ALBERNI BY KENGO KUMA
1550 Alberni Street, Vancouver Units: 189 Units Project completion: March 2021 Distance to city centre:
• By car: 6 minutes
• By transit: 7 minutes
• By bike: 8 minutes
INFO
On the heels of Vancouver House, Westbank will be giving Vancouver’s skyline another world-class update with renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma’s first North American project.
Kuma’s slender 43-storey tower is as much a tribute to Vancouver’s city-of-glass skyline as it is a rebellion against it: shingles made of anodised aluminum and glass reflect the sky and neighbouring buildings, yet the orthogonal tower’s concave sides are a definite break from the conventional rectangular shapes of high-rises. The tower’s curves awaken the onlooker’s awareness of its relationship with the city- and nature-scapes that surround it. Because of its unusual shape, the building’s silhouette changes according to the viewer’s position, lending it an ephemeral quality.
BUYER BREAKDOWN
Alberni by Kengo Kuma will be located in Vancouver’s West End, near the entrance to Stanley Park. This mixed-use development will attract architecture and design aficionados who appreciate the subtleties of the Japanese approach and enjoy living in the heart of Vancouver. Although Kuma’s sculpted tower is arresting upon first contact, it continues to reveal a breathtaking complexity of textural layer and detail at each revisiting, so owners of these homes will gain an ever-deepening knowledge of the design. Those who purchase homes in this striking building will truly own both a share of a work of art and a portion of Vancouver’s architectural history.
AMENITIES
Amenities at Alberni will include a swimming pool, a Japanese garden that defines the building’s entrance, a music room for audiophiles by Technic, and a Japanese Kaiseki Restaurant by Michelin-two-star-awarded Waketokuyama from Tokyo on the ground floor.