The Bow (skyscraper)

The Bow
The Bow
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Office
Location	500 Centre Street SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Coordinates	51°02′52″N 114°03′44″W / 51.04778°N 114.06222°W
Construction started	June 13, 2007
Topped-out	November 2010
Completed	2012
Cost	$1.4 billion CAD
Owner	Oak Street Real Estate Capital
Height
Roof	236 m (774 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	58 floors; 53 office floors; 2 retail floors; 4 mechanical floors; 3 sky gardens
Floor area	2,150,425 sq ft (199,781.0 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Foster + Partners, Zeidler Partnership Architects
Developer	Matthews Southwest
Structural engineer	Halcrow Yolles
Main contractor	Ledcor Group of Companies
Website
	www.the-bow.com

The Bow is a 158,000-square-metre (1,700,000 sq ft) skyscraper in downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The 236 metre (774 ft) building was the tallest in Calgary between July 8, 2010, when it surpassed the Suncor Energy Centre, and May 11, 2016, when it was exceeded by Brookfield Place. The Bow is currently the second tallest office tower in Calgary and the third tallest in Canada outside Toronto.^[3] The Bow is also considered the start of redevelopment in Calgary's Downtown East Village.^[4] It was completed in 2012 and was ranked among the top 10 architectural projects in the world of that year according to Azure magazine.^[5] It was built for oil and gas company Encana, and was the headquarters of its successors Ovintiv and Cenovus.

^ "The Bow". Skyscraper Center. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
^ "BREAKING: Calgary's Bow tower sold for $1.2 billion". Western Investor. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 16, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
^ "The Bow rises as Calgary's tallest building". CBC News. July 8, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
^ "Calgary's future skyline unveiled". Calgary Herald. October 13, 2006. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
^ Osborne, Catherine (December 20, 2012). "2012 in Review: Top 10 Projects". Azure. Retrieved September 12, 2015.

[1] "The Bow". Skyscraper Center. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved September 10, 2017.

[factsheet-2] "BREAKING: Calgary's Bow tower sold for $1.2 billion". Western Investor. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 16, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2021.

[tallest-3] "The Bow rises as Calgary's tallest building". CBC News. July 8, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2015.

[future-4] "Calgary's future skyline unveiled". Calgary Herald. October 13, 2006. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2015.

[Azure-5] Osborne, Catherine (December 20, 2012). "2012 in Review: Top 10 Projects". Azure. Retrieved September 12, 2015.

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