First Canadian Centre Phase 2
Calgary, Canada
First Canadian Centre by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill was an enormous two-tower project under construction in Calgary in the early 1980s when the economy failed. Only a single tower was completed as a result of the recession. Twenty-five years later, a design for a new second tower was created to complement but not mimic the original scheme. The site remains an enviable address along the 7th Avenue light rapid transit line. A new banking hall and plaza were introduced to create a more active and permeable pedestrian realm at the street level.
Completed by Heather Cameron as Project Manager and Christopher Brett as Senior Designer while employed at Kasian (with Carlos Ott & NORR Architects).
