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Vancouver Facts

150m+ Buildings 3 Completed • 4 Under Constr.
Tallest Building Shangri-La Vancouver (201 m)
Global Ranking #155 in the world by no. of 150m+ completed buildings
Regional Ranking #33 in North America by no. of 150m+ completed buildings
Country Ranking #4 in Canada by no. of 150m+ completed buildings
First 150m+ Building Shangri-La Vancouver (2009)
Average Building Age 8 years
Most Common Function Mixed-use , 43%
Most Common Material Concrete , 100%

All building-related facts are for 150m+ buildings.

Buildings See All Buildings in City

1   Shangri-La Vancouver 2009 201 m
2   Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver 2016 188 m
3   The Butterfly 2023 179 m
4   One Burrard Place 2020 168 m
5   The Stack 2022 162 m
6   Hotel Georgia 2012 158 m
7   Vancouver House 2019 150 m
8   One Wall Centre 2001 150 m
9   Shaw Tower 2004 149 m
10   Harbour Centre 1977 147 m
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CTBUH Height Criteria
  Completed   Arch. Topped Out   Struct. Topped Out   Under Constr.
1   Shangri-La Vancouver 2009 201 m
2   Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver 2016 188 m
3   The Butterfly 2023 179 m
4   One Burrard Place 2020 168 m
5   601 Beach Crescent - 163 m
6   The Stack 2022 162 m
7   Hotel Georgia 2012 158 m
8   1445 West Georgia - 157 m
9   1500 West Georgia - 152 m
10   Vancouver House 2019 150 m
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CTBUH Height Criteria
  Completed   Arch. Topped Out   Under Constr.   Proposed

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CTBUH Initiatives

Vancouver High-Rise Design: Where We've Been & Where We're Going
30 Jan 2020 – Event Invite

CTBUH 2019 Global Walking Tour: 50 Forward | 50 Back
27 Jun 2019 – Tour Report

2018 Tall Building Predictions
17 Jan 2018 – CTBUH News

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CTBUH Initiatives Related to Vancouver

Vancouver High-Rise Design: Where We've Been & Where We're Going
30 Jan 2020, Vancouver – Event Invite
Join CTBUH Canada in Vancouver as renowned local architect James Cheng reviews the city's tall building history and provides his thoughts on the future of area high-rise design.
CTBUH 2019 Global Walking Tour: 50 Forward | 50 Back
27 Jun 2019, Chicago – Tour Report
The CTBUH Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee organized its sixth annual Global Walking Tours, which took place in 25 cities around the world.
2018 Tall Building Predictions
17 Jan 2018, Chicago – CTBUH News
Check out all of our 2018 Tall Building Predictions, and dive into the full 2017 Tall Building Year in Review data report.
Tall Timber: A Global Audit
26 Jun 2017, Chicago – CTBUH Research
The CTBUH has produced its latest Tall Buildings in Numbers research study, entitled "Tall Timber: A Global Audit."
CTBUH 'UH'PDATE October 2016
4 Oct 2016, Toronto – CTBUH News
The fourth issue of CTBUH 'UH'PDATE provides information on some of the early events and studies of the Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee.
Global Twilight Walking Tours
25 Aug 2016, Chicago – Tour Report
The CTBUH UH/UD Committee organized its third annual Global Walking Tours in 13 cities around the world, examining public spaces in a twilight setting.
Twisting Tall Buildings
18 Aug 2016, Chicago – CTBUH Research
CTBUH has released a study that looks at the recent proliferation of twisting towers creating a new generation of iconic buildings throughout the world.
Warm Weather Spaces Walking Tours 2015
17 Sep 2015 – Tour Report
The CTBUH Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee organized guided walking tours of 16 cities around the globe, focusing on urban habitats around tall buildings.
CTBUH ’UH’PDATE April 2015
28 Apr 2015, Toronto – CTBUH News
The third issue of CTBUH 'UH'PDATE 2015 goes over the Parramatta analysis plan, abstracts for CTBUH New York Conference and the committee member's involvement around the world.
CTBUH ’UH’PDATE February 2015
26 Feb 2015, Toronto – CTBUH News
The second issue of CTBUH 'UH'PDATE goes over the success of the 7 Cities Winter Walking Tours and welcoming 5 new committee members.
Seven Cities Winter Spaces Walking Tour
29 Jan 2015 – Tour Report
The new CTBUH Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee organized a highly successful Winter Spaces Walking Tour in seven cities around the world.
Jameson House Chosen as Featured Building
Jun 2013, Vancouver – Featured Tall Building
The Jameson House continues a pattern of high density mixed-use living and working environments now prevalent in Vancouver.
CTBUH Research: Canada Grows Taller
Dec 2012 – CTBUH Research
Twenty-six buildings taller than 150 meters have been built in Canada since 2005 and it added four buildings taller than 200 meters in 2012, the most ever in a single year.

Videos

Two-Way Point-Supported CLT
31 May 2018 – Robert Jackson, Fast+Epp

Fazlur R. Khan Lifetime Achievement Award: Wind Engineering the World’s Tallest
6 Nov 2014 – Dr. Peter Irwin, RWDI Consulting Engineers

Research Papers

Rethinking CTBUH Height Criteria In the Context of Tall Timber
30 Oct 2017 – CTBUH Journal, 2017 Issue IV

Engineering Without Engines
26 Oct 2015 – Global Interchanges: Resurgence of the Skyscraper City

Context, Climate, Culture – Investigating Place in Tall Building Design
26 Oct 2015 – Context, Climate, Culture – Investigating Place in Tall Building Design

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Papers Related to Vancouver

Rethinking CTBUH Height Criteria In the Context of Tall Timber
30 Oct 2017 – CTBUH Journal, 2017 Issue IV; Robert M. Foster, University of Queensland; Michael H. Ramage, University of Cambridge; Thomas Reynolds, The University of Edinburgh
Recent developments in the design and construction of progressively taller buildings using engineered timber as a structural material raise important questions about the…
Engineering Without Engines
26 Oct 2015 – Global Interchanges: Resurgence of the Skyscraper City; Bjarke Ingels, Bjarke Ingels Group
With the rise of technological solutions, the practice of architecture is often divorced from the cultural, social, and environmental contexts where we build. Buildings…
Context, Climate, Culture – Investigating Place in Tall Building Design
26 Oct 2015 – Context, Climate, Culture – Investigating Place in Tall Building Design; Robert Goodwin, Perkins + Will
Should a tower in Moscow look like one in Dubai? Once one entered a city and marveled at the unique magic of its architecture – the pastel classicism of St. Petersburg;…
Building Tall with Timber
Sep 2013 – CTBUH Journal, 2013 Issue III; Michael Green, Michael Green Architecture
CTBUH Editor Dan Safarik interviews Michael Green about the critical role wood will play as a practical and sustainable building material.
Canada Grows Taller
Dec 2012 – CTBUH Journal, 2012 Issue IV; CTBUH Research
Twenty-six buildings taller than 150 meters have been built in Canada since 2005 and it added four buildings taller than 200 meters in 2012, the most ever in a single…
One of the Architecture World’s Fast Rising Stars has BIG Plans for Designing Tall Buildings
Dec 2012 – CTBUH Journal, 2012 Issue IV; Bjarke Ingels, Bjarke Ingels Group
OMA alumnus Bjarke Ingels has made a name for his Bjarke Ingels Group with innovative, paradigm-busting projects that blend nature and functionality with new twists on…

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