It’s been three years since the green roof was planted on Vancouver’s new convention centre. Is it a success? Is it as good as they promised it would be? The answer is that some parts are ...

Led by Seattle based architecture firm LMN, the most extraordinary addition to the center is the 5-acre living roof that is landscaped ... of a traditional convention centre,” says Mark ...

In 2010, the Vancouver Convention Centre West will serve as the international ... plants and grasses as well as 240,000 bees, the green roof acts as an insulator to mediate the exterior air ...

Craig Lehto, General Manager of the Vancouver Convention Centre on the roof on April 2, 2019. Photo by Lindsay William-Ross 7. The West building is beloved for its sloping green roof that is home ...

The view from the top of Vancouver's convention centre is of breathtaking mountains ... The difference is that now, he's tending to four hives on the roof of the city's newest marquee building.

Though Vancouver Convention ... they dropped the 6-acre living roof down to eye level to frame views and provide a constant reference point to the landscape. With three times the space of the adjacent ...

Vancouver Convention Centre – Vancouver, B.C. At six acres, the green roof that covers the West Building of the downtown Vancouver Convention Centre is the largest in Canada and the largest ...

“While the Vancouver Convention Centre was built to the highest environmental standard with features like our six-acre living roof and impressive green technology, our commitment to the environment is ...

Cities such as San Francisco and Copenhagen also have green-roof bylaws. The Vancouver Convention Centre’s green roof, completed in 2008, is the largest in Canada at 2.4 hectares. It reduces the ...

The Vancouver Convention Centre West has the largest living roof ... features are aimed at better water use. These include a green roof that captures rainwater, which is stored in a 7,700-gallon ...

Vancouver is internationally known as one of the most sought-after event destinations – something that is in no small way due to the opening of the Vancouver Convention Centre’s West Building ...