​Burrard Exchange

Bentall Center

One of the tallest exposed hybrid mass timber office buildings in North America, Burrard Exchange is the first phase of a dramatic transformation of the Bentall Centre into a commercial and cultural destination in the heart of Vancouver’s downtown.

Burrard Exchange is a modern, loft-like structure with healthy, light-filled workspaces. KPF’s innovative design utilizes mass timber, typically reserved for low-rise structures, to create a state-of-the-art green office tower, reducing the building’s embodied carbon relative to a comparable building of steel and concrete construction.

The biophilic design highlights the natural finishes of the hybrid mass timber construction by exposing the structural elements in the interior spaces. At approximately 30,000 square feet, the building’s floor plates are nearly twice as large as those offered in typical office buildings in Vancouver, while 14.5-foot floor-to-floor heights allow plentiful natural light inside. The building’s stepped exterior massing provides half of the building’s 16 floors with outdoor terraces and loggias, enhancing connections to nature from within the building.

Replacing the site’s existing parkade, the development offers new street frontages, amenities, and retail space to service the entire Bentall Centre and its environs. An at-grade pavilion unites the existing 20,000-square-foot plaza, one of the largest outdoor gathering places downtown. Burrard Exchange’s lobby connects to the below-grade Shops at Bentall Centre, with retail and services for tenants and the public.

Burrard Exchange is part of a major repositioning of the 1.5 million-square-foot Bentall Centre campus, including re-activating public spaces, adding arts and culture offerings, and enhancing tenant amenities.

Location

Vancouver, Canada

Client

Hudson Pacific Properties

Team

Adamson Associates Architects (Architect of Record)

Type

综合体, 办公, 公共空间, 商业

Size

41,800 m2 / 450,000 ft2

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