Bjarke Ingels discusses urban sites and Vancouver House
Known for his innovative approach to challenging urban sites, the architect opens up about his Canadian project, Vancouver House
Danish-born architect Bjarke Ingels of BIG invited us to his New York office to discuss his innovative approach to tricky urban sites, focusing specifically on his ongoing Vancouver House project on Canada's West Coast. The scheme, part of Westbank Corp's family of developments, is a residential tower accompanied by a lower mixed-use complex, slated to become the fourth tallest building in its home town. Construction is expected to complete in 2018.
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Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture & Environment Director at Wallpaper*. She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and studied architectural history at the Bartlett in London. Now an established journalist, she has been a member of the Wallpaper* team since 2006, visiting buildings across the globe and interviewing leading architects such as Tadao Ando and Rem Koolhaas. Ellie has also taken part in judging panels, moderated events, curated shows and contributed in books, such as The Contemporary House (Thames & Hudson, 2018), Glenn Sestig Architecture Diary (2020) and House London (2022).
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