8X on the Park, Vancouver Building Development, Canadian Architecture Images
8X on the Park, Vancouver Building in Vancouver
25 Jan 2022
Design: GBL Architects
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

8X on the Park, BC
GBL Architects and Brenhill Developments recently completed the high-rise development 8X on the Park. Amongst the ubiquitous residential towers of downtown Vancouver, 8X On The Park stands apart for its nuanced, contextual urban gestures and rigorous commitment to detail. GBL deftly guided the project through a complex, decade-long planning and design process culminating in a 35-storey mixed-use tower with a varied and striking presence on the Vancouver skyline.

8X On The Park sits at the corner of Richards and Helmcken Street in Vancouver?s upscale Yaletown neighbourhood, along the northern edge of Emery Barnes Park. The decade-long transformation of the intersection began with GBL and Brenhill?s collaboration on Jubilee House, an affordable housing project built on the northwest corner, and culminates with 8X on the southwest corner. Jubilee House won a 2016 UDI Award for excellence for Non-Market Housing and together, the two projects represent a substantial contribution of market, rental, and affordable housing units.
The site addresses multiple contextual adjacencies. A neighbouring heritage apartment establishes an urban scale and visual cadence along Helmcken Street to the west. To the east and traveling north and south along Richards Stre...