Merrick Architecture is pleased to be involved in the Alberni with Kengo Kuma and Associates. Canadian Architect includes an article about proposed and ongoing projects on Alberni Street in Downtown Vancouver which includes 1568 Alberni Street.
To view article, please visit the Canadian Architect website.
For more information about 1568 Alberni St., click here.
Above renderings by Hayes Davidson, courtesy of Westbank.
Lead Designer: OSO
Executive Architect: Merrick Architecture
This 34,416m2, 24 storey, LEED® Platinum targeted office building designed by OSO as Lead Designers with Merrick Architecture as the Executive Architect, is located in a transitioning, evolving and re-emerging district along West Georgia Street that includes the redevelopment of the former Post Office building and the proposed Vancouver Art Gallery. The building is conceived as playful aggregation of “reflective” yet transpa
Kengo Kuma & Associates lead design architect, and Merrick Architecture Executive Architect.
Architectural Response
The design of 1568 Alberni Street is shaped by its environment. The 43-storey tower is carved by two emphatic scoops that form deep balconies with wood soffits and decks. In both instances, the carvings create semi-enclosures that establish a connection to the street, to Lost Lagoon and to the views--the building’s urban and geographic context--while facilitating neighb
On April 20th, 2017, join the celebration of the launch of Architect Tony Robins and Photographer Michael Perlmutter's new book, Merrick House.
The event will include conversation between Tony Robins and the creator, owner and namesake of the home, Paul Merrick.
Merrick House is a documentation of one of the jewels of West Coast Modern architecture, a home that, as a young architect, Merrick built by hand on the steep wooded slopes of West Vancouver, BC in the early 1970s. The photog
