Nexen Building, Calgary

Nexen Building
Nexen Building south and east facade
General information
Type Office
Location Calgary
Canada
Coordinates 51°02′47″N 114°04′46″W / 51.04639°N 114.07944°W / 51.04639; -114.07944Coordinates: 51°02′47″N 114°04′46″W / 51.04639°N 114.07944°W / 51.04639; -114.07944
Completed 1982
Height
Roof 152 m (499 ft)[1]
Technical details
Floor count 37
Floor area 55,855 m2 (601,220 sq ft)[2]
Design and construction
Architect CPV Group Architects and Engineers
Main contractor CANA Construction Company

The Nexen Building is a high rise office building in downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

It is a 37-storey skyscraper, with a height of 153 m (502 ft).[1] The commissioner and main tenant of the building is the Chinese-owned energy company Nexen.

It was designed by CPV Group Architects and Engineers Ltd and built by CANA Construction Company Limited. The late modernist building was completed in 1982.

The Nexen Building (formerly the Nova Corporation headquarters building) employs a composite stub-girder steel frame floor system,[3] originally developed in part by Joseph Colaco.[4]

It is unique in that it is one of the few buildings in Calgary that don't follow the traditional grid pattern of the downtown core. Instead of facing south/north, or east/west, it stands diagonally.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Emporis. Nexen Building
  2. ↑ "Nexen Building". Skyscraper Center. CTBUH. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  3. ↑ Stringer, David C. "Staggered Truss and Stub Girder Framing Systems in Western Canada Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine.." Technical paper published by the Canadian Steel Construction Council. 1982. Retrieved on January 20, 2009.
  4. ↑ Colaco, Joseph P. "A Stub-Girder System for High-Rise Buildings." Technical paper presented at the AISC National Engineering Conference, New York. May 1972. Retrieved on January 20, 2009.


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