1444 Alberni | 138M | 48fl, 43fl | Proposed
 

From RENX.ca, Property Biz Canada, Evan Duggan, Oct 3 2017:

https://renx.ca/worlds-tallest-passi...ers-vancouver/

World’s tallest Passive House towers planned in Vancouver

A pair of developers are planning to build the world’s tallest Passive House structure in Vancouver.

Landa Global Properties and Asia Standard Americas have submitted a rezoning application for a two-tower rental home and condo development at 1400 Alberni Street in downtown Vancouver.

Passive House is a green building standard developed in Germany that boosts energy efficiency and comfort, and it reduces a building’s greenhouse gas emissions. There are about 1,150 Passive House buildings worldwide.

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The two new towers in downtown Vancouver will climb to 48 and 43 storeys, respectively, and will include 450 homes, including 129 rental units, and a daycare, said Kevin Cheung, Landa’s CEO.

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Cheung said the project was designed in partnership by New York-based Robert A.M. Stern Architects and Vancouver firm Musson Cattle Mackey Partnership.

Image from RENX.ca, Courtesy Landa/Asia Standard:
https://renx.ca/wp-content/uploads/2...veHouse300.jpg

Pretty cool to see a Passive House development of that scale.

And although the design isn't overly inspiring it certainly does have a New York feel to it, partially explained by the NYC firm + Passive House requirements (i.e. substantially less glazing).

Info from the application
 

http://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applica...ing-01_000.jpg

Link to Appplication
http://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applica...cola/index.htm

Link to Pre-App Open House info
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=15080

Floor counts remain the same, however heights have been altered from:
West Tower 403 ft to 405 ft
East Tower 453 ft to 442 ft

The unit counts have been reduced from:
495 (362 market - 133 market rental) to
443 (314 market - 129 market rental)

FSR has been increased from:
14.71 to 14.95

From VancouverMarket.ca:


http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/wp-con...-Alberni_1.jpg
http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2017/1...in-two-towers/

I don't see a lot of amenity space in the podium plans (other than daycare):
http://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applica...FloorPlans.pdf

This is upper-mid tower:
http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/wp-con...-Alberni_5.jpg
http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2017/1...in-two-towers/

This shows the closure of Nicola for the pocket park:

https://i.imgur.com/eXLiBVl.png
http://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applica...cola/index.htm

This shows the materials - Stone!:
https://i.imgur.com/2nVi8SS.png
http://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applica...cola/index.htm

Architect is Robert Stern? Yikes, haven't heard that name creep up since PoMo DIED.

Give this design to some regressive American city... they will be an embarrassment here

Yeah, PoMo surrounded by glass condos. They will stand out even more so, and I don't think in a good way.

how can you claim something is passive house when the north and south facades of each tower are treated equally? shouldn't aspect and solar gain affect how the buildings' openings are considered?

It'll be shaded on all sides - i.e. small windows on all sides.

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I don't mind it.

Likewise, the retention of older historic buildings that vary the mix of architectural styles.

I'm generally no fan of postmodernism, but the Stern-designed Water's Edge development in West Vancouver isn't the worst thing in the world (although below-par for something produced by a 'Starchitect'):

https://i.imgur.com/cWEKmJr.jpg?1

https://i.imgur.com/K6vZQHV.jpg?1
Source for both images

Dleung is giving me an inferiority complex. I thought these towers were sophisticated looking. At least good enough for Vancouver.

The towers will be a nice counterweight to all the boring glass stuff in Vancouver.

Tate, Aquilini, Telus Garden, Peter Wall Mansion, etc are all embarrassments. We have plenty of other examples.
1444 Alberni will serve as a much needed reminder that not all residential buildings need to be grey on grey bland spandrel piles.

Robert Stern's One St Thomas in Toronto is probably one of the nicest towers in the country.

http://i.imgur.com/dr0XDFb.jpg
Image Credit

Tbh, that's exactly what I fear.

Love it!!! It'll look great here

Local examples by Rafii are Eden and Mondrian
- although those have painted concrete exteriors.

False dichotomy. We just need to design better modern buildings. Move forward, not backward.

He's just a troll with no real knowledge of anything. I ignore anything he says most of the time. :)

I think these towers will look fantastic and like so many others have said, they bring something different to the very glass-heavy cityscape. Buildings of this style also age much better than modern glass towers.

I think you guys are looking at the wrong Robert Stern projects to compare this to.

Given the prices these will command, it's better to take a look at 520 Park Ave, 220 Central Park South, and 15 Central Park West in terms of interior/exterior treatments with regards to higher end Ramsa projects

I'm sure these will sell well to the demographic targeted given their desires for limestone houses in the westside

I think they're sophisticated-looking and good enough for Vancouver, for what it's worth. They have a "big city" almost "New Yorkish" feeling to them, IMO.:)