BOMA Calgary

What People Are Saying About…Building on the Bow

“This book is very special to me.  BOMA Calgary gave me a list of buildings, but I was given the freedom to make all of the artistic decisions like photographing the buildings from the street, and only from outside, and that the images would be in monochrome.  I needed to take a broad view of the project too and decide how the book would be presented as a body of work, that is, how it all ties together.  It was an exciting challenge to create images that would be strong enough to draw in a viewer and resonate with their own sense of connection.  I hope I have succeeded.”

(Steve Speer, photo artist)

“We are builders of the city.  Where we are today is the sum of everything we’ve done and been before and a celebration of the future.”

(Bill Partridge, President and CSO, BOMA Calgary)

 “Many of the buildings that you will see throughout this book represent the same foresight that Calgarians had one hundred years ago.  They are not necessarily buildings constructed for how things were at the time, they were constructed for the city that the owners wanted and expected to see.  These buildings illustrate the dreams we’ve had for our city.”   See the full foreword from the book

(City of Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi)

Full list of sponsors can be found here.

 ”Our company is part of the new development in Calgary. ‘Building on the Bow’ is a great initiative.  It takes lots of buildings to make a city and it doesn’t happen overnight — it’s good to provide the overall perspective on the history of buildings here and how they came to be.”

(Avi Tescuiba, Hines Canada, sponsor)

“We are enthusiastic supporters of historical and heritage buildings, their architecture and the desirable character of those urban and office environments.  The whole trend of quality development and community building in Calgary is worth celebrating! We’re pleased to be involved in preserving some early parts of that.”

(Alec McColm, Allied Properties REIT, sponsor)

“We feel this book was important to document not only how downtown Calgary has evolved but, how quickly it has evolved in response the demands of the residents and employers in the city of Calgary.  Oxford continues to contribute to this growth through its next planned development of the Eau Claire Tower at 3^rd Avenue and 5^th Street S.W.”

(Ken Dixon, Oxord Properties Group, sponsor)