The Vancouver Convention Centre opened in 1986 and was expanded in 2009. The West Building was designed by LMN Architects of Seattle with MCM Architects and DA Architects + Planners of Vancouver. The British Columbia Pavilion Corporation, a Crown corporation, owns it. The West Building opened to the public on April 4, 2009, at a cost of CA$883 million. The article names no style.
It has a 2.6-hectare green roof, one of the largest in Canada, irrigated with rainwater and greywater. Heating and cooling draw on harbor water, and an artificial reef sits in the foundations, built from 76 concrete frames. LEED Platinum certification came on February 9, 2010.
Total meeting space is 466,500 square feet (43,340 m2). It served as the press and broadcast center for the 2010 Winter Olympics. The article gives no hours.
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