Tag Archives: GBL Architects Group

New Jubilee House

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

Just as City Council approve a rezoning for a privately built 13 storey non-market housing project, details of another similar project appear. This is a development application for the replacement of Jubilee House, to be built in conjunction with a tower … Continue reading →

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Wall Centre 900 Hastings

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

We first mentioned this project back in January 2012, it was given a green light for rezoning in November, and now the revised design has been supported by the Urban Design Panel. It’s surprisingly big, and will make a huge difference to … Continue reading →

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508 Helmcken Street

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

We only featured this tower (or rather, an earlier version) three weeks ago, and commented that it would change as the Urban Design Panel found the earlier design somewhat overbearing for its context right next to the Emery Barnes Park. So here … Continue reading →

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401 Great Northern Way

Posted on February 14, 2013 by

Onni have a number of projects on the go today, but they’re lining up future projects as well. They have a proposed rezoning Downtown, and here’s another future scheme that shouldn’t take as long for approval as it’s not a rezoning. It’s an … Continue reading →

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McLaren House – Howe Street

Posted on January 5, 2013 by

Getting close to completion, here’s another of the 14 projects funded by the Province on land owned by the City of Vancouver to create non-market housing for the homeless and hard-to-house. Construction started in July 2011, so it’s taken about 18 months … Continue reading →

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111 Princess Avenue

Posted on November 23, 2012 by

The excavation has started for another of the City of Vancouver/BC Housing non-market housing projects, this one on the corner of Princess and Alexander. Until a few years ago Marie Gomez Place was here, a smaller non-market housing project from 1983 … Continue reading →

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Artemisia – Hornby Street

Posted on August 17, 2012 by

There have been quite a few ‘zombie buildings’ on this blog in the past few months. Projects that died, and then came back to life again. None are quite as unlikely as Artemisia; an extraordinary building nominally designed by GBL (but really … Continue reading →

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201 West Second Avenue

Posted on April 26, 2012 by

Here’s a model of South East False Creek, with the latest idea of how to deal with the site behind the hinge park – the point where the grid shifts. There’s already an approved rezoning for the site from some years … Continue reading →

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First Place

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

This non-market housing project in the South East False Creek area is now close to completion. First Place – an 11 storey buiilding located at 1st Avenue and Quebec Street reached full height in spring 2011, and the final pieces are coming … Continue reading →

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6301 Cambie Street

Posted on October 25, 2011 by

Located a long way outside our usual geography (although maybe we’ll have to add a new chapter along the Canada Line in future book editions) this proposed 6-storey condo project was different enough to warrant inclusion. It’s one of the … Continue reading →

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