CALGARY | The Bow | 774 FT / 236 M | 58 FLOORS

Boris2k7 · #1 Posted: **May 9, 2007, 6:38 PM**

Under Construction

Description of the Bow

The Bow is an office tower being built for Encana, one of the largest Energy Companies in North America. It is comprised of two buildings, including a main office tower and a cultural/retail podium, spanning two full city blocks. It also will encapsulate two heritage buildings (one being the Royal Canadian Legion #1, which is a provincial historic resource and not officially part of the development) as well as the facade of the York Hotel. The project was sold to H&R REIT to develop, and the lead architectural firm is Foster and Partners from London, UK. The main tower will be the tallest building in Canada outside of Toronto at 236m and also the crown of Calgary's skyline.

Who is building the Bow?

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Owner

H&R REIT

Developer

Matthews Southwest

Tenant(s)

Encana

Architect(s)

Secondary Designer(s)

Engineering

Retail Strategist(s)

Talbot Consulting

General Contractor(s)

Ledcor

Excavation

Professional Excavators

Supplier(s)

Waste Management

Budget Waste

Where is it? Do you have a map?

Centre to 1st Street S.E. and 5th to 6th Avenue S.E., Calgary, AB

What is the development timeline?

2011/00/00 || Construction finished
2010/03/00 || Structure topped out
2008/07/04 || 6th Ave SW reopened
2008/05/09 || Raft Slab poured (3 Days)
2008/05/01 || Floorplate revised
2007/08/21 || 6th Ave SW closed
2007/05/05 || Excavation started
2007/03/08 || Development Permit approved
2007/02/09 || Tower sold to H&R REIT
2006/10/12 || Design unveiled
2005/10/04 || Second land acquisition
2005/08/23 || First land acquisition
2005/07/11 || Project announcement
2002/04/05 || EnCana born from merger of PanCanadian and AEC

Give me some specifics!

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Development Permit (DP-2006-3431)

Land Use

Office
Retail
Institutional*

Estimated Cost

~ $1,300,000,000.00 (CAD)

Size & Density

Roof Height (Tower) -- 58 Storeys | 236m | 774'
Roof Height (Podium) -- 7 Storeys | 39m | 128'
Gross Floor Area -- 217,404m² | 2,340,117'² +
FAR -- 12.43 +

Materials

Concrete -- 100,000m³
Steel -- 39,000 tonnes
Curtain Wall Glass -- 8,000 panels | 900,000'²

Parking

1,360 Automobile Stalls -- 1,000,000'²
420 Bicycle Spots -- 320 Above Grade | 100 Below Grade

Elevators

22 Shafts
44 Cabs

Sustainability Features

Atria improve ventilation
Displacement Ventilation limits tempered zone to occupied space
Tower orientation takes advantage of passive solar energy
Structural system reduces the amount of steel required
Office floor cooling and heating provided by Environmental Air Tower unit with under-floor distribution
Permanent carbon dioxide monitoring system will be installed

*Institutional usage pending

Renderings

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Boris2k7 · #2 Posted: **May 9, 2007, 6:49 PM**

In any case...

The latest images from the construction site... (start of construction)

May 05, 2007

Courtesy of Surrealplaces

Courtesy of myself

kazpmk · #3 Posted: **May 9, 2007, 10:31 PM**

Exciting to see construction begin. The tower looks huge!

TOBoy · #4 Posted: **May 10, 2007, 2:44 AM**

New tallest under construction building in the country. Exciting times in Canada.

Boris2k7 · #5 Posted: **May 10, 2007, 5:08 AM**

New pics by DLLB

May 09, 2007

1ajs · #6 Posted: **May 10, 2007, 5:28 AM**

nice to see it start

looks forward to coming out at some point and geting shots of it rising

bomberguy · #7 Posted: **May 10, 2007, 5:29 AM**

This is a beast.

1ajs · #8 Posted: **May 10, 2007, 6:25 AM**

of course its the new tallest in western canada beeting out is niebor for that title lol

Wooster · #9 Posted: **May 10, 2007, 6:36 AM**

It is exciting seeing action on this site knowing what is about to rise.

tokama · #10 Posted: **May 11, 2007, 1:59 AM**

Yee-haw!

(Sorry, as a long-time Calgarian I rarely give in to the cliche cowboy chatter - but - what can I say this is a great f$#kin building!!!)

You Need A Thneed · #11 Posted: **May 12, 2007, 7:04 PM**

Looking at the rendering again, I just realized that I hadn't seen the balcony above the existing York Hotel facade before.

Calgarian · #12 Posted: **May 15, 2007, 11:59 PM**

This is one of the nicest highrise proposals I've seen on here, Calgary is damn lucky to be getting a building of this calibre, kudos Encana for giving us a building that isn't another glass or concrete box. kudos

Beyond 1000 · #13 Posted: **May 16, 2007, 12:48 AM**

I also agree that The Bow looks wonderful. Good job Calgary!

Bokimon · #14 Posted: **May 16, 2007, 3:59 AM**

Let the games begin!
Pound those piles and get some diggings to begin!

Game On!

giallo · #15 Posted: **May 16, 2007, 4:24 AM**

My favourite Canadian building UC. My only gripe is the width of the thing.

Thinner6 · #16 Posted: **May 16, 2007, 5:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by giallo

My favourite Canadian building UC. My only gripe is the width of the thing.

I don't think it will appear so wide once constructed.

The Chemist · #17 Posted: **May 16, 2007, 5:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by Thinner6

I don't think it will appear so wide once constructed.

I think somebody showed it wasn't any wider than PetroCanada, so I would have to say you're right.

I'm very excited to see work underway on this project - it seems like it's taken forever to get to this point, but now that it's underway it's just fantastic.

mersar · #18 Posted: **May 16, 2007, 5:25 AM**

It won't. Width wise its only just a little wider then PCC's west tower (which doesn't appear wide due to it sitting on an angle on the block), and the height will balance out any width anyways, especially from up close.

Another amazing thing about it is the number of calgary forumers who have bought new cameras recently, with the justification of needing them to take shots of this one.

giallo · #19 Posted: **May 16, 2007, 6:17 AM**

Wow! I was just looking at some of those thumbnails:

Beautifully arranged

Is it like this all the way to the top floor?

Wooster · #20 Posted: **May 16, 2007, 8:17 AM**

There are three sections of the atrium the full height of the tower. Each is about 20 storeys tall.

This image best explains it.