Trump International Hotel and Tower (Vancouver)

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Trump International Hotel and Tower
Trump International Hotel and Tower
"Trump International Hotel and Tower (Vancouver)" 2016
Basic data
Place: Vancouver , CanadaCanadaCanada 
Construction time : 2012-2016
Opening: 05/01/2017
Status : completed
Architectural style : structural expressionism
Architect : Arthur Erickson Architectural Corporation
Musson Cattell MacKey
DYS Architects
Use / legal
Usage : Apartments, hotel, shops
Apartments : 147 hotel rooms
238 condominiums
Owner : Trump Organization ( Donald Trump )
Main tenant: Donald Trump Hotels
Client : Holborn Group
Technical specifications
Height to the top: 188 m
Rank (height) : 2. (Vancouver)
Floors : 63
Building material : Structure: reinforced concrete ;
Facade glass
Construction: Structure: steel, concrete; Facade: glass
Building-costs: $ 360 million

The Trump International Hotel and Tower (Vancouver) (called Palm Court during the planning phase ) is a skyscraper in the Canadian city ​​of Vancouver . The building at 1133 West Georgia Street opened on January 5, 2017. At 183 meters and 63 floors, it is the tallest building in the city after Living Shangri-La .

The building was designed by Arthur Erickson in the shape of a hyperbolic paraboloid . The floors are rotated towards the floor below. The building rotates 45 ° over its entire height, similar to the Turning Torso in Malmö .

history

The building was announced as the Ritz-Carlton Group's second largest hotel building in Canada after the Ritz-Carlton Toronto . When the hotel operator stopped pursuing the project, the company JW Marriott Hotels of Marriott International , which also includes the Ritz-Carlton Group, announced that the hotel was operating in the building. In 2010, Ritz Carlton withdrew from the project.

At a press conference on June 19, 2013, the President of the Holborn Group, Joo Kim Tiah, together with Donald Trump and his children Donald , Ivanka and Eric announced the takeover of the US $ 360 million Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver.

The building opened at the end of January 2017.

use

The Trump Hotel is located on the first 15 floors with 147 rooms, on the remaining floors 238 premium condominiums as well as a lounge, wellness and SPA facilities, a restaurant and Vancouver's first pool bar nightclub. A palm garden under a glass roof is also planned .

Web links

Commons : Trump International Hotel and Tower  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. CTBUH: Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver
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  3. ^ Trump International Hotel and Tower Vancouver
  4. Amy Judd: Vancouver's Trump Tower is officially open for business. In: Global News , January 26, 2017 (English).

Coordinates: 49 ° 17 '10.8 "  N , 123 ° 7' 23.8"  W.