Seaspan Head Office
Location North Vancouver, BC
Status Built, Complete 2018
Client Seaspan ULC
Budget $33,000,000
Peter Atkinson was Project Architect and Lead Designer for this project while at Dialog.
The design of Seaspan’s Head Office is a response to its organizational challenges, specifically having departments siloed in closed offices and different buildings. Here the company is united under one roof. Located on a dramatic waterfront site, the head office has a large cantilever over Burrard Inlet. Its subtle butterfly shape opens both to the south, with a view of the company’s tug boats in the harbour, and to the south, with views back to its shipyards. The open plan office provides daylight and views, while the closed offices are used to shield the remainder of users from the harsh western sun. The overall result is an extraordinarily functional and beautiful building, which connects people to both North Vancouver and the entire marine scape of Vancouver, setting the stage for one of the most important industrial campuses in Canada.
Photography by Heath Moffat.
