and colors, including back-painted glass, oxidized copper panels, and raised metal panels. The podium features a distinct commercial expression, with design details that echo the residential tower above, creating a unified material language with an elevated, industrial sensibility. At the ground plane, the pedestrian experience is enhanced through weather protection and high-quality architectural materials and detailing.
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13511 102 Ave Surrey
13511 102 Ave Surrey
Inspired by institutional-modernist design principles, this tower is envisioned as an integral part of the city center’s contextual architecture. The project’s dark color palette creates a distinct identity by tastefully contrasting with adjacent buildings, while a vibrant interior public realm enhances the overall experience for residents and visitors alike. The site presents unique challenges, bordered by future development on the north and east sides and the SkyTrain guideway on the west. To address these constraints, the massing of the building responds with simple yet refined design moves.
A defining feature of the building is how it articulates its various uses through meticulous massing details. From the public realm to the office, amenities, residential areas, and roof capping, the building eloquently expresses the function of each space through carefully considered detailing and a variation of glazing. The tower’s identity is further accentuated through its skillful use of vertical detailing at the office block and the subtle yet impactful west and east indenting of balconies. The balconies facing south and north not only serve as shading devices but also add texture to the facade along 102 Avenue. The materiality chosen draws inspiration from institutional and modernist expressions, with a particular emphasis on creating a welcoming and engaging ground-level experience.
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2535 Carolina St
2535 Carolina St
This slender and elegant 18-storey residential rental building in the heart of Mount Pleasant, seamlessly integrated into the existing context and offering street-level public amenities and neighborhood-scale retail. A narrow floor plate was specifically designed to ensure separation from future towers while still maximizing access to light and views.
The tower’s design incorporates a deliberate interplay between light and heavy facades; the east and west facades balance the inset strip of balconies and glass on the north and south. Along Carolina Street, the elongated tower massing is intentionally divided into two distinct parts, creating the illusion of two separate structures harmoniously integrating with the existing context. Throughout the building, careful consideration has been given to creating pockets of occupant engagement through thoughtfully landscaped amenity spaces that shape the framework of the rooftop patios.
The building aspires to become an integral part of the community, serving as a beacon for community engagement and inviting passersby to stop by its grand steps, pause, and interact as they see fit. The building’s base fronts 10th Avenue and Carolina Street, featuring an inviting glass facade housed in expressive arches that create a warm and welcoming extension to the neighbourhood. This design pays homage to the nostalgia of local Broadway storefronts while further establishing the intersection of 10th and Carolina as a gathering place.
