One Wall Centre
| One Wall Centre | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Residential condominiums Hotel |
| Architectural style | Modernism |
| Location | 1088 Burrard Street Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Coordinates | 49°16′50″N 123°07′37″W / 49.28046°N 123.1270°WCoordinates: 49°16′50″N 123°07′37″W / 49.28046°N 123.1270°W |
| Construction started | 1998 |
| Completed | 2001 |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 157.8 m (518 ft) |
| Roof | 149.8 m (491 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 48 |
| Floor area | 42,955 m2 (462,360 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 8 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Perkins and Will |
| Developer | Wall Financial Corporation |
| Structural engineer | Glotman•Simpson Consulting Engineers |
| Main contractor | Siemens Development |
| Other information | |
| Number of units | Rooms = 344 Suites = 70 Condo = 74 |
| References | |
One Wall Centre, also known as the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre North Tower, is a 48-storey, 157.8 m (518 ft) skyscraper hotel with residential condominiums in the Wall Centre development at 1088 Burrard Street in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The tower was designed by Perkins+Will Canada, and completed in 2001, and went on to win the Emporis Skyscraper Award for the Best New Skyscraper the same year. As of November 2012 it is the third-tallest completed building in the city.
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. Floors 31 to 48 are residential condominiums. The One Wall Centre tower is part of the Wall Centre complex owned by Wall Financial Corporation and was largely the vision of Peter Wall.
To counteract possible harmonic swaying during high winds, One Wall has a tuned water damping system at the top level of the building which consists of two specially designed 50,000-imperial-gallon (60,000 U.S. gal; 227,300 L) water tanks. These tanks are designed so that the harmonic frequency of the sloshing of the water in the tanks counteracts the harmonic frequency of the swaying of the building.
The tower exterior has a two-tone appearance. The glass on the lower levels is a dark glass, while the glass on the upper levels is light coloured glass. To satisfy the City of Vancouver Planning Department, who were concerned that the tower would dominate the downtown skyline, it was agreed that it would have a very "light" appearance that would blend in with a blue sky. After the design was approved, a minor amendment was requested to change it to a significantly darker glass. This was approved by a low level staff member in the planning department who apparently did not realize the significance of this change. When the glass started to be put on the building the city planners noted that this did not meet design that was reviewed by the public and the city planning department. After many accusations back and forth as to the significance of this change and whether it required public review, the City agreed to compromise and allowed the lower glazing that was already installed to be the dark glazing, but required that the glazing on the upper levels be the light glazing that was originally proposed.
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