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Client:	Delta Land Development
Architects:	Perkins&Will
Location:	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Size:	339,000 square feet | 31,500 square meters
Completion Date:	2026 (estimated)

Photo Credit: © Chuck Choi, courtesy of Perkins&Will

Canada’s Earth Tower is a 40-story mixed-use development expected to be the world’s tallest hybrid wood tower when completed. Located on a 1.3-acre (0.5-hectare) parcel along Eighth Avenue near Vancouver’s Burrard Slopes neighborhood, the project will include approximately 138 homes together with shops, restaurants, and office space. South-facing outdoor garden spaces are provided for residents on every third floor, providing opportunities for social interaction and a chance to connect with nature.

The building reduces its embodied carbon footprint through a hybrid structure, which combines mass timber with reinforced concrete cores for elevators and emergency stairs, which provide lateral stability to the structure along with seismic and fire protection.

Earth Tower is designed to be a zero-emissions building, consuming no fossil fuels while in operation. Canada’s Earth Tower will include energy-saving features, such as triple-glazed windows and a heat-recovery system and is targeting Passive House certification. Integrated photovoltaics are expected to supply roughly 15 percent of the building’s electrical demand.