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Originally Posted by Dimswitch
These rules seem to vary, case in point: New York City - World Trade Tower gets listed first thx to it's lengthy antennae, so all I'm asking is for some consistency here.
Nevertheless, Harbour's mast regardless of whether you count it or not, it's still there, totally visible on skyline and it's the 3rd tallest man-made structure in Vancouver!
And here's another point, if they claimed the main entrance was the one on Cordova St. (which is 23 feet below Hastings) the top of the mast is 581 feet above street level!
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Originally Posted by Dimswitch
I believe the original intent was to make it look like a ship's mast. Bldg is right on the harbour and the name of the bldg is Harbour Centre so it makes sense. But even if it is an antennae, if One World Trade gets to count theirs why not us? I posed this to Wipperman and I'm hearing a deafening silence.
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To be fair, it is a consistent rule, used worldwide, and set by the CTBUH. Official height is measured to the uppermost architectural height. Spires are considered architectural, while antennae are not. If there are neither, then it's the roof height (ie. not including the elevator core).
Take Shangri-la for example: the fins extend past the roof height, and are considered architectural, so the top of the fins is the uppermost architectural height. The window washing crane reaches higher than the fins, but is not architectural, so it's not included.
As far at 1 WTC, it's actually a hotly debated issue within the community. Many people (in Chicago especially) consider the tower to be topped with an antenna. But the CTBUH decided that the big long thing on top was actually a spire, so it was given it's official height of 1776 ft. Most would agree that the original design was a spire, but less are on board with the final (cheaper) product. It's very likely that the designation was more political than anything, with lobbying from the US/NYC because they wanted the "Freedom Tower" to have a symbolic height - 1776 ft or the year of the Declaration of Independence.
In any case, I agree with you that Harbour Centre should have a taller official height because it seems like it has an architectural spire on top.
Is there any way to find the development/building applications for the tower from back in the day? That might give us the answer.