• The Marine Building is a skyscraper located at 355 Burrard Street in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada near the Financial District.
  • Dubbed the Marine Building, this masterpiece was designed in Art Deco style, the preferred style of the 1920s.
  • Completed in 1930, Vancouver's iconic Marine Building was the tallest building in the British Empire for a brief period.
  • The Marine Building is equal to any of the other Art Deco Masterpieces in North America and deserves its designation as a Heritage Building in Vancouver.
  • The Marine Building in downtown Vancouver is one of the world’s most exquisite examples of art deco architecture.
  • I should note, by way of conclusion, that the Marine Building is still very much an active office building, so please do mind the workers on the upper levels.
  • Though dwarfed by it’s more modern neighbors, the Marine Building is host to an endless stream of tourists and the curious, and no wonder.
  • The Marine Building was the first skyscraper for McCarter who was the engineer and Nairne who was the architect.
  • The Marine Building is one of Vancouver’s precious treasures. It makes a dramatic and exciting backdrop as you look west down Hastings.
  • When it opened in 1930 at a cost of $2.3 million, ($1.1 million over budget), the Marine Building was the talk of the town.