UBC’s highly anticipated new Arts Student Centre is back, with a new location and a new design by Leckie Studio Architecture + Design Inc.
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UBC student housing gets big boost with plans for 600 new beds
Student housing at UBC is about to get another big boost, with plans for 600 beds in two new buildings on Walter Gage Road.
New UBC Arts Student Centre at The Bosque
A new UBC Arts Student Centre located in The Bosque is proving controversial with some who do not want to see several pin oak trees cut down.
Five-building Pacific Residences at UBC to add 1,000 new student beds to campus
UBC Campus and Community Planning unveiled plans at a public information session on Tuesday for five new buildings of student housing on the Vancouver campus, with nearly 1,000 beds.
UBC’s Wesbrook Village home to first mass timber condominiums in North America
A new building at UBC’s Wesbrook Village is the first market condominium project in North America to use something called mass timber, also known as cross-laminated timber (CLT) in its construction. The six-storey Virtuoso development by Adera Development Corp. was honoured May 24 with a REAP Gold award by UBC Properties Trust. All new residential […]
The Residences at Nobel Park proposed at Wesbrook Village
A new development by Polygon Homes with 267 market residential units is proposed across from the UBC Farm at Wesbrook Village. “The Residences at Nobel Park” will consist of a 14-storey tower, a five-storey low-rise building and two rows of townhouses fronting on Ross Drive and the adjacent greenway. The tower has a large floor […]
Nano micro suites part of new student residence building at UBC
71 new “nano suites” or micro apartments will open in 2019 at UBC as part of an innovative new residence building combining student housing and a transit exchange. The nano suites measure 140 sq ft. and contain everything a student might need: a pull-down bed/desk, kitchen with mini fridge and a bathroom with stand-up shower. […]
