Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts

Monday, May 4, 2009

Habitat 67, Montreal, Canada

Habitat 67 is a housing complex and landmark located on the Marc-Drouin Quay on the Saint Lawrence River at 2600, Pierre Dupuy Avenue in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was competed in 1967 as a part of Expo 67, the International Exhibition at Montreal.
The development consists of 158 apartments with from one to four bedrooms, altogether, there are 15 different plans. The apartments are constructed from 354 individual prefabricated concrete units, stacked in a "confused order" and connected by internal steel cables.

Architect : Moshe Safdie








Saturday, February 28, 2009

One Wall Centre, Vancouver, Canada

One Wall Centre, also known as the Sheraton Wall Centre - North Tower, is currently the second-tallest completed building in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The skyscraper is located at a high point on the downtown peninsula of Vancouver and its address is 1088 Burrard Street.

One Wall Centre was designed by Chris Doray. It was completed in 2001 and won the Emporis Skyscraper Award for the Best New Skyscraper the same year.

One Wall Centre is 48 storeys tall with a total height of 491 feet(150 m). The first 27 floors of the building are the 4 Diamond Sheraton Hotel. Floors 28, 29, and 30 are the Club Intrawest Resort floors; which are operated independent of Sheraton. The remaining 17 floors are private residential condominiums. The One Wall Centre tower part of the Wall Centre complex owned by Wall Financial Corporation.