Paradox Hotel Vancouver

Paradox Hotel Vancouver
The Paradox Hotel Vancouver under construction in August 2016
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Residential/Hotel
Architectural style	Structural Expressionism
Location	1139 West Georgia Street Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Coordinates	49°17′10″N 123°07′24″W / 49.28611°N 123.12333°W / 49.28611; -123.12333
Construction started	2012
Completed	2016
Opened	28 February 2017 1 April 2022
Closed	28 August 2020 (hotel)
Cost	US$360 million
Owner	Holborn Group
Management	TA Global Berhad
Height
Architectural	187.8 metres (616 ft)
Roof	178 metres (584 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	60
Lifts/elevators	12
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Arthur Erickson, Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership, DYS Architecture
Developer	Holborn Group
Main contractor	Urban One Builders
Other information
Number of units	217 apartments and 147 hotel rooms
Parking	346 spaces
Website
www.paradoxhotels.com/vancouver
References
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The Paradox Hotel Vancouver, formerly known as the Trump International Hotel and Tower Vancouver, is a residential skyscraper and hotel in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The 60-storey, 188-metre (617 ft) tower in which the hotel is located is at 1151 West Georgia Street and was completed in 2016. The tower is the second tallest building in Vancouver, after the Shangri-La tower located across West Georgia Street.

The triangular tower, designed by architect Arthur Erickson, twists gradually, with increasing elevation, up to 45 degrees from bottom to top. Similar to Absolute World in Mississauga, Ontario and Turning Torso in Malmö, Sweden, the building's design resembles a hyperbolic paraboloid.

In 2020, the Trump International Hotel and Tower Vancouver closed.^[4][5] Over 250 employees had already been temporarily laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hotel employees had reported that they learned of the hotel closure from the media or they were informed without warning that they had lost their jobs.^[6]

Minor renovations and rebranding on the Vancouver tower began in late 2021, including the removal of all “TRUMP” branded exterior building signage. The hotel re-opened in April 2022 as the Paradox.^[7][8]