Located in Vancouver's historic Crosstown district, 33 is a nine-storey mixed-use development with a combination of apartments and loft-style units. Threads of brightly-coloured glass are stitched through bay windows, animating the celebratory Silk Road leading to Chinatown’s Millennium Gate. The laneway facade features alternating recessed balconies and fully glazed bays with green- and blue-coloured glass, creating a checkerboard of light and shadow against the gritty backdrop of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
33
Vancouver, BC
Georgia Laine Developments Ltd.
2009
5,700 m2
coloured glass bays
sustainability
LEED Gold equivalent
awards & recognition
2009
Guidebook to Contemporary Architecture in Vancouver
masonry frame
This particular project provides considerably higher density with a distinctly contemporary expressive idiom, yet also strives to produce a scale and degree of surface texture that is sympathetic to its neighbours.
Guidebook to Contemporary Architecture in Vancouver
residential entry
East Pender Street
East Pender Street
sustainability
LEED Gold equivalent
awards & recognition
2009
Guidebook to Contemporary Architecture in Vancouver
residential unit
residential unit
laneway facade
green- and blue-glass bays
gritty backdrop
dusk
Successful in acknowledging the decorum of the street elevation, the magnitude of increase in density and building volume is revealed assertively to the lane behind.
Guidebook to Contemporary Architecture in Vancouver