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Westbank's proposal for 400 West Georgia Street, shaped like a Japanese lamp designed by artist Isamu Noguchi, has received unanimous approval from Vancouver city council. A rezoning application for the 24-storey office tower designed by Merrick Architecture lists the height at a relatively modest 92 metres, but its exterior vocabulary is its real showstopping feature.
To rise from the former site of a shuttered Budget car rental just across the street from the Vancouver Public Library, 400 West Georgia will be architecturally composed of stacked rotating cubes. By projecting outwards, the glass-faced modules are separated from one another, leaving large triangular voids that will be filled with vertical gardens.
Designed to attract the best in tech talent, the building boasts interior plans with glass floors that allow users to hover above the streetscape, which will feature ground-level retail space, a water feature, and a terrazzo platform for spontaneous gatherings.
The 375,000-square-foot office tower is going for LEED Platinum certification and will contain an underground parking garage with 235 stalls.
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