245 East Georgia Street | ?m | 9s | Gair Williamson

[anonymous0024]

Infill project in Chinatown. Site is only 25 feet wide. 40 rental studio apartments with a retail unit on the ground floor.

Architect is Gair Williamson.

Render from their website:

From today:

 

[mcminsen]

245 East Georgia Street

From Gair Williamson Architects website:

"245 E Georgia Street is a nine storey infill project on a 25' wide site in Vancouver's Chinatown. The design is for 40 studio apartments ranging in size from 320 to 360 square feet and a commercial unit at the ground level.
 All units have floor to ceiling glazing with either juliet windows or a balcony, there is also a communal roof deck providing opportunities for urban agriculture. 
The building provides compact, well designed housing while responding to the heritage of Chinatown and mitigating the drawbacks of inner city living."



March 7 '16, my pics

 

[Daveography]

I love skinny buildings!

 

[mcminsen]

Gair Williamson is doing another very similar building on Granville Street downtown.

 

[mcminsen]

June 7 '16, my pics

 

[mcminsen]

Aug.8 '16, my pics

 

[mcminsen]

Now known as the Albert Block.

Oct.10 ’16, my pics





Oct.10 '16, my pics

 

[Edward Skira]

I like how they added Albert to the side of the cladding. Nice little touch!

 

[Roundabout]

February 17th:

 

[Roundabout]

The 'before' picture:

 

[Roundabout]

March 16th update:

 

[Roundabout]

July 27th update:

 

[City Of Rain]

Skinny building.

 

[Roundabout]

One of my favourite examples of urban infill.
November 23rd update: