Vancouver's greenest office building envisions a new kind of indoor/outdoor office space with TELUS Garden

Telus Garden Office Building in Vancouver

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Imagine working in an office building with daylight and open atriums that connect to outdoor garden space. Vancouver-based architecture firm office of mcfarlane biggar designers + architects (omb) was hired to design the primary office space for the Canadian telecommunications company TELUS, and with this opportunity they re-envisioned what office space could look like, with beautiful results. Last year, the project was completed, and now photographs have finally become available of the nine-floor headquarters located inside downtown Vancouver’s TELUS Garden development.

Telus Garden Office Building in Vancouver

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Imagine working in an office building with daylight and open atriums that connect to outdoor garden space. Vancouver-based architecture firm Henriquez Partners Architects was hired to design the greenest office building in the city for the Canadian telecommunications company TELUS, and with this opportunity they re-envisioned what an office building could look like, with beautiful results. Last year, the project was completed, and now photographs have finally become available of the nine-floor headquarters located inside the TELUS Garden development in the heart of Vancouver.

Image via Henriquez Partners Architects

TELUS Garden Office Building in Vancouver, designed by Henriquez Partners Architects

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Imagine working in an office building with daylight and open atriums that connect to outdoor garden space. Vancouver-based architecture firm Henriquez Partners Architects was hired to design the greenest office building in Vancouver for the Canadian telecommunications company TELUS, and with this opportunity they re-envisioned what an office building could look like, with beautiful results. Last year, the project was completed, and now photographs have finally become available of the nine-floor headquarters located inside downtown Vancouver’s TELUS Garden development.

Image via Henriquez Partners Architects

TELUS Garden Office Building in Vancouver, designed by Henriquez Partners Architects

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Imagine working in an office building with daylight and open atriums that connect to outdoor garden space. Vancouver-based architecture firm Henriquez Partners Architects was hired to design the greenest office building in Vancouver for the Canadian telecommunications company TELUS, and with this opportunity they re-envisioned what an office building could look like, with beautiful results. Last year, the project was completed, and now photographs have finally become available of the nine-floor headquarters located inside downtown Vancouver’s TELUS Garden development.

Telus Garden Office Building in Vancouver, B.C.

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The one-million-square-foot TELUS Garden is a mixed use development that consumes an entire city block in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, and this building is green as it gets. The complex comprises a 53-floor residential tower and a 24-floor office tower, which includes the nine floors that hold the company’s national headquarters. Construction was completed in 2015, and the headquarters are targeting LEED Platinum certification, with many sustainability goals tied to the base building systems. The TELUS Garden building employs passive ventilation, copious daylighting, radiant heating and cooling, integration of indoor and outdoor space, and the extensive use of local wood throughout.

Telus Garden Offices / office of mcfarlane biggar

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Among the green building components featured in the TELUS Garden hub is a raised access floor with a displacement ventilation system which uses 100-percent outside air, as well as radiant exposed concrete ceilings.

Telus Garden Offices, designed by OMB (Office of Mcfarlane Biggar)

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Vancouver-based architecture firm office of mcfarlane biggar designers + architects (omb) was hired to design the primary office space for the Canadian telecommunications company TELUS. Last year, the project was completed, and now photographs have finally become available of the nine-floor headquarters located inside downtown Vancouver’s TELUS Garden development. The LEED Platinum-targeted design puts to work a slew of sustainable elements, many of which are prominently featured in the building’s aesthetics.

Telus Garden Offices / office of mcfarlane biggar

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The one-million-square-foot TELUS Garden is a mixed use development that consumes an entire city block in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia.

Telus Garden Offices / office of mcfarlane biggar

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The complex comprises a 53-floor residential tower and a 24-floor office tower, which includes the nine floors that hold the company’s national headquarters. Construction was completed in 2015, and the headquarters are targeting LEED Platinum certification, with many sustainable goals tied to the base building systems.

Telus Garden Offices / office of mcfarlane biggar

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The building employs passive ventilation, radiant heating and cooling, and the extensive use of local wood throughout the interior space.

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Systems such as these actually informed the design of the building, as the concrete radiant ceiling had to be largely left exposed in order for the heating system to function properly and efficiently.

Telus Garden Offices / office of mcfarlane biggar

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The architects’ sustainable vision encompassed the building’s interior materials as well, calling for low-VOC and recycled materials throughout the project.

Telus Garden Offices / office of mcfarlane biggar

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The firm also insisted on utilizing locally sourced wood, and Red Alder was selected as a primary interior material.

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The sustainable wood was used throughout the office and meeting spaces, featured in the flooring as well as the sweeping spiral staircase.

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The TELUS Garden headquarters also incorporates some exterior space, in the form of a terrace with solar cell-clad shades, a quiet garden space, and sweeping views of the cityscape.

Vancouver’s greenest office building envisions a new kind of office space with TELUS Garden

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Vancouver's greenest office building envisions a new kind of office space with TELUS Garden

Telus Garden Office Building in Vancouver

Telus Garden Office Building in Vancouver

TELUS Garden Office Building in Vancouver, designed by Henriquez Partners Architects

TELUS Garden Office Building in Vancouver, designed by Henriquez Partners Architects

Telus Garden Office Building in Vancouver, B.C.

Telus Garden Offices / office of mcfarlane biggar

Telus Garden Offices, designed by OMB (Office of Mcfarlane Biggar)

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Telus Garden Offices / office of mcfarlane biggar

Telus Garden Offices / office of mcfarlane biggar

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Telus Garden Offices / office of mcfarlane biggar

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