Chief Leonard George Building

Vancouver, BC
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Project Keywords: Affordable Housing, Air Barrier, Community, Enclosure, Energy Performance, First Nations, High Performance, High-Rise, Indigenous, Mass Timber, Multifamily, Passive House
  • Completion Date 2026
  • Size 65,000-sf, 9 storeys, 81 apartments
  • Services Provided Building Enclosure Consulting, Passive House Consulting, Air Barrier Commissioning Services
  • Market Sector Residential - Affordable Housing
  • Owner Vancouver Native Housing Society
  • Architect GBL Architects (RDH Client)
  • Photography Intelligent City, Province of BC, Take Off Photography, Ventena Construction
The Chief Leonard George Building is a new 65,000-sf, 9-storey affordable housing project designed by GBL Architects for the Vancouver Native Housing Society.

GBL Architects engaged RDH to provide Building Enclosure Engineering, Passive House Consulting, and Air Barrier Commissioning.

The design embraces First Nations values and incorporates pre-manufactured mass timber floor and enclosure wall panels, helping reduce construction impacts on the community and environment. The project achieved Passive House Certification.

 

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