Copenhagen darlings BIG have unveiled their design for the 490-foot-tall Beach and Howe tower in Vancouver, a collaboration with Westbank, Dialog, Cobalt, PFS, Buro Happold, Glotman Simpson and local architect James Cheng. The new mixed-use tower marks the entry point to downtown Vancouver, forming a welcoming gateway to the city, while adding another unique structure to the city's skyline. — bustler.net
After the first leaked renderings from a few weeks ago, here some official images from BIG directly.
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I used to walk by this site almost daily -- Bing Thom's office is a couple blocks from here. the area, especially under the bridge and on ramps, could definitely use some rehabilitation. I'd like to see some graphics showing the payoff of the extruded facade, but they are right that solar gain is a usually-unaddressed problem of the highrises in vancouver.
"As the tower ascends, it clears the noise, exhaust, and visual invasion of the Granville Bridge."
Having lived in several different towers downtown, this is hopelessly optimistic B.S. The noise in this location is going to be unbearable any time the windows are open, and likely borderline when they are closed regardless of the system used. This is an issue that so far has no architectural solution... and those units that poke up from the podium right at the level of the bridge... brutal.
oh could this be a parametric project?
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