Calgary

2017 Global Walking Tours: The Space Within Tall Buildings

21 June–07 July 2017

The CTBUH Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee organized its fourth annual Global Walking Tours, which took place in 15 cities around the world.

Foster + Partners on The Bow

07 November 2013

Nigel Dancey, Senior Partner at Foster + Partners, presents on The Bow, the CTBUH Best Tall Buildings Americas 2013 Winner at this year's awards symposium.

The Bow Chosen as Featured Building

01 November 2013

The Bow is both stunning as a form and functions well from an environmental and urban standpoint, especially in the context of a harsh northern climate.

CTBUH Research: Canada Grows Taller

01 December 2012

Twenty-six buildings taller than 150 meters have been built in Canada since 2005 and it added four buildings taller than 200 meters in 2012, the most ever in a single year.

The Bow Structural System

01 March 2008

The Bow features a distinctive design that not only caters to occupants and surrounding residents, but also reduces energy consumption compared to a conventional tower.

Foster + Partners Present on The Bow

07 November 2013

The winner of the Best Tall Building Americas award, The Bow is stunning as a form and functions well from an environmental and urban standpoint. It serves as a rare example of an iconic design resulting from the most practical, yet creative, response to site constraints.

Halcrow Yolles Presents on The Bow

03 March 2008

Barry Charnish, Halcrow Yolles presented the new 59 story “Bow” project for EnCana Corporation at the CTBUH 8th World Congress in Dubai. Once complete, it will be the tallest building in Calgary and Western Canada at nearly 247 meters (or 810 feet) high. The building is one of the largest commercial office developments in Canada with 180,000 square meters (or 2 million square feet) of total floor space. This presentation described the structural design considerations of the lateral system, some construction methods, and the unique sustainable features incorporated into the building.

CTBUH Releases Case Study on The Bow

01 September 2013

The Bow is the latest and most ambitious high-rise development in the Canadian city of Calgary. The client’s aim was to create a world-class building that would be a defining landmark on the city’s skyline.

Paper on The Bow's Unique Diagrid Structural System by Halcrow Yolles

05 March 2008