To be fair, it happened due to a maintenance/renovation issue as far as I heard when I was working there. The controversy I would say is the Westbank "quality" of the project. For example, when he went on the balcony, what was with that discolouration/peeling paint on that soffit panel?
As someone in the UK who likes Vancouver I liked the tour of this building. The one thing I thought was ridiculous though was the outdoor pool. I would want access to the pool on any day of the year...especially if I had spent $15 million on the penthouse...talking like I have that kind of money to spend lol
You should see it's twin, Telus Sky, in Calgary. Same architect but it reverse tapers (wide at the bottom to thin at top), and the whole exterior is covered in a public art piece/light installation by Douglas Copeland.
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Live in this building and you did a great job going through the lifestyle! Being able to walk into Fresh St Market or London Drugs without having to go outside while it’s raining is a great plus👌🏽
Omg i can't believe that building is finally finished! It's so cool to see the inside, I've seen the outside of it from the Granville bridge so many times
Thanks for explaining the reason of the shape of the building. I always wondered if it was just a designer's wish and an attempt to make it eye-catching and attract more tenants, because it seemed as the building owner loses such a bunch of money by not utilizing the building height
there are two buildings in Mississauga, Ontario - adjacent to Toronto - which were modelled on Marilyn Monroe's figure. If you have ever seen Marilyn singing Happy Birthday to President Kennedy in her clingy white dress, they would be unmistakable. Tacky, but kinda unique. Apparently, they are so successful another is coming.
developers dont do anything which loses them potential money. Zoning plans are based on square footage of a lot. So say 2.5 mean if you built to the very edge of the lot you could build 2 stories and half the 3rd. Of course there are other constraints like not being able to build right to the very edge of the lot, total height restrictions etc. And then the developer negotiates. So they can for example build a park or included a space for other desirable community assets which the city wants like a day car, space for car share programs, pot of money toward other city amenities and in trade planning grants them ok to go over certain restrictions for example build higher. I believe innovations in building has also made it cheaper to build higher so its becoming more common to build skinny tall buildings to get those views and nicer unit layouts vs. a large building where by definition more units per floor and each with much less outside walls (light and balcony).
If I recall correctly, the original name of this development was something like Gesamtkunstwerk. It was too difficult for foreign buyers (mainly China) to handle, so they simplified it to a very uncreative “Vancouver House”. A lot of the marketing efforts were catered to overseas buyers.
condo's with too many amenities that don't get used, simply add to the condo costs which might be slightly astronomical.....glad i bought my condo's directly across the bridge on Beach Crescent many years ago.....
There’s another building in van like this it’s the one on cardero and gorgia (I think) It’s still under construction but it’s huge and has weird curves on the side
It's a beautiful building. I have a direct view of it from my place in Kits/Granville Island along with the rest of the city. I've been to a couple of open houses in there and I find the spaces are quite pathetic, and oddly set up (especially in the units w/smaller square footage). Dig your channel btw!!!
It's controversial because it flooded like crazy due to poor, bottom-barrel cheap building design. (Search for 'vancouver house flood twitter', there are tons of videos and photos).
Horrible developer I have to say. Everyone I know who lives or lived in their buildings have flood issues. This one especially had a huge flood basically covered the whole elevator and soaked the floor. I think the flood was from 30 something floor down. Developer (Westbank) spent too much on marketing and outsourcing works too much. They have no decency to care about the build quality.
I did high-rise concrete in Vancouver for twenty years, and before that worked downtown for twenty and have NEVER HEARD of "Westbank". Do you know who is behind it?? Any KNOWN names??
@@Dwightstjohn-fo8ki Westbanks owns about half of the Vancouver downtown. The only hotel they have is Fairmont, the new one at Canada Place. I worked in it for about 1 year. BS building, full of deficiencies +
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They say it’s safe, but I would never live there. It seems to border on the line of physical impossibility. I would not be surprised if it fell over-not one bit surprised. I don’t know what the tolerances are, but I wouldn’t want to be in the building during a hurricane or a large seismic event-especially the Cascadia shift that is sure to come.
have a building specialist and he said the sway of the building is over what is the norm and could be dangerous... also the green rooftop is creating worms in the pool.. and best of all Westbank buildings have problems... ask Shangri-la, fairmont, etc
You must be a real estate agent, which explains why you completely left out the 2 most important points of this building: 1) because of all the square angles and lack of curves inside the units, this represents bad feng shui to the Chinese buyers whom this building was intended for. The developers made a huge mistake in this, and many Chinese buyers Did not want to purchase units in this building for this reason. 2) this building has been plagued with water leaks and flooding on the lower levels, they had to do multiple repairs, and there’s some severe structural issues that cause the water leaks. Other than that, fill your boots!
thought the chinese prefer rooms with straight rather than curved lines…They r used to nano apts (2 beds of 750 sq ft,,) fr where they came from; sadly Vancouver realty is falling into this!!
i had the chance to buy a sph unit here a while ago. but its not worth it. it looks beautiful, but it is so basic in terms of how literally every other apartment thats at least 8 years old looks. glossy everything, L shaped kitchen. there is literally nothing special about this complex aside from its exterior.
