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The BowDownload Project Factsheet

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Facts
Official Name The Bow
Former / Other Name EnCana Headquarters
Type building
Status Completed
Country Canada
Province Alberta
City Calgary
Street Address / Map 510 Centre Street SW
Building Function office
Structural Material steel
Proposed 2005
Start of Construction 2007
Completion 2012
Global Ranking #300 tallest in the World
Regional Ranking #63 tallest in North America
National Ranking #6 tallest in Canada
City Ranking #1 tallest in Calgary
Official Website The Bow
Figures
Height: Architectural 237.5 meter / 779 feet
Height: Occupied 216.7 meter / 711 feet
Height: To Tip 237.5 meter / 779 feet
Floors Above Ground 57
Floors Below Ground 6
# of Elevators 39
Top Elevator Speed 7.11 m/s
Tower GFA 199,781 m² / 2,150,425 ft²
Development GFA 304,781 m² / 3,280,635 ft²
# of Parking Spaces 1360
Companies Involved
Owner H+R Reit
Developer H+R Reit
Design Architect Foster + Partners
Associate Architect Zeidler Partnership Architects
Structural Engineer Halcrow Yolles
MEP Engineer Cosentini
Project Manager Matthews Southwest Canada
Main Contractor Ledcor Construction Ltd.
Other Consultants RWDI;
Otis Elevator Company
Videos
The Bow: Unique Diagrid Structural System
B.Charnish (Halcrow Yolles), T. McDonnell (Halcrow Yolles), CTBUH Dubai Congress

Technical Papers
Diagrid Structural System for a Sustainable Tall Building
B. Charnish (Halcrow Yolles), T. McDonnell (Halcrow Yolles), CTBUH Dubai Congress

News Articles
Bow Skyscraper Nearing Completion in Downtown Calgary
Calgary Herald, 2012-02
Bow's little brother back on track
Calgary Sun, 2011-01
New Calgary Skyscraper to 'Top Off' at 58 Stories
Winnipeg Free Press, 2010-07
A Boom in Office Towers in Calgary
The New York Times, 2009-01
Drumming Up Green Building
Sustainable Industries, 2008-10
Calgary's New Green Skyscraper by Foster + Partners
inhabitat, 2008-05