data sheet
Project name: The Exchange
Location: 475 Howe Street, Vancouver BC, Canada
Client: Credit Suisse Real Estate Fund International / Swissreal
Area: 37,370 m2 (Above Ground GFA)
Completion: 11.2017
Architects: Harry Gugger Studio
Local Architects: Iredale Group Architecture
About harry gugger studio (hgs)
Harry Gugger established Harry Gugger Studio (HGS) in 2010
in order to create closer ties between his academic work and
practice. He aimed at creating an environment that fathoms
synergies from his two decades of partnership at Herzog & de
Meuron and the research work of his chair ‘Laboratoire Bâle’ at
the Swiss Federal Technical Institute in Lausanne (EPFL). In doing
so, distinct interrogations of science, engineering, environment,
society and art should find vigilant responses.
Already within its first years of practice, the Studio, based in Basel,
successfully designed and executed work in Switzerland, Canada
the Middle East and Central America. Projects range in scale and
functions, from urban schemes and civic buildings, to private
houses, exhibitions and furniture. Particular emphasis is placed
on the singularity of each project, aiming at exploring its distinct
potential, in close collaboration between HGS, clients, users and
corresponding consultants.
1. www.hgugger.ch
2. www.theexchangebuilding.ca