Erickson's Vancouver tower called "stunning, evocative"

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Erickson's Vancouver tower called "stunning, evocative"

Archiseek / Canada / News / 2005 / June 13

A unique new "twisted" tower that was called "a revolution not an evolution" got enthusiastic and unamimous approval from Vancouver's urban design panel Wednesday. Panel members called the Arthur Erickson-designed tower for West Georgia Street – a slim, triangular building that rotates 45 degrees between its base and its roof – stunning, evocative, and a beautiful "feminine" match to the more masculine, slightly taller Shangri-La tower that will be built across the street. The two structures, both destined for the 1100 block of West Georgia, are currently the city's two tallest planned buildings.

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