Jamieson Place (Calgary) Explained

Jamieson Place
Location:Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Coordinates:51.0497°N -114.0683°W
Status:built
Start Date:January 2007
Opening:December 2009
Building Type:Office
Antenna Spire:173m (568feet)
Roof:170m (560feet)
Floor Count:38
Elevator Count:17
Cost:$-million
Floor Area:880000square feet
Architect:Gibbs Gage Architects
Structural Engineer:Read Jones Christoffersen
Main Contractor:EllisDon
Developer:Bentall LP
Owner:British Columbia Investment Management Corporation
Management:Bentall Capital

Jamieson Place is a 880000square feet[1] office building in the city's downtown core of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. At the time of its completion in 2009, the 173m (568feet) Jamiseson Place was the third tallest office tower in Calgary.

The building's winter garden is home to three hanging glass chandeliers by artist Dale Chihuly.[2]

History

Bentall Capital on behalf of the property owner British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, tasked Gibbs Gage Architects to design a structure at the corner of 2nd Street and 4th Avenue SW. The proposed 38 floor[3] design was inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright and the vernacular landscape of the Canadian Prairies, featuring twin illuminated vertical spires capping the building at 173m (568feet). The design included connections to the city's Plus 15 network, and a three-story indoor winter garden.[4] The complex would also include a five level underground parkade with 500 stalls, totaling 240000square feet.[5]

Groundbreaking for $300-million (equivalent to $-million in) project occurred in January 2007 and construction completed in December 2009. Following construction Jamieson Place has earned BOMA Platinum status and LEED Gold status.[1]

Jamieson Place was named in honour of Alice Jamieson, a resident of Calgary who in 1914 became the first female appointed to the judiciary in the British Empire.[6]

As of 2020, Skyscraper Center, a project of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat lists Jamieson place as the 12th tallest building in Calgary and 64th tallest in Canada.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: General Building Information . jamiesonplace.com . QuadReal . 5 July 2020.
  2. News: Wilcox . Meg . Calgary's lesser known art: statues, paintings, memorials and manhole covers . 5 July 2020 . . April 23, 2016 . Calgary, AB.
  3. Web site: Jamieson Place. https://archive.today/20130409074145/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=jamiesonplace-calgary-canada. dead. April 9, 2013. Emporis. Emporis. 2007-10-27.
  4. Web site: Mitanis . Marc . Ten Years Ago, Jamieson Place Entered the Calgary Skyline . calgary.skyrisecities.com . Skyrise Calgary . 5 July 2020 . March 22, 2018.
  5. Web site: Jamieson Place. Gibbs Gage Architects . 2007-10-27.
  6. Web site: Naming . Jamieson Place . 2007-10-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081020212307/http://www.jamiesonplace.com/about_jamieson/naming.html . October 20, 2008 .
  7. Web site: Jamieson Place . The Skyscraper Center . . 5 July 2020.