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The Kita Film

Without the same abundance of beautiful, bespoke ultra luxury residences that other global cities enjoy, The Kita represents a rare opportunity for its residents to experience a way of living unlike anything else that exists in Japan.

The Kita has sweeping, open living areas and an unprecedented amount of space and amenity for densely populated Tokyo. Offering only 12 spacious  ultra luxury residences, a dedicated concierge and true artistry of design by internationally renowned architect Kengo Kuma, The Kita sets a new precedent for Tokyo condominiums and  offers a standard of living that will be difficult for to look back from. Intuitive, intelligent,  multi-textured, multi-layered and sumptuously  comfortable, it is both a place to live and a higher plane for living. Both an epoch-making piece of  architecture and a timeless work of art.

The Kita is a building that reveals itself softly, subtly – not just through sight but all the senses. It is a place where shadows dance, light metamorphosizes surface, textures gently  intermingle, views unfold, foliage enfolds and  materials unveil themselves in slow, compelling  ways. There is nothing explicit about it. Rather, it  is calm and unobtrusive. Yet it has a profound  sense of atmosphere. An atmosphere that envelops you, embraces you, stays with you  –  and is felt deep in your core.  

Private viewings available upon appointment. To learn more about The Kita Tea House and more, please contact us at tokyo@westbankcorp.com or +81 (0)3-6721-0531.


The Kita

"The Avior takes its name from a binary double star – Epsilon Carinae, known as Avior, in the constellation of Carina. A binary star is a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around their common barycentre, so close that from earth they can appear as one. The name is a nod to the story of two buildings and their new, unbreakable bond."

While the story behind The Avior is one of blending, layering and gentle transition, these themes relate to the experience of living there, too. Inside, each of the 11 apartments and 2 penthouses is spacious, airy and open-plan, with  high ceilings and huge windows overlooking the  trees. This allows for smooth transition between  living areas, and suggests a soothing symbiosis with the natural world. The clarity and abundance of light is invigorating, yet, at the same time, cocoon-like softness is achieved through materials and beautiful detailing. Outside, Japanese-style gardens surround the building,  with undulating, mossy hills, a scattering of smaller rock gardens, a flowing stream and an abundance of bamboo, maple and cherry blossom trees. Very Japanese in its delicacy, yet  satisfying Western proportions and living expectations in every way, The Avior is a bridge between worlds.

Designed by Studio Gang, Terraine will provide much-needed rental housing in San Jose, to complement the Arbor’s workspace,  creating a highly sustainable, live-work neighborhood. Employing a mass timber hybrid structure, the building will target net zero carbon.

The two buildings, Arbor and Terraine — separated between their residential and workspace programming — will share resources, energy, and a public realm along the level of the street. The urban intervention will activate the neighborhood and generate a lively street life. Both Terraine and Arbor are climate responsive structures, designed to be highly sustainable and to adapt to varying environmental conditions on different sides of the site.


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Broadway & Alma is a new rental project on Vancouver’s West Side, bordered by Kitsilano and Point Grey, and our first project to be completely designed by the boutique Vancouver-based design firm, Leckie Studio. A young, award-winning interdiscipinary practice whose past focus has centred on beautifully-designed single family homes, our collaborations with Leckie Studio to date have created some of their first multi-family residential designs.

We are committed to making a significant long term contribution to Vancouver’s rental housing supply and this project will bring approximately 164 secured rental units, with 20% of the residential floor area for moderate income households. 

Broadway & Alma

The Orchard residential building (409 South 2nd Street) is part of a two project campus, composed of workspace and residential. Designed to integrate and celebrate the existing mid-century Bo Town restaurant structure on the site at the corner of San Salvador and S 2nd Street, the building adopts an L-shaped plan, to both maximize the efficiency of its program and highlight the heritage of the restaurant, with its iconic folded roof and populuxe, space age-inspired elements. The residential building includes approximately 540 market rental homes. 

The Orchard Residential

A historic downtown landmark, Bank of Italy is one of the most iconic buildings in San Jose. With a rich history based upon Amadeo Giannini's legacy as the founder of Bank of America,the building is distinct in both appearance and location. Bank of Italy's conversion will restore and celebrate its historic architecture while bringing new, inspiring workspace and retail designed to reenergize downtown San Jose, and create a unique destination in the city. 

The tallest tower between San Francisco and L.A. until the 1980s, Bank of Italy is a statement building in the heart of Downtown San Jose whose podium offers some of the most high profile retail space in the city. We’re interested in using this project to bring something different to the city. We envision a mix of workspace, retail and cultural space as a way of bringing creativity to the built environment and also an amazing amenity for downtown San Jose.

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Arbor is comprised of two buildings: a mass timber structure and the adaptive reuse of the existing Davidson Building, providing over 500,000 sf of workspace and dramatically reducing the carbon emissions and embodied carbon of  
the project.

Designed to maximize connections to nature and the outdoors, through a mix of indoor, outdoor and semi-outdoor spaces, Arbor takes its name from the structure it is conceived as — a framework that is light on the earth yet provides robust support for a diverse ecosystem of healthy, inspiring habitats for  creative work. 

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The Energy Hub is designed to complement the adjacent Bank of Italy building also by BIG, while creating a mix of retail, rental residential and workspace with expansive floorplates. Connecting two alleys on either side of the site, an arch cuts through the project creating an expanded public realm and urban room that will activate the entire surrounding neighborhood. The Energy Hub’s name comes from the two kinds of energy it creates: the photovoltaic panels on the louvers and the