regarding the buildings lighting, i found this on the permit board report:
"Ms. Heyvaerts stated that they have a lighting consultant who came up with a scheme for lighting the building at night. The system will use LED lights and will be used to simulate rain drops on the building elevation. There will also be photovoltaic solar cells that operate the blinds so that they will drop automatically when the sun hits the windows."
http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/comm...utes/feb26.htm