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Monogram might be a skyline stand out

Printed Oct 25, 2024 • 4 minute learn

Standout kitchen options embody the metallic look backsplashes and quartz counter tops with waterfall edges on islands. Photograph by Courtesy Prima Properties

With its deliberate peak at just below 500 ft, Prima Properties’ 49-level Monogram growth slated for Burrard Road is ready to be a standout in Vancouver’s evolving skyline.

The mixed-use tower on Burrard Road (at Davie Road) falls below Vancouver’s Larger Buildings Coverage, which applies to particular downtown areas. Based on the coverage, the buildings should make a big contribution to the “magnificence and visible energy” of town’s skyline and exhibit “management and advances in sustainable design and vitality effectivity.”

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“We employed an area workforce, Vancouver-based Merrick Structure,” says Prima Properties vice-president David Buddle. “We wished a really genuine Vancouver/Pacific Northwest constructing and a design that celebrates the pure magnificence by benefiting from views of English Bay and the North Shore mountains, utilizing native supplies and the expertise now we have within the metropolis.”

Prima Properties’ 49-level Monogram development will be built on the nearly half-acre site at 1177 Burrard St. The building is flat iron shaped, with its largest facade on the southwest designed to capture English Bay views and the sunset to the west. — Prima Properties’ 49-level Monogram growth might be constructed on the practically half-acre website at 1177 Burrard St. The constructing is flat iron formed, with its largest facade on the southwest designed to seize English Bay views and the sundown to the west. Photograph by Courtesy Prima Properties

Buddle describes the constructing as flat iron formed — considerably triangular — with its largest facade on the southwest designed to seize English Bay views and the sundown to the west.

Additionally deliberate for the southwest-facing properties are the outside photo voltaic shades. Buddle says these shades are supposed to create a pixelated mosaic of northwest colors with inspiration from the land, sky, sea and snowcapped mountains.

“In order the solar hits that aspect of the constructing, the photo voltaic shades will drop down and shade the inside of the suites,” he says. “If you happen to’re in your suite and wish to see the complete view, you may override (the system for) your particular person unit. However if you happen to’re not dwelling, it’s going to mechanically shade your suite. That stops photo voltaic achieve and helps with sustainability,” he says, noting the expansive home windows in Monogram will all be triple-glazed.

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In a nod to native supplies, the outside of the constructing consists of terracotta cladding and parts of jade from northern British Columbia might be used within the interiors in addition to the outside.

Monogram might be constructed on the practically half-acre website at 1177 Burrard St., a location that acts as a gateway to the West Finish, Yaletown to the east and the central enterprise district to the south, says Buddle.

The 49-storey constructing includes 260 one-, two- and three-bedroom properties designed to enchantment to a variety of patrons from first-home purchasers to downsizers. The properties vary in measurement, from about 500 sq. ft (one bed room) to the most important penthouse models at simply over 2,000 sq. ft.

Monogram will embody devoted house for a number of customers, from retail house at floor degree to an arts and tradition hub (to be administered by the Metropolis of Vancouver), a daycare facility and three ranges of rental properties that might be owned and managed by Prima Properties, says Buddle.

Club Monogram allows homeowners to enjoy resort-like amenities, including a large outdoor deck featuring a 30-ft swimming pool. — Membership Monogram permits householders to take pleasure in resort-like facilities, together with a big outside deck that includes a 30-ft swimming pool. Photograph by Courtesy Prima Properties

One of many growth’s main points of interest, Membership Monogram, will occupy the eighth ground, the place householders will be capable of benefit from the resort-like facilities, together with a big outside deck that includes a 30-foot swimming pool, scorching tub, outside kitchen and landscaping, plus a youngsters’s play space. Inside house on this degree will embody a health room, a yoga and meditation room, a sauna and a digital lounge for watching sports activities and flicks or gaming.

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Additionally on degree eight, work and collaboration areas are deliberate for residents who do business from home, giving them the choice for a change of surroundings from their very own models.

From ranges 9 to 43, the properties might be a part of the constructing’s Signature Residences, whereas these from 44 to 48 are described because the Autograph Assortment.

In line with Prima’s philosophy to prioritize the views, the roof deck degree — appropriately named The Summit — will allow all householders to benefit from the 360-degree outlook.

A part of the constructing’s 15,000 sq. ft of facilities, the roof deck is surrounded by an architectural windscreen. Inside that house lush landscaping, an outside projection display, seating areas and a placing inexperienced all contribute to the distinctive house.

Craig Stanghetta, principal and artistic director at Vancouver-based inside design studio Ste Marie was attracted by the prospect of designing the sturdy amenity programming.

“The factor that basically resonated was that it was very city and linked and a future-forward property,” he says, including the developer pushed for design integrity and high quality throughout the whole constructing.

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“They’ve executed this extra as a legacy venture and fewer as a sort of commodity,” he says.

Stanghetta targeted on heat, consolation and easy-to-use options, including that the widespread areas will embody numerous wooden, plush seating and heat lighting, harking back to hospitality initiatives.

“And cosiness. Whenever you’re doing (designs) which can be speculated to be luxurious, particularly in the event that they’re minimal or actually modern, they’ll typically really feel chilly. And I feel that’s what we actually strived in opposition to right here,” he says.

The three inside color schemes, Seaside, Sea and Sky, are gentle and modern, with one that includes darker stone, says Stanghetta.

Large format porcelain tiles anchor the hospitality-inspired bathrooms, which also feature frameless showers and a stand-alone tub. — Giant format porcelain tiles anchor the hospitality-inspired bogs, which additionally function frameless showers and a stand-alone tub. Photograph by Courtesy Prima Properties

The Italian-made Boffi kitchen cabinetry was designed in collaboration with Inform Initiatives. Standout kitchen options embody the metallic look backsplashes, quartz counter tops (with waterfall edges on islands in choose properties) and platinum matte Dornbracht fixtures.

Main home equipment within the Autograph Assortment properties (flooring 44 to 48) are by Gaggenau, with the properties on degree 48 benefiting from a number of further home equipment, corresponding to an built-in wine fridge tower and pace oven.

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Giant format porcelain tiles anchor the hospitality-inspired bogs the place smoked-glass frameless bathe enclosures, wall-mount bogs and Boffi-designed floating vanities (with under-cabinet lighting) all contribute to the elegant, spacious, modern design esthetic.

Buddle expects development on Monogram to begin in 2025.

Challenge: Monogram

Challenge tackle: 1177 Burrard Road, Vancouver

Developer: Prima Properties

Architect: Merrick Structure

Inside designer: Ste Marie

Challenge measurement: 260 residential properties and 50 rental suites

Variety of bedrooms: 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom

Value: Ranging from $780,000

Gross sales centre: 1240 Richards Road, Vancouver

Centre hours: 12 midday to five p.m. Tuesday to Sunday (closed Mondays)

Telephone: (604) 606-1177