Completion date: 1997
Budget: $60 million

Overview

This development in Vancouver’s Quayside Neighbourhood consists of two high-rise housing towers, an eight-storey residential building, and several townhouses. Its landmark status as the eastern terminus of the ‘high street’ section of Pacific Boulevard is reinforced by contemporary, clearly expressed architecture, and by a central water feature which ties the development to False Creek. The project is successful in achieving a high degree of residential livability due to street and bridge geometry, the water views to the south, and a pedestrian walkway that winds through the site.

The DA difference

Our team was instrumental in working with the City of Vancouver to revise the approved development plan, so that a mid-rise eight-storey linear building would define the edge of the site, rather than the 12-storey point tower previously recommended. This resulted in a development that better reflects the scale of the neighbourhood. Considerable design effort was required to ensure that each distinct building type expressed its own character within the overall urban design concept.