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West Village Park and District Energy Utility breaks ground

in New Projects

Francl Architecture was in attendance for the ground breaking ceremony of the City of Surrey’s new West Village Park and District Energy Centre. The project, located at 10357 133 Street, will be a significant contribution to the City’s sustainability goals. As the City’s first permanent district energy facility, it will supply the nearby West VillageREAD POST >

Terrace House featured on ArchDaily

in Development, New Projects, Press

Vancouver’s newest tall wood building will be the world’s tallest hybrid timber building. Designed by Shigeru Ban Architects, Terrace House will be located in Vancouver’s Coal Harbour and is adjacent to the Evergreen Building, designed by Arthure Erickson. Francl Architecture is proud to collaborate on this project as Architect of Record. To learn more aboutREAD POST >

Crosstown Elementary School featured in Award Magazine

in New Projects, Press

Our most recent education project, Crosstown Elementary School, is near completion and ready for students. A new article in Award Magazine’s February issue highlights the challenges of adding a four-storey structure over an existing parkade, adjacent to a 30-storey residential tower. Alvin Martin, the school’s project manager, discusses our design solutions for the Vancouver School Board’sREAD POST >

World’s Tallest Hybrid Timber Building

in New Projects

Our office is teaming up with internationally renowned Japanese architect Shigeru Ban to build the world’s tallest hybrid timber building. Located at 1255 West Pender Street, this 19-storey mixed-use building will sit in between the existing Palladio and famous Evergreen Building (designed by the late Arthur Erickson). All wood will be locally sourced from BritishREAD POST >

Summer Softball 2016

in General

Seven games and forty-nine innings later, our architectural softball season is coming to a close! Only one final tournament left at the end of August before we pack it in until next summer. Thank you to everyone who came out to play, socialize, and enjoy some friendly competition. And a special thanks to those who helpREAD POST >

YVR AOB: WAN Awards Infrastructure

in Award, General

The World Architecture News Awards is the world’s largest awards programme in international architecture and we are excited to submit the Airside Operations Building in the infrastructure category.  This award seeks to identify and reward ideas that bring solutions to vital infrastructure schemes that have overcome key challenges and/or has pushed the boundaries for theREAD POST >

Highlights of 2015: Downtown Vancouver’s new Icon

in Development, General

One of Francl’s newest projects is the Arc – downtown Vancouver’s newest architectural icon. Capturing the simple elegance of a waving flag, this new residential tower serves as a gateway building to the downtown core at the north end of the Cambie bridge. Unique amenity spaces include an indoor swimming pool with a glass bottomREAD POST >

Highlights of 2015: UBC’s newest Community Centre

in General

This two-storey community centre is the new heart of the rapidly growing Wesbrook Village neighbourhood at the Vancouver campus of the University of British Columbia. The design aims to support and enrich social and cultural life of the community, offering a place for small-scale gatherings, community events and celebrations. Features include a gymnasium, fitness facility,READ POST >