The layout is very disappointing . Powder room right next to the dining table ? 🤢 and that balcony is so linear that entertaining would be awkward . Nice view of course but that’s it …
I’m interested in this floor type but seems like there is any on market right now and it will be hard to find one i guess since only few top floor has same square and rest bottom floor is different
Has the time come where Vancouver real estate prices have a big correction? $2K per sq. foot is ridiculous for anywhere in Canada. London, yes. But Vancouver? Nah.
The newest luxury towers in Vancouver are sold out at $3,500 a square foot. It's ridiculous but so far it doesn't seem to be in much danger of an enormous correction.
It looks like your friends just moved into the marketing staged suite It's a building that tries to attract attention by being 'novel'. One sentence can describe this building: 'The top part of the tower hangs way out over the bottom part on one side and looks unstable'
Why would anyone want to live here? I don’t get it. What kind of standard of living can you get from living 52 floors into a building? Who can be bothered with lack of access, with trash, with moving furniature. Then there’s the risk of being trapped or building malfunction. I just don’t get it.
Hahah well the one bed average price is honestly weirdly close to the average 2 bed place. I've seen some expensive 1 Bed places out there these days 👀
Absolutely the worst floorplans imaginable. Some units have kitchens at the end of a long corridor deep in the building in a windowless cave. One has the washer dryer in a freestanding pillar in the middle of the living room. There are units where you have to go through some rooms to get to others (like they forgot about the invention of hallways). Some have living rooms smaller than the master bathroom Most are microscopic and incredibly expensive... the building has flooded twice and caught fire... and yet people still buy condos in it.
Hello! The building has actually had only one flood. It was caused by a gasket failure (which could happen in any building). It has nothing to do with the mechanics or plumbing of the building. Not sure where you got the idea about a second flood and fire lol. I do know someone in the grocery store got angry and lit something on fire, which caused the sprinkler system to go off. Maybe you are thinking of that?
Ohhhh where to find 2 bed for 2,5k? 🥲 I'm looking for an apartment in downtown rn and everything I can see is about min 3,3k for 2 bed, sometimes about 3k for 1 bed only. Maybe there is some websites only locals know about but I don't... Anyway, thanks for this video, it's really helpful
The Kitchen is too small. Theres no counter space. Toronto suffers from the same shrinking kitchen phenomenon. Kitchen layouts were better 15 years ago
It Rains a lot, My Love interest lives there! I can't go meet her all because of a misinformation rumor spread by an awful; Racist, Piece of shit from West Chicago, IL. My heart is empty and we are both from the East Coast of our country. My Love interest and i would've met and settled a romantic date. I was super depressed without her. She's originally from Toronto as well as born and raised there. I am born and raised in Atlanta, GA but moved to Los Angeles, CA. Just like her butt moved from Toronto to Vancouver for Business opportunities. I loved Vancouver, but it is super Expensive. I wanted to meet up with my Crazy Ex who lives in Metro North Vancouver Section. However, My heart just keeps breaking. All I am is an Animator and i've told the Canadian Patrol Border Officers that I would meet my Love interest. Oh, the sorrows of my heart being broken! Nice Video man, It brings me back memories of last year. I went to Vancouver for 3 weeks, I cried because I love this woman so much. My parents had to ruin my trip as well as the heartless RACIST JERK ☠☠☠ from West Chicago, IL USA. I would have that fighting spirit to become an Actor even if that means I would get killed like Bruce Lee. Me and my Love interest were meant for another regardless of age difference. We are tall, Noble, and Self-Disciplined human beings trapped in a western side of our countries. I would even sacrifice and Relinquish my USA Citizenship just to get a Canadian one if we ever get married. We don't plan to get children, I plan to get a Vasectomy. My heart hurts everytime People showed me Vancouver and it's beautiful skyscrapers and buildings. All because I missed my Love Interest so much.💔💔💔💔💔💔 Nice Video though, I hope I get to go there again!
absolutely the coolest building in Vancouver, from outside, couple cool competitive office buildings built recently might be better now, or some really amazing brutalist towers, apartment itself is your basic white with basic design elements by your basic designer ideas, nothing really unique or characteristic , very cookie cutter
TBH the only real controversy with this building is that despite being quite new, it's been in the news twice recently for flooding issues.
