The Bow at 500 Centre Street SE in downtown Calgary was designed by Foster + Partners with Zeidler Partnership Architects, and built for EnCana. Groundbreaking was on June 13, 2007, it topped out in November 2010, and the article gives 2012 for completion and June 2013 for its official opening. Its crescent shape reportedly comes from an unbuilt 1996 Foster concept for London.
The tower has 58 floors, including three sky gardens, and stands about 236 m (774 ft) tall, with 199,781 m² of floor area. The facade uses over 84,000 m² of glass, and 70 to 80 percent of the bricks from the demolished York Hotel were reused. It cost $1.4 billion CAD. Public art includes Jaume Plensa's Wonderland.
It was Calgary's tallest building from July 2010 to May 2016. The article says there is no public observation deck.
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