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.
Concept & Renders
Vancouver Convention Centre West
Vancouver Convention Centre West
The Vancouver Convention Centre West project is a landmark for Vancouver, British Columbia and Canada through its unique blending of the site, building design and sustainability. Completed in April 2009, the new facility was the International Broadcast Centre for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
The 1.2 million square foot convention centre was built on a 3.25-hectare site (plus extension into Burrard Inlet) just to the west of Canada Place. Special care was taken to restore marine habitat built into the foundation of the building. Existing leased facilities within Canada Place (Vancouver Convention Centre East) were renovated and the two sites linked, forming a new integrated convention and exhibition centre. The expansion adds 359,000 square feet, consisting of exhibit space, meeting space, ballroom space and a signature room, to the 133,000 square feet of function space available in the current convention centre, more than tripling the total function space available.
Construction & Development
MNP Tower
MNP Tower
The MNP Tower is defined by its sculptural massing and silhouette resulting from careful consideration given to three adjacent heritage buildings. The building’s mid-block, compact site was previously occupied by the University Club between the Marine Building and Guinness Tower. The 35 storey office tower integrates the restored heritage façade of the University Club building while completing the block of three buildings owned by Oxford Properties.
The site size and contextual relationships yield an innovative massing and floorplate response. A grade, a plaza provides mid-block connectivity between Hastings and Cordova Streets, and a pedestrian link between the Marine Building and Guinness Tower. Above, teardrop-shaped floorplates of approximately 8,000 sf maximize views from within the tower and from adjacent buildings. The cornice of the building forms a peaked crescent and concave massing that not only references but embraces the adjacent Marine building.
Concepts & Renders
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.
Concepts & Renders
B6
B6
The 31 -storey office building includes a 3-storey retail podium with below grade parking. The massing of the building conforms to the heights of the site view cone parameters, celebrates its corner location and resolves the intersection of the two downtown street grids. The three storey podium continues the street massing of Pender Street and provides a receptacle for the singular form of the tower. A canopy element visually holds these two forms together and provides weather protection and a statement of entry.
All roofscapes are activated and accessible with two private roof terraces at the top and a larger roof terrace at level four, accessible to all tenants and associated with the building’ s overall amenity space offering. Triple glazing and glass solar shading are the major components of a high quality building envelope. The horizontal external expression recognizes and enhances the differing solar orientations and cardinal “gateway” vistas that provide orientation of the building within the downtown core.
Renders & Development
Robert H. N. Ho Research Centre
Robert H. N. Research Centre
The Robert H.N. Ho Research Centre, is Vancouver Coastal Health’s latest world-class facility for the advancement of translational healthcare research and shares the campus of Vancouver General Hospital. It is a seven-storey concrete and steel structure addition to the existing Jack Bell research facility.
The expansion was developed as a headquarters for three internationally renowned research programs: the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, the Vancouver Prostate Centre and the Ovarian Cancer Research Program. The new 69,350 sf centre has four levels of the lab and three levels of offices housing more than 150 research scientists, clinicians, trainees and staff.
Concepts & Renders
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.
Concepts & Renders
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.
Concepts & Renders
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.
Renders & Development
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.
