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Workers tested the installation of this sample Sapphire balcony on Vienna House in early December to understand the steps involved. In this model, diagonal suspension rods tie into the hanging hardware that will support the balcony immediately above.

Breaking the Thermal Bridge: A Look at Vienna House’s Innovative Prefab Balconies

BC Housing’s Vienna House project will be the first British Columbia building to use a new type of suspended balcony that will provide tenants with semi-private outdoor space without undermining the project’s ambitious energy-efficiency goals.

An engineer works on the electrical and control panel for one of three Vienna House Droplet hot water plants.

A Cutting-Edge Zero-Carbon Hot Water Plant Is in the Works for Vienna House

Every time a Vienna House resident washes the dishes or takes a shower, they’ll be benefiting from a new climate-friendly hot-water plant up on the building’s roof. The building will feature the first Canadian installation of the WaterDrop Droplet system.

Myriad design and engineering innovations combine to increase performance, resilience, and lower costs.

Cutting Edge

Vienna House is a platform to showcase construction innovations. It highlights methods used internationally, as well as techniques shown to improve the quality and affordability of sustainable and resilient housing across Canada.

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Are the sounds of the city music to your ears?

Psychoacoustics… Qu’est-ce que c’est?

The Vienna House team is working to ensure the project’s residents will enjoy the highest possible quality of life. Among other things, that means paying careful attention to what they hear—and what they don’t.

Prefab’s Plentiful Possibilities

Parts of the Vienna House project will be built on-site in East Vancouver—but other sections will come together elsewhere. Here, modular and offsite construction experts outline some of the options.