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great series.
Wow, can't wait till the MNP gets topped off. How many weeks, about? Anybody?
Looked topped out to me...
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Looked topped out to me...
There will be a steel superstructure that will extend the curtain wall to form a "crown" that extends slightly past the top of the elevator overrun.
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So now they're going to build the big pointy roof portion? Does anyone know what the function of the top floor will be?
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There will be a steel superstructure that will extend the curtain wall to form a "crown" that extends slightly past the top of the elevator overrun.
Yes true. But the concrete roof has been poured so they have topped out the last floor.
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Old Posted Jun 23, 2014, 11:26 PM
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Can't wait to see the final roof, and for the work site to be cleaned up. The Guinness tower ground level is a mess with all the construction.
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Old Posted Jul 2, 2014, 10:38 PM
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Thanks for sharing new pictures.

Once all the exterior glass is done, I'm looking forward to two days.

The first day there is a heavy rainfall and a waterfall happens at the entrance.
The first sunrise at the peak of summer should look great from Hastings, with the shining curves behind the staid rectangular Marine Building.
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Old Posted Jul 2, 2014, 10:56 PM
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Looks like there's a canopy below the edge of the curatil wall "skirt".
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Thanks for the pictures, some nice shots in there.
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http://www.biv.com/article/20140701/...brand-strength

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Towers of brand strength
By Glen Korstrom
Tue Jul 1, 2014 12:01am PST

Executives at MNP LLP's Vancouver office were at first reluctant to have their firm's brand on one of Vancouver's new office towers.

The firm, which has added 123 more accountants in the past year and is No. 4 on Business in Vancouver's list of biggest accounting firms in B.C., is best known for serving mid-sized businesses as clients.

They feared that putting the company's brand on a 35-floor tower might change that perception, explained MNP's regional managing partner of advisory services, Mackenzie Kyle.

“We didn't want people to think that we're moving out of the market niche that we're focused on,” Kyle told BIV. “We didn't want our clients to think, ‘Hey, there's a big-city firm for purely big companies.'”

In the end, the firm's decision- makers realized that it would be careless to let an opportunity slip by to increase exposure for the brand.

They inked a deal to lease seven floors, with an option for two more, at Oxford Properties' 270,000-square-foot tower at 1021 West Hastings Street, which is slated to be complete by June 2015.

MNP's brand will adorn a pillar outside the building, but there will be no signage at the top because that would mar the look of the sleek and curved design, said Oxford's director of leasing, Chuck We.

Having the tower branded the MNP Tower did not cost anything extra. The branding perk simply came as part of the leasing package for being the structure's first and largest tenant.
http://www.biv.com/article/20140701/...brand-strength
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Most people love the new MNP Tower, and with good reason. It's about the sleekest, most elegant, and "crafted" building to emerge in a long time.
(with a respectful bow to the Trump Tower, of course)
Still, the MNP seems to be setting a new "benchmark" for building standards in the city. It's helping catapult Vancouver into a new design era.
The MNP itself, and almost all the adjacent buildings are creating one of the handsomest city centres anywhere. May this trend continue, accelerate, and never falter.
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Designed by KPF - a non-Vancouver firm - for Oxford.

http://www.kpf.com/project.asp?S=1&ID=428

KPF is also designing 1133 Melville for Oxford.
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KPF is also designing 1133 Melville for Oxford.
Have you heard anything more about that one from your engineer friend?

EDIT: Just noticed your July 3rd comments in the rumours thread. Thanks.

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KPF is also designing 1133 Melville for Oxford.
have you herd anything about the height or floors.
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Designed by KPF - a non-Vancouver firm - for Oxford.

http://www.kpf.com/project.asp?S=1&ID=428

KPF is also designing 1133 Melville for Oxford.
If MNP is an example of their work, I hope that Kohn Pedersen Fox wins even more contracts in the city.
Their style is truly (and I gag to coin the term) "world class", really more, it seems than anything homegrown.

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Thank you for the photos. Looking svelte!
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