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18-479: The building stands at 489 feet (149 m) or 41 stories and was completed in 2004. It is currently the seventh-tallest building in Vancouver . The lower 16 floors of the tower are offices while the upper 24 floors contain 130 work-live condominiums. Shaw Communications , the building's former namesake, once occupied 11 full floors. The building has two official addresses: 1067 is the building's business address, while 1077

36-556: A food court . The mall has a direct connection to Burrard Station of the SkyTrain network. One Bentall Centre is located at 505 Burrard Street. Completed in 1967, it stands at 86 m or 22 storeys tall. Two Bentall Centre is located at 555 Burrard Street. Completed in 1969, it stands at 70 m or 18 storeys tall. WeWork is the main tenant of this building. Three Bentall Centre is located at 595 Burrard Street. Completed in 1974, it stands at 122 m or 32 storeys tall. Bank of Montreal

54-441: A larger second building expansion beginning in 1991 and continuing into the present. In the last two decades Vancouver's pioneering urbanism, with its density and innovative developments, has been emulated by major cities throughout the world. As part of the city's push for liveable high-density areas (called Vancouverism by planning theorists), many mixed-use and residential buildings were built, such as Concord Pacific Place ,

72-457: A marathon inquest, since it went into the eighth day with 30 witnesses being called upon to testify. Anthes Equipment Ltd was the company that designed and supplied the fly forms to the contractor building the tower. Anthes Equipment Ltd of Toronto was not registered to be working in BC at the time of the accident; leaving them liable to civil action. The equipment they supplied was also non-compliant with

90-507: A platform known as a 'fly form' (see formwork ) for the last concrete pour on the roof, when it broke free. Without warning the fly form; known as 'fly form E', fell over the edge and carried the four men to their deaths. The news of this horrific accident shocked people across Canada and around the world. On February 23, 1981, the Coroner's Inquest was held in Vancouver. It would be referred to as

108-630: A rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. * Indicates buildings that are still under construction but have been topped out. = Indicates buildings that have the same rank because they have the same height. This table lists skyscrapers that are under construction in Vancouver that will rise over 100 m (328 ft) tall. This table lists approved and proposed skyscrapers in Vancouver that are planned to rise over 100 m (328 ft) tall. This table lists buildings in Vancouver that were demolished or destroyed and at one time stood at least 100 metres (328 ft) in height. This

126-519: Is a list of buildings that in the past held the title of tallest building in Vancouver. Bentall Centre, Vancouver The Bentall Centre is a 1.5 million square foot office complex and underground shopping mall, located in Downtown Vancouver 's financial district. It is owned and managed by Hudson Pacific Properties. The shopping mall under the complex is known as "The Shops at Bentall Centre", and includes approximately 50 stores and

144-641: Is currently the city's fourth tallest building. One Wall Centre has the distinction of being the first building in the world to use a tuned liquid column damper to control wind vibrations. Vancouver's history of skyscrapers began with the Dominion Building (1909), the Sun Tower (1911) (originally named the World Tower, then the News-Advertiser Tower, after the newspaper it was home to in each case),

162-410: Is the main tenant of this building. Four Bentall Centre is located at 1055 Dunsmuir Street. Completed in 1981, it stands at 138 m or 35 storeys tall. It is currently the 13th tallest building in the city. Bentall 5 or Five Bentall Centre is a 35- floor skyscraper located at 550 Burrard Street in Downtown Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada. it stands at 140 m (459 ft), making it

180-537: Is the most populous city in the Canadian province of British Columbia and has roughly 650 high-rise buildings that equal or exceed 35 m (115 ft), and roughly 50 buildings that equal or exceed 100 metres (328 ft). Almost all of the city's buildings that exceed 100 metres in height are located within Downtown Vancouver . Vancouver's population density is the fourth highest in North America and

198-659: Is the residential address. It was rebranded from Shaw Tower to Rogers Tower in May 2023. 49°17′18″N 123°07′04″W  /  49.28833°N 123.11778°W  / 49.28833; -123.11778 This Vancouver -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a building or structure in British Columbia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . List of tallest buildings in Vancouver Vancouver

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216-665: The 12th-tallest building in the city . The building was constructed in two phases, with the first 22 floors completed by the end of 2002 and the 23rd to 35th floors completed in late 2007. Tenants include: Macquarie Group , TECK , FM Global, Gowling WLG , Teekay , Harris & Company, Fasken and Hillcore Financial. Bentall 5 was used as the Grey Enterprises building in the film Fifty Shades of Grey , filmed 2014. On January 7, 1981, four carpenters – Donald Davis, Gunther Couvreux, Brian Stevenson and Yrjo Mitrunen – were killed while constructing Bentall Four. They were preparing

234-531: The Electra condominiums ). From 1968 to 1981, Vancouver witnessed a major expansion of skyscraper and high-rise construction. Many of the city's office towers were completed during this period, such as the Harbour Centre , Bentall Centre , Royal Centre , Granville Square and Pacific Centre office tower/mall complexes. A ten-year lull in building construction came after the expansion, though Vancouver experienced

252-574: The Vancouver Block (1912), the second Hotel Vancouver (1916) and the Marine Building (1929). The third Hotel Vancouver was completed in 1939 at 111 m (364 ft) tall, and was the first building in the city to have stood taller than 100 m (328 ft). Building construction remained slow in the city until the late 1960s, other than the completion of the new BC Electric headquarters (soon renamed BC Hydro headquarters, and today

270-469: The building represents the city's efforts to add visual interest into Vancouver's skyline . The recently completed Paradox Hotel Vancouver , also known as Vancouver's Turn , is now the city's second tallest building, at 188 metres (616 ft). The Private Residences at Hotel Georgia, completed in 2012 at 157 m (515 ft) and 48 stories, is currently the third-tallest in the city. One Wall Centre , at 150 m (492 ft) tall, with 48 storeys,

288-548: The city has more residential high-rises per capita than any other city on the continent. The city has 27 protected view corridors which limit the construction of tall buildings which interfere with the line of sight to the North Shore Mountains , the downtown skyline, and the waters of English Bay and the Strait of Georgia . The tallest building in Vancouver is the 62- storey , 201 m (659 ft) Living Shangri-La ;

306-415: The largest master-planned residential complex in North America. One Wall Centre and Living Shangri-La were the city's first buildings to break the 150 m (492 ft) and 200 m (656 ft) marks, respectively. While highrise development outside of the downtown core had been nearly nonexistent due to zoning restrictions and view cones, recent transit oriented developments like Marine Gateway and

324-569: The upcoming Oakridge Park are centered around Canada line stations of the Skytrain , Metro Vancouver's light metro system, in order to increase residential density and reduce car reliance. They will have the tallest building heights outside of Downtown Vancouver . This list ranks buildings in Vancouver that stand at least 100 m (328 ft) tall, based on CTBUH height measurement standards. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. An equal sign (=) following

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