The Bow (skyscraper)
| The Bow | |
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August 2012
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Office |
| Location | 500 Centre Street SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Coordinates | 51°02′52″N 114°03′44″W / 51.04778°N 114.06222°WCoordinates: 51°02′52″N 114°03′44″W / 51.04778°N 114.06222°W |
| Construction started | June 13, 2007 |
| Completed | 2012 |
| Cost | $1.4 billion CAD |
| Owner | H&R Reit |
| Height | |
| Roof | 236 m (774 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count |
58 floors 53 office floors 2 retail floors 4 mechanical floors 3 sky gardens |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Foster + Partners, Zeidler Partnership Architects |
| Developer | Matthews Southwest |
| Structural engineer | Halcrow Yolles |
| Main contractor | Ledcor Group of Companies |
The Bow is a 158,000-square-metre (1,700,000 sq ft) office building for the headquarters of Encana Corporation and Cenovus Energy, in downtown Calgary, Alberta. The 236 metre (774 ft) building is currently the second tallest office tower in Calgary, since construction of Brookfield Place; and the third tallest in Canada outside Toronto. The Bow is also considered the start of redevelopment in Calgary's Downtown East Village. It was completed in 2012 and was ranked among the top 10 architectural projects of that year according to Azure Magazine.
Encana Corporation, North America's second largest natural gas producer, announced plans for the high-rise in 2006. Early designs suggested that the project would consist of a complex of towers (perhaps two or more) over two blocks. The tallest of these towers could be 60 stories tall, which would make it taller than the current tallest tower in Western Canada, the Suncor Energy Centre (also in Calgary). Conflicting reports suggested that it would be one single tower around 70 stories tall and possibly over convert 1000 ft, making it the tallest building in Canada. Other sources suggested a two tower complex spanning the entire surface of two blocks, with a second tower of 40 to 50 stories connected at sixth stories level over 6th Avenue. Official statements declared that the tower will be 58 stories, or 247 metres (810 ft) tall.
The management company in charge of the project was Texas-based Matthews Southwest, with architectural services furnished by UK-based Foster + Partners & Zeidler Partnership Architects of Calgary.
The project filed for development permit application is called The Bow, for its crescent shape and the view of the Bow River. On October 12, 2006, Foster + Partners revealed the first designs for the new tower.
Plans called for the project to house two separate companies both equally occupying the space. Encana Natural Gas with over 3,000 Calgary-based employees and Cenovus Energy's more than 3,600 Calgary based staff. Both companies were located at multiple sites throughout the downtown core. With an estimated 158,000-square-metre total office space, the complex was expected to be the city's largest. Construction started in June 2007 and the building opened in June 2013 with a final cost of $1.4 billion. The tower was lowered down to 236 m due to shadowing concerns and is the 149th tallest building in the world.
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