A prime residential development pairs design excellence with reduced environmental impacts.

The Silver Sea Development, located between Vancouver's Granville Street Bridge and George Wainborn Park, is a quality residential development designed to achieve a high level of architectural and urban design excellence. The design of the building incorporated advanced green building strategies that resulted in a reduction in the level of energy and water consumption and mitigation of the project's overall environmental impact.

Suites are oriented facing east, taking advantage of views across George Wainborn Park. Accordingly, while the building is aligned to the city grid along its north and west faces, the south and east-facing sides feature a lighter, more transparent treatment. Spacious balconies function as sunshades for floors below, and are finished to express distinct outdoor living areas and to allow interaction with the adjacent park. The building's southwest corner features a small, 160 sm commercial retail component.

With floors four through nine gradually stepping back, the building reflects the nautical influence of its marina-side location. This theme is echoed in the project's landscaping, most notably in the "moat" of collected rainwater which runs along the building's north face. The project's styling and detailing serve a similar purpose. Private entrance bridges to ground level suites cut through a series of island planters containing bamboo and reeds, aiding water filtration.