Very true! I only just learned of those too!
To be fair, it happened due to a maintenance/renovation issue as far as I heard when I was working there. The controversy I would say is the Westbank "quality" of the project. For example, when he went on the balcony, what was with that discolouration/peeling paint on that soffit panel?
it looks like no one lives there
Some of the floorplans are also terrible.
As someone in the UK who likes Vancouver I liked the tour of this building. The one thing I thought was ridiculous though was the outdoor pool. I would want access to the pool on any day of the year...especially if I had spent $15 million on the penthouse...talking like I have that kind of money to spend lol
You should see it's twin, Telus Sky, in Calgary. Same architect but it reverse tapers (wide at the bottom to thin at top), and the whole exterior is covered in a public art piece/light installation by Douglas Copeland.
No, we shouldn’t, because you can’t equate Calgary to Vancouver. Thanks bye.
@@davidsonnow Bruh
also the flooding in the building makes it quite controversial 👌🏽
Emerging randomly from the pool for the intro was a creative choice I can definitely get behind
this was supposed to be a low income housing that's why it was approved in the first place
the typical piano lounge ! ... yeah completely normal , every building in Vancouver has one lol ! awesome video!!
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This video was quite.. smooth? I can't quite tell why, but it was great to watch. well done!
Cool video man! Would like to see more of Vancouver's condos and buildings
Live in this building and you did a great job going through the lifestyle! Being able to walk into Fresh St Market or London Drugs without having to go outside while it’s raining is a great plus👌🏽
Heard homeless people are swarming Vancouver downtown. Hopefully this building have security to drive them away.
@@wyw201 no they aren’t swarming this building… there is a few blocks in the DTES that is bad not all of downtown Vancouver.
@@rowenpryde2126 It's only a matter of time!
Omg i can't believe that building is finally finished! It's so cool to see the inside, I've seen the outside of it from the Granville bridge so many times
Your Friend's must be multimillionaires!!
Thanks for explaining the reason of the shape of the building. I always wondered if it was just a designer's wish and an attempt to make it eye-catching and attract more tenants, because it seemed as the building owner loses such a bunch of money by not utilizing the building height
there are two buildings in Mississauga, Ontario - adjacent to Toronto - which were modelled on Marilyn Monroe's figure. If you have ever seen Marilyn singing Happy Birthday to President Kennedy in her clingy white dress, they would be unmistakable. Tacky, but kinda unique. Apparently, they are so successful another is coming.
developers dont do anything which loses them potential money. Zoning plans are based on square footage of a lot. So say 2.5 mean if you built to the very edge of the lot you could build 2 stories and half the 3rd. Of course there are other constraints like not being able to build right to the very edge of the lot, total height restrictions etc. And then the developer negotiates. So they can for example build a park or included a space for other desirable community assets which the city wants like a day car, space for car share programs, pot of money toward other city amenities and in trade planning grants them ok to go over certain restrictions for example build higher. I believe innovations in building has also made it cheaper to build higher so its becoming more common to build skinny tall buildings to get those views and nicer unit layouts vs. a large building where by definition more units per floor and each with much less outside walls (light and balcony).
The penthouses are sweet four of them with private patios and hot tubs
If I recall correctly, the original name of this development was something like Gesamtkunstwerk. It was too difficult for foreign buyers (mainly China) to handle, so they simplified it to a very uncreative “Vancouver House”. A lot of the marketing efforts were catered to overseas buyers.
Great work Adam, old sky line is changing , long as u can c flashing lighthouse at night over at west van , it’s a done deal👍🇦🇺🇨🇦
What an amazing building! Thanks for the tour!!
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Great video. Should have been nicer if you went through flooding issues in details because that's why it got so controversial in the first place.
where does water come ?
To be fair most of the type of ppl who complain about shadows and height tend to be nimbys anyway, so great this got built!
condo's with too many amenities that don't get used, simply add to the condo costs which might be slightly astronomical.....glad i bought my condo's directly across the bridge on Beach Crescent many years ago.....
1:58 I would never be on that part never.
Yo great video👍it would be awesome if you filmed a viewing of the penthouse💎
There’s another building in van like this it’s the one on cardero and gorgia (I think)
It’s still under construction but it’s huge and has weird curves on the side
Kengo Kuma .. also another WestBank development.. they love showy stuff... also the Butterfly at Nelson and Burrard
That is a decent swing
It's a beautiful building. I have a direct view of it from my place in Kits/Granville Island along with the rest of the city. I've been to a couple of open houses in there and I find the spaces are quite pathetic, and oddly set up (especially in the units w/smaller square footage). Dig your channel btw!!!
cool video mate. can you do a similar tour on Alberni by Kengo Kuma? that'd be awesome.
