An urban renewal project that meshes the old with the new, the Arriva development features two modern high-rise towers and two heritage designated schools.
The two contemporary glass and concrete residential towers, 34-storeys and 42-storeys respectively, were placed on concrete podiums that contained commercial and office units, as well as the entries to the tower residences above.Each podium contained four levels of underground parking and the surface areas were developed with gardens and surface parking situated as part of the original sandstone Victoria School and wood framed Bungalow School buildings.The buildings were constructed in phases independently from one another.The 34-storey tower was built in its entirety, whereas the construction of the 42-storey tower consisted only of the parking levels and grade level floor.
The development’s design was influenced by the constrained site and location near Calgary’s downtown core.
