One Wall Centre
{{Short description|Skyscraper hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia}}
{{Infobox building
| building_name = One Wall Centre
| image = One Wall Centre.jpg
| caption =
| former_name =
| location = 1088 Burrard Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| coordinates = {{coord|49.28046|-123.1270|region:CA-BC_type:landmark|display=it}}
| start_date = 1998
| completion_date = 2001
| status = Complete
| building_type = Residential / Hotel
| architectural_style = Modernism
| antenna_spire = {{convert|157.8|m|abbr=on}}
| roof = {{convert|149.8|m|abbr=on}}
| floor_count = 48
| room_count =
| unit_count = Rooms = 746
Suites = 70
Condo = 74
| elevator_count = 8
| cost =
| floor_area = {{convert|42955|m2|abbr=on}}
| architect = Perkins and Will
| engineer =
| structural_engineer = Glotman•Simpson Consulting Engineers
| main_contractor = Siemens Development
| developer = Wall Financial Corporation
| owner =
| management =
| references = {{CTBUH|4069}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/112827 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305082551/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/112827 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |title=Emporis building ID 112827 |work=Emporis}}{{SkyscraperPage|3}}{{Structurae|20024443}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.onewallcentre.ca/}}
}}
One Wall Centre, also known as the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre North Tower, is a 48-storey, {{convert|157.8|m|abbr=on}} skyscraper hotel with residential condominiums in the Wall Centre development at 1088 Burrard Street in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The tower was designed by Perkins+Will Canada, and completed in 2001, and went on to win the Emporis Skyscraper Award for the Best New Skyscraper the same year. As of 2023 it is the sixth-tallest building in the city.
The first 27 floors of the building are the 4 Diamond Sheraton Hotel. Floors 28, 29, and 30 are the Club Intrawest Resort floors; which are operated independent of Sheraton. Floors 31 to 48 are residential condominiums. The One Wall Centre tower is part of the Wall Centre complex owned by Wall Financial Corporation and was largely the vision of Peter Wall.
Construction
To counteract possible harmonic swaying during high winds, One Wall has a tuned water damping system at the top level of the building which consists of two specially designed {{convert|50000|impgal|U.S.gal L|-2|adj=on}}{{cite web |url = http://www.glotmansimpson.com/Commercial/One-Wall-Centre| title = One Wall Centre Project| publisher = Glotman•Simpson | access-date =2007-02-06}} water tanks. These tanks are designed so that the harmonic frequency of the sloshing of the water in the tanks counteracts the harmonic frequency of the swaying of the building.
The Sheraton Wall Centre required a {{convert|23|m|abbr=on}} deep excavation — the deepest excavation prior to Living Shangri-La for a building in the city.
According to the June 2004 edition of Elevator World, Richmond Elevator Maintenance Ltd. won a contract for the lowest bid to supply the building's elevators, one of the local elevator firm's first examples of traction elevators. The installation features 10 elevators, 8 of which are high speed geared machines. The hotel is served by four {{convert|1400|kg|abbr=on}} traction elevators at {{convert|244|m/min|abbr=on}}, with a group of 3 for public usage and a single private VIP access elevator. There are also two hotel service elevators with {{convert|1800|kg|abbr=on}} capacity each at {{convert|213|m/min|abbr=on}}. The apartments are served by 2 elevators, each with a capacity of {{convert|1600|kg|abbr=on}} at {{convert|305|m/min|abbr=on}}. There are also 2 roped hydraulic elevators: the {{convert|1400|kg|abbr=on}} to serve the parking garage, and the {{convert|2300|kg|abbr=on}} to serve the banquet floors. There are 6 escalators installed by Fujitec.
During construction, as the building's glass was completed on the lower floors, construction was stopped as the City of Vancouver disagreed with the dark colour of glass that being applied.{{Cite news |title=Wall Centre gets window makeover |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wall-centre-gets-window-makeover-1.1316574 |website=CBC News |date=2013-01-22 |accessdate=2022-09-18}} The building was completed with the upper floors a more translucent shade of glass, resulting in a two-toned appearance. The translucent windows were ultimately defective and replaced with darker windows, resulting in a uniform appearance of the building, in 2013.{{Cite news |title=Vancouver Wall Centre in $7M window fix |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-wall-centre-in-7m-window-fix-1.1317415 |work=CBC News |date=2013-07-19 |accessdate=2022-09-18}}
Gallery
File:Onewallcentre.jpg
File:Onewallcentre2.jpg
File:Vancouver Wall Centre.jpg
See also
References
External links
{{commons category|One Wall Centre}}
- {{Official website|https://www.onewallcentre.ca/}}
- [https://glotmansimpson.com/project/one-wall-centre/ One Wall Centre project page] at the Glotman•Simpson Group
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070312021207/http://www.emporis.com/?nav=award2001winner&lng=3 Emporis 2001 Award]}}
{{Emporis Skyscraper Award}}
{{Vancouver landmarks}}
Category:Skyscrapers in Vancouver
Category:Residential buildings completed in 2001
Category:Residential skyscrapers in Canada
Category:Skyscraper hotels in Canada
Category:Modernist architecture in Canada
Category:Condo hotels in Canada