I don't think its controversial because it's size. it's controversial because it's BIG.
It's controversial because it flooded like crazy due to poor, bottom-barrel cheap building design. (Search for 'vancouver house flood twitter', there are tons of videos and photos).
When choosing a place to live in, my priority is my safety.
Horrible developer I have to say. Everyone I know who lives or lived in their buildings have flood issues. This one especially had a huge flood basically covered the whole elevator and soaked the floor. I think the flood was from 30 something floor down. Developer (Westbank) spent too much on marketing and outsourcing works too much. They have no decency to care about the build quality.
I did high-rise concrete in Vancouver for twenty years, and before that worked downtown for twenty and have NEVER HEARD of "Westbank". Do you know who is behind it?? Any KNOWN names??
@@Dwightstjohn-fo8ki no clue sorry. I only know they did a bunch of fancy designer towers. They also did Telus garden and Shangarila.
@@Dwightstjohn-fo8ki Westbanks owns about half of the Vancouver downtown. The only hotel they have is Fairmont, the new one at Canada Place. I worked in it for about 1 year. BS building, full of deficiencies
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Interesting...your chest hair is in the shape of the Bat signal/logo.
Hi. What currency you use in your videos CAD or USD?
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The view from the balcony is amazing !
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Present value of amortized mortgage
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Me and my friends call it the “drumstick building”
whoa I didn't realize it offered so many amenities 😍😍
They say it’s safe, but I would never live there. It seems to border on the line of physical impossibility. I would not be surprised if it fell over-not one bit surprised. I don’t know what the tolerances are, but I wouldn’t want to be in the building during a hurricane or a large seismic event-especially the Cascadia shift that is sure to come.
Detached houses are boxes too, I never understood the mindset against apartments, makes little sense.
have a building specialist and he said the sway of the building is over what is the norm and could be dangerous... also the green rooftop is creating worms in the pool.. and best of all Westbank buildings have problems... ask Shangri-la, fairmont, etc
You must be a real estate agent, which explains why you completely left out the 2 most important points of this building:
1) because of all the square angles and lack of curves inside the units, this represents bad feng shui to the Chinese buyers whom this building was intended for. The developers made a huge mistake in this, and many Chinese buyers Did not want to purchase units in this building for this reason.
2) this building has been plagued with water leaks and flooding on the lower levels, they had to do multiple repairs, and there’s some severe structural issues that cause the water leaks. Other than that, fill your boots!
thought the chinese prefer rooms with straight rather than curved lines…They r used to nano apts (2 beds of 750 sq ft,,) fr where they came from; sadly Vancouver realty is falling into this!!
i had the chance to buy a sph unit here a while ago. but its not worth it. it looks beautiful, but it is so basic in terms of how literally every other apartment thats at least 8 years old looks.
glossy everything, L shaped kitchen. there is literally nothing special about this complex aside from its exterior.
hey Adam as one of the guys who built the tower too bad I can't afford it lol
somebody has to move the bricks
How much they pay for rent like 8k?
im surprised that this is not an ad for the two bedroom that you are trying to sell haha
Can you show me apartments near University Canada West for rent please
The layout is very disappointing . Powder room right next to the dining table ? 🤢 and that balcony is so linear that entertaining would be awkward . Nice view of course but that’s it …
They move here and build it and just leave it on, they are that generous.
That is not a good size for a 2-bed. That's ridiculous.
I’m interested in this floor type but seems like there is any on market right now and it will be hard to find one i guess since only few top floor has same square and rest bottom floor is different
I expected more in terms of rent. 2500 is resoanable i suppose
mans video made me buy a unit there right after 💀
that chest hair had a little bit of batman's logo
This building gives me anxiety for some reason
Has the time come where Vancouver real estate prices have a big correction? $2K per sq. foot is ridiculous for anywhere in Canada. London, yes. But Vancouver? Nah.
The newest luxury towers in Vancouver are sold out at $3,500 a square foot. It's ridiculous but so far it doesn't seem to be in much danger of an enormous correction.
nice video, can you tell us if your friends are hardworking people who make 300k+ a year (what's their profession?) or do they have rich parents?
Shame about the road noise. The southern exposure would be amazing though!
It looks like your friends just moved into the marketing staged suite
It's a building that tries to attract attention by being 'novel'.
