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The tallest building in Vancouver is the 62-storey, 201 m (659 ft) Living Shangri-La; [5] the building represents the city's efforts to add visual interest into Vancouver's skyline. [6] The recently completed Paradox Hotel Vancouver , also known as Vancouver's Turn , is now the city's second tallest building, at 188 metres (616 ft). [ 7 ]
The tallest building in the province is the 62-storey, 201-metre-tall (659 ft), Living Shangri-La located in Vancouver. In Vancouver, municipal regulations forbid any building from exceeding 200 meters (656 ft) in height above mean sea level in order to preserve sight lines out toward the Pacific Ranges .
The City of Vancouver has enacted "view corridors" which limit the height of buildings in most areas of downtown. [3] The City of Edmonton had an elevation restriction, approximately 150 m (492 ft) above downtown, due to the proximity of the city centre airport , until it closed in November 2013.
Royal Centre, also known as RBC Tower or Royal Bank Tower, is a skyscraper complex located at 1055 West Georgia Street in Downtown Vancouver's Financial District.The skyscraper stands at just under 145m tall and 37 storeys.
Living Shangri-La is a mixed-use skyscraper in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and is the tallest building in the city and province.The 62-storey Shangri-La tower contains a 5-star hotel and its offices on the first 15 floors, with condominium apartment units occupying the rest of the tower. [1]
Harbour Centre is a skyscraper in the central business district of Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada which opened in 1977. The "Lookout" tower atop the office building makes it one of the tallest structures in Vancouver and a prominent landmark on the city's skyline.
SkyscraperPage is a website for skyscraper hobbyists and enthusiasts [2] [3] that tracks existing and proposed skyscrapers around the world. [4] The site is owned by Skyscraper Source Media, a supplier of skyscraper diagrams for the publication, marketing, and display industries, and is a publisher of illustrated skyscraper diagram poster products. [5]
The pinnacle height and roof height numbers are sourced from Skyscraperpage and/or the CTBUH. Where there is a conflict in the figures both heights are listed. Tallest 100 structures in Canada (not including guyed masts)