Archetech Issue 40 2019 | Page 4

AN URBAN OASIS IN THE HEART OF VANCOUVER’S ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT ACDF ARCHITECTURE + ARCHITECTURE49 + IBI GROUP ACDF Architecture + Architecture49, in partnership with IBI Group, invite Vancouver residents and visitors to experience PARQ, an urban oasis featuring a 72,000  sq. ft. casino, two luxury hotels, eight diverse restaurants, a fitness centre and spa, a 30,000 sq. ft. rooftop park and 60,000  sq. ft. of state-of-the-art meetings and event space. “PARQ was conceived as the missing link between the active environment of BC Place stadium and the downtown core’s thriving entertainment district,” explains lead design architect Maxime Frappier.