One sentence can describe this building:
'The top part of the tower hangs way out over the bottom part on one side and looks unstable'
Why would anyone want to live here? I don’t get it. What kind of standard of living can you get from living 52 floors into a building? Who can be bothered with lack of access, with trash, with moving furniature. Then there’s the risk of being trapped or building malfunction. I just don’t get it.
1.5 for a two bedroom LOOOL Yall crazy
Bruh, be real. 700 sq ft isn’t tiny for a 2 bedroom LOL.
$2500/ month for a 2 bedroom is average? I'm paying close to that for 1. I need you to come by my place and see if I'm getting scammed haha.
Hahah well the one bed average price is honestly weirdly close to the average 2 bed place. I've seen some expensive 1 Bed places out there these days 👀
that's a lie its not the open ocean lol
inland body of ocean water
@@kevinwelsh7490 Which is not the open ocean,
@@princezsshorts3209 I knew that... Tofino!
@@princezsshorts3209 "False" Creek???!!
Waste of time, money, and space to satisfy huge egos. 😢
Your friend is rich 😂
That is a hideous building. We are really destroying elements of beauty. Full of flaws and floods.
Absolutely the worst floorplans imaginable. Some units have kitchens at the end of a long corridor deep in the building in a windowless cave. One has the washer dryer in a freestanding pillar in the middle of the living room. There are units where you have to go through some rooms to get to others (like they forgot about the invention of hallways). Some have living rooms smaller than the master bathroom
Most are microscopic and incredibly expensive... the building has flooded twice and caught fire... and yet people still buy condos in it.
Hello! The building has actually had only one flood. It was caused by a gasket failure (which could happen in any building). It has nothing to do with the mechanics or plumbing of the building.
Not sure where you got the idea about a second flood and fire lol. I do know someone in the grocery store got angry and lit something on fire, which caused the sprinkler system to go off. Maybe you are thinking of that?
Congrats that might have been the worst explanation of vans viewcones I've heard
What have they built 😭😂
cUrVy building
Great DESIGN architecture ,possibly with ultimate DEFENSE system against DREADED bldg Smashers
Ohhhh where to find 2 bed for 2,5k? 🥲 I'm looking for an apartment in downtown rn and everything I can see is about min 3,3k for 2 bed, sometimes about 3k for 1 bed only. Maybe there is some websites only locals know about but I don't...
Anyway, thanks for this video, it's really helpful
In Downtown you probably won't. I'm moving to Richmond for that reason.
@@elizewyn yeah i think so too, but I'll try to find something like 1 bed+den anyway 🥲
Does this controversial building has a NAME?
It's right there in the video title - Vancouver House
@@natatatt My bad. Was so excited to see this video that I didn't even read the TITLE. Thank You.
The Kitchen is too small. Theres no counter space. Toronto suffers from the same shrinking kitchen phenomenon. Kitchen layouts were better 15 years ago
It Rains a lot, My Love interest lives there! I can't go meet her all because of a misinformation rumor spread by an awful; Racist, Piece of shit from West Chicago, IL. My heart is empty and we are both from the East Coast of our country. My Love interest and i would've met and settled a romantic date. I was super depressed without her. She's originally from Toronto as well as born and raised there. I am born and raised in Atlanta, GA but moved to Los Angeles, CA. Just like her butt moved from Toronto to Vancouver for Business opportunities. I loved Vancouver, but it is super Expensive. I wanted to meet up with my Crazy Ex who lives in Metro North Vancouver Section. However, My heart just keeps breaking. All I am is an Animator and i've told the Canadian Patrol Border Officers that I would meet my Love interest. Oh, the sorrows of my heart being broken! Nice Video man, It brings me back memories of last year. I went to Vancouver for 3 weeks, I cried because I love this woman so much. My parents had to ruin my trip as well as the heartless RACIST JERK ☠☠☠ from West Chicago, IL USA. I would have that fighting spirit to become an Actor even if that means I would get killed like Bruce Lee. Me and my Love interest were meant for another regardless of age difference. We are tall, Noble, and Self-Disciplined human beings trapped in a western side of our countries. I would even sacrifice and Relinquish my USA Citizenship just to get a Canadian one if we ever get married. We don't plan to get children, I plan to get a Vasectomy. My heart hurts everytime People showed me Vancouver and it's beautiful skyscrapers and buildings. All because I missed my Love Interest so much.💔💔💔💔💔💔 Nice Video though, I hope I get to go there again!
absolutely the coolest building in Vancouver, from outside, couple cool competitive office buildings built recently might be better now, or some really amazing brutalist towers, apartment itself is your basic white with basic design elements by your basic designer ideas, nothing really unique or characteristic , very cookie cutter
Contact me if you want to rent it I have 16 apt I rent there