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One Wall Centre
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General information
Status Complete
Type Residential condominiums
Hotel
Architectural style Modernism
Location 1088 Burrard Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Coordinates 49°16′50″N 123°07′37″W / 49.28046°N 123.1270°W / 49.28046; -123.1270
Construction started 1998
Completed 2001
Height
Antenna spire 157.8 m (518 ft)
Roof 149.8 m (491 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 48
Floor area 42,955 m2 (462,360 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators 8
Design and construction
Architect Perkins and Will
Developer Wall Financial Corporation
Structural engineer Glotman•Simpson Consulting Engineers
Main contractor Siemens Development
Other information
Number of units Rooms = 344
Suites = 70
Condo = 74

One Wall Centre, also known as the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel, is a mixed-use skyscraper in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. From 2001 to 2008, it was Vancouver's tallest building until the Living Shangri-La was built. The tower has 25 hotel floors in the lower levels with 344 rooms and 17 condo floors in the upper levels with 74 units. There are another 389 hotel rooms that are found in the connected Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel. In 2001, the building was awarded the Emporis Skyscraper Award for Best New Skyscraper.

The building was featured in the 2006 movie X-Men: The Last Stand as the Worthington labs building that they used to give the cure to the mutants.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: One Wall Centre para niños

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