Format
Brief
City
Vancouver
State/Province
BC
Country
Canada
Metro Area
Vancouver
Project Type
Special Use
Location Type
Central Business District
Land Uses
Civic Uses
Convention Center
Entertainment
Office
Open space
Restaurant
Retail
Keywords
Green roof
Healthy place features
LEED Platinum certified
Pedestrian-oriented development
Sustainable development
Transit-oriented development
ULI Awards for Excellence 2010 Winner
Waterfront development
Site Size
27.5
acres
acres
hectares
Date Started
2003
Date Opened
2009
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Vancouver Convention Centre West eschews the traditional model of convention center design, opting instead to blend into both the built and the natural environments in downtown Vancouver. Simultaneously a building, an urban destination, a park, and an ecosystem, the 111,500-square-meter (1.2 million-sf) convention center sits low on the waterfront, preserving existing vistas from downtown. Occupying a former brownfield site, the C$883 million Vancouver Convention Centre West features 92,900 square meters (1 million sf) of convention space, 8,400 square meters (90,000 sf) of retail space, and 37,200 meters (400,000 sf) of walkways, bikeways, public open space, and plazas. The LEED-Platinum public building is capped by a 2.4-hectare (6-ac) living roof—one of the largest in Canada.
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Format
Brief
City
Vancouver
State/Province
BC
Country
Canada
Metro Area
Vancouver
Project Type
Special Use
Location Type
Central Business District
Land Uses
Civic Uses
Convention Center
Entertainment
Office
Open space
Restaurant
Retail
Keywords
Green roof
Healthy place features
LEED Platinum certified
Pedestrian-oriented development
Sustainable development
Transit-oriented development
ULI Awards for Excellence 2010 Winner
Waterfront development
Site Size
27.5
acres
acres
hectares
Date Started
2003
Date Opened
2009
Developer/Owner
BC Pavilion Corporation
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Design Architect
LMN Architects
Seattle, WA
Website
www.vancouverconventioncentre.com
Principal Author(s)
Theodore Thoerig, Patrick Pontius
ULI Awards for Excellence 2010 Winner