The green roof gives some land back to animals ... The center also plans to put a restaurant in the building. Vancouver Convention Centre West received LEED Canada platinum certification, the ...

Designed by LMN Architects, Vancouver Convention Centre West—possibly the world ... s most eye-catching elements is its iconic green roof, visible from throughout the city.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 battle for greenest city: mayor says Vancouver getting close The convention centre's green roof helps prevent runoff from entering the city sewers. (Denis Dossman/CBC) Carr said Toronto ...