The Salient Group

Water Street’s ‘sculptural’ addition
Latest Gastown households move in to homes that are intensely modern spaces behind a serenely Victorian facade

In our homes, by our comparative novelty culturally, the opportunity to juxtapose old and new, later century and earlier, one design period and another, is limited — the pairing, for example, of a mid-century modern Womb chair and ottoman with the restored bay window of a Victorian railway hotel framing an Edwardian warehouse.

That’s why it’s a pleasure to show you photographs from the recently completed Terminus new-home project on Water Street in Vancouver’s Gastown neighbourhood.

The 46 Terminus households will reside in spaces ranging in size from 623 square feet to 1,624 square feet.

They are now moving in.

The developer is The Salient Group; the architect, Acton Ostry, and the interior designer, Evoke International Design Inc.

Acton Ostry commissioned most of the photography published here and inside, for inclusion in submissions to architectural competitions. Continue reading “Vancouver Sun: terminus: Water Street’s ‘sculptural’ addition” »

A Bit of Beijing
Homes in or near some of North America’s largest Chinatowns

DETAILS: This unit is in the 46-apartment Terminus condo in the downtown Gastown district. The 2008 building, with a modern design and a shared rooftop deck, incorporates the original façade of an 1886 hotel.

WALKING DISTANCE: Chinatown, a few blocks east, remains largely untouched by new development. Water Street in Gastown, the city’s original downtown corridor that was redeveloped in recent years, has offices, homes and stores.

DIM SUM: Banquet-hall-like Floata Seafood Restaurant; try the BBQ pork bun, a standard, or desserts like deep-fried taro dumpling.

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Streetohome Video from The Salient Group on Vimeo.

Homelessness is a community challenge…
and a community responsibility

Streetohome Foundation is the first, broad community-based initiative designed to address homelessness in Vancouver. Our work brings together people from all sectors of our community: non-profits, community groups, business, governments and citizens.

Our goal at Streetohome is to build bridges and leverage the time, resources, expertise and funds of our entire community to ensure that all people in Vancouver have access to safe, decent, affordable housing by 2015.

Because we know that solving homelessness is not just about common decency, it is also about common sense.

What can you do to help?
Be a part of the solution.

Please visit www.streetohome.org for more info.

Robert Fung talks about the terminus project from The Salient Group on Vimeo.

Robert Fung was profiled on the Citizen’s Bank website, featured in a member spotlight. You can also see this member profile featured in the Q3 edition of the Citizens Statement newsletter.

Robert Fung: Building the future on the past

Robert Fung was an anthropologist before he was a developer and that explains everything. “There’s a strong link between my degree in anthropology and my current urban renewal work,” says the much-lauded 42-year-old Vancouver-based president of The Salient Group. “I’ve always had a strong interest in how people live and how they form healthy communities.”

Raised in Toronto, Fung spent seven years with Concord Pacific—during which he was responsible for the rezoning and redevelopment of the Expo ’86 lands. He launched Salient in 2000 with a focus on “niche urban residential and commercial projects.” Fung is “passionate” about protecting the city’s remaining historic stock: “That cultural and architectural record ties us to our city and shapes our civic identity.”

Continue reading “Robert Fung profiled on Citizen’s Bank website: Member Spotlight” »