Vancouver

Canada

Facts

Density

0 people per km²

0 people per mi²

# of 150m+ buildings

3 Completed • 3 Under Construction

First 150m+ Building

Tallest Building

Most Common Function*

Mixed-use (43%)

Most Common Material*

Concrete (100%)

Rankings

by no. of 150m+ completed buildings

#

159

Tallest City in

the World
#

35

Tallest City in

North America
#

5

Tallest City in

Canada

Buildings

Rank
Name
Status

Completed

Architecturally Topped Out

Structurally Topped Out

Under Construction

On Hold

Proposed

Vision

Never Completed

Demolished

Competition Entry

Canceled

Proposed Renovation

Under Renovation

Renovated

Under Demolition

Height

1

Shangri-La Vancouver

200.9 m / 659 ft

2

Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver

187.8 m / 616 ft

3

The Butterfly

178.6 m / 586 ft

4

One Burrard Place

168 m / 551 ft

5

The Stack

162.3 m / 533 ft

6

Hotel Georgia

158.5 m / 520 ft

7

Vancouver House

150.3 m / 493 ft

8

One Wall Centre

149.8 m / 491 ft

9

Shaw Tower

149 m / 489 ft

10

Harbour Centre

147 m / 482 ft

CTBUH People & Events

CTBUH Canada Presents: Vancouver High-Rise Design: Where We've Been & Where We're Going

30 January 2020

CTBUH Vancouver: High-Rise Design Seminar

17 October 2019

Videos

31 May 2018

Two-Way Point-Supported CLT

The TallWood House at Brock Commons is an 18-story, 400-bed student residence on the campus of the University of British Columbia. Reaching 53 meters, it...

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Research

30 October 2017

Rethinking CTBUH Height Criteria In the Context of Tall Timber

Recent developments in the design and construction of progressively taller buildings using engineered timber as a structural material raise important questions about the language that...

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Research

26 October 2015

Engineering Without Engines

With the rise of technological solutions, the practice of architecture is often divorced from the cultural, social, and environmental contexts where we build. Buildings have...

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