Vancouver House, Residential skyscraper in Vancouver, Canada
Vancouver House is a 52-storey neo-futurist residential tower designed by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels. Its reinforced concrete structure rises from a triangular base to a rectangular top, with east and west facades of box-shaped balconies that give a honeycomb texture. The tower stands beside the Granville Street Bridge, and its upper floors were wrapped in green netting with two cranes on the roof during construction.
Construction began in 2016 and was expected to finish by the end of 2019, but completion was postponed to summer 2020. On April 15, 2021, a water pipe on the 29th floor burst and damaged 17 units and several elevators. The building was designed by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels with structural engineers Buro Happold and Glotman Simpson.
Danish architect Bjarke Ingels designed the tower, and its triangular base responds to the wedge-shaped lot beside the Granville Street Bridge on-ramp. The city's rezoning required a public artwork, so the Spinning Chandelier was installed near the skyscraper. The east and west facades carry box-shaped balconies that give the exterior a honeycomb texture.
The tower stands on a triangular plot immediately east of the Howe Street on-ramp of the Granville Street Bridge, and its design keeps a 30-metre safety distance from the bridge. The building is residential, so interior access is not open to visitors; the exterior and the nearby Spinning Chandelier can be seen from the surrounding streets.
The tower's structural core sits off-centre because two different floor plans are superimposed, and the concrete columns shift gradually at each level, appearing to walk down to the base. Marine-grade stainless steel panels clad the facade. A burst pipe on the 29th floor damaged 17 units and several elevators in April 2021.
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