Vancouver as a city squished between the mountains and the ocean is regularly voted. One of the most beautiful cities in the world. However, when it comes to building design mediocre is the word that you see most often. Now things are changing for sure, like the development will be looking at today, the curve designed by British architect Tom Rice and a that name doesn't mean anything. Well, he's the guy who designed the Burj Al Arab. You know, the world's first

Unofficial, seven, star hotel. So, needless to say Vancouver skyline is about to get a bit more interesting, spearheaded by the montreal-based Bravia group. The Curve is slated to be the world's tallest part of house at more on that shortly and Vancouver's tallest residential high-rise being built on the highest point of downtown Vancouver, the Pinnacle of luxury living which

Is a big undertaking in this city, Nelson's Park is just a stone's throw away and the iconic Davey Village, but a mere Pebbles grow. After that living here means you're going to be surrounded by great restaurants, fitness centers, grocery stores high-fashion and much, much more. But to talk about that. I think we need to take a look at something a bit more tangible.

Whoa-ho. Okay. Now I see where this thing is. Getting its name from this. This is impressive standing at 585 and a half feet and fun fact. The curve despite its impressive size can actually fit inside time, rights previous Masterpiece, Burj Al Arab nearly two times over the curve promises to deliver a total of 500 and for residential units that include 358 Market,

Condo units. And while it is clearly, making use of the space above the ground, it is also building down with 11 levels of underground parking for 299 vehicles and over 8,000, spaces for bicycles. All sounds pretty impressive. Right? Well, that's because one of the really interesting things about building high in Vancouver is the criteria you have to meet to get permission from the city. These days essentially, Vancouver's, higher building policy.

Requires the solar Towers to establish a significant and recognizable new Benchmark for architectural creativity and Excellence while making a significant contribution to the beauty and visual power of Vancouver skyline forcing developers to innovate when they entered the downtown Market. Another somewhat intriguing part of the curve strategy is to sell floors under different names, depending on how high up, you are in the building and the amenities. You get condos are starting from the 21st floor known as the, right?

Aizen collection and takes you all the way up to the 52nd. Now these sweets of engineered wood floors, porcelain tiled bathroom finishes or it's kitchen, counters in details and a choice of three pallets 453 to floor 58 is the sky collection offering the best views and premium finishes and appliances such as wine, fridges, all within an array of larger, sweet choices. As for the tippy top, well,

Let me show you.

Here we have what the curve are, calling the Haven complete with who median Lounge, spaces Wine Room, yoga studio virtual, driving range, and much, much more least of all some of the most impressive views you will ever get of downtown Vancouver.

And this is where the Curve will be when it is expected to be completed in 2029. Now standing here, you notice something else about this street curves. Proximity to another architecture, lie buried building in Downtown, the butterfly, both are being built side by side. Both are taking inspiration from nature and her blinds. And both are pushing the boundaries of residential architecture in a part of the city that isn't really known for crazy building design.

Right here, on Nelson Street, where the curve is going to be one day, is really smack. Dab in the middle of the West End surrounded by low and mid-rise buildings. And the big question over. Everyone's head is, how will these two Goliath's fit in with the more relaxed five of the community?

Nelson Park will be your playground when you live at the curve, with dog parks, possible courts, and Farmers Market, every Saturday in the warmer months. Now, Vancouver's, used to seeing, Ultra high-end luxury tires that on Cole Harbour and even wrapping around the false Creek area. So, these two towers are somewhat of an anomaly here. But this more residential living means, you're only a couple of hundred meters away from elementary and secondary schools, and a short walk to some of the most prestigious third of Education in Canada.

And when you get tired of making use of the hot tubs in your building, you can put her down to the Vancouver. Aquatic Centre for some high diving or bougie. The night away in Davie. Village a couple of hundred meters in the opposite direction, and you're hitting Vancouver's, shopping district, on Robson Street. Full of all the Pradas Louis Vuitton and are amazed at your little heart desires. Finally, these kind of projects in the city, have a huge knock-on effect for other industry. The curve is required to provide nine point four million dollars in development cost levies and

250 800,000 of public art so get ready for another. Controversial chandelier coming to a downtown near you.

But let's be real, most of you are looking at buying into the curve, are not buying it because of its proximity to a park, the building itself and the units are where the magic really lies here. So, first off, what is this passive house thing that I spoke about earlier? Well, passive house or passive house as it is known in German is a design standard that delivers healthy comfortable and efficient buildings. It takes a fabric first

Ouch the focus of the design is ensuring that the thermal envelope. The layer that separates inside from outside is optimized to provide comfortable and healthy indoor conditions considered to be the most rigorous voluntary energy based standard in the design and construction industry. Today, the curve aims to be the tallest passive house in the world. And it has built a beacon of sustainable engineering. And it is expected that it will quickly become a blueprint for future Towers in cities around the globe.

The idea of a super tall passivhaus tower, is especially fitting for a city like Vancouver with such high environmental aspirations. What does this mean for you? The buyer, though? Well, in George Let's fees whether that be in strata, which are coming out at an alarmingly low, 66 cents per square foot or even just your heating and cooling bills. Interior-wise these homes are looking particularly impressive from Colombian born and raised as Clark.

A in collaboration with New York salemme ID, they aim to use what they call Noble materials to accentuate, the building's quality. Now this results in details, like the fluted Stone and filter glass walls and the residential Lobby along with a white stone concierge desk and all over Silverlight, porcelain tile, flooring, which is a standard that is expected to be carried through the floor, plan itself. And in terms of floor plans, what we are seeing here will be part of the sky collection.

Pricing can always fluctuates, but at the time of recording this video, you can expect to pay around 3.3 million dollars for this kind of unit. Now, there are obviously smaller units and this 1161 put giant like the one and a half bed bath spanning 541 Square fish. And expect. This are that they are more respectable 1.1 million. If you are looking at buying into the curve, you'll need a deposit of 15% and if you're looking to buy presale and she do an assignment,

Then come and talk to the guys on bread street today, and who knows? You might time it rise and be able to NAB one of their very appealing incentives. Okay. So the curve, there are some people who may think this project is not what Vancouver needs and while that is not a debate, I'm getting into in this video. It's worth noting that the curve is projected, to accommodate 50 Market, rental units and 96, social housing units. Also, when I said earlier that the Curve will be the

The tallest passive house in the world. I forgot to mention that they would ultimately surpass. The current record holder by nearly 30 stories, Innovation will always be met with criticism, but I am confident that the Curve will rise above to be an iconic part of the Vancouver skyline.