Vancouver Convention Centre West

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

A brief is a short version of a case study.

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.

Become a member today to view this case study.

Unlimited access to this robust content is a key benefit of ULI membership. View a “Free Look” case study to see what you are missing, and consider becoming a member to gain unlimited access to ULI Case Studies.

Free Look Learn More about Membership

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