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May 1, 2026
News & Updates
November 26, 2025
How Vienna House Clicked into Place
The team behind BC Housing’s Vienna House made extensive use of prefabrication techniques. Here’s how they did it—and the lessons learned along the way.
September 26, 2025
BC Housing Edutalk: Adrienne Young on Building Information Modelling (BIM)
PUBLIC Architecture’s Adrienne Young explains how the team is using BIM to deepen collaboration and identify issues and opportunities.
August 25, 2025
BC Housing Edutalk: Jeremy Field on Embodied Carbon at Vienna House
Introba’s Jeremy Field explains the pioneering work done behind the scenes to measure and reduce embodied carbon in BC Housing’s Vienna House project.
June 2, 2025
BC Housing Edutalk: Magda Szpala on Sustainability and Resilience at Vienna House
BC Housing’s Director of Sustainability and Resilience takes us behind the scenes on the early decisions that helped ensure Vienna House residents will better withstand heatwaves, wildfire smoke, and other adverse events.
January 23, 2025
Vienna House Tops Out
On January 9, 2025, a crane lowered the final cross-laminated timber (CLT) roof panel into place. Today BC Housing released a 30-second video to recognize the milestone.
December 18, 2024
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.
September 17, 2024
Unpacking the Jigsaw Puzzle Approach to Prefab Construction
As we roll into the cooler weather, the Vienna House site is teeming with activity. Two of the building’s six floors are now in place and the third is well underway.
September 17, 2024
Video: How Prefab and Offsite Construction is Delivering High Energy Efficiency
Our new video explains how Vienna House is using innovative prefabricated and offsite construction methods to deliver very high levels of energy efficiency.
May 29, 2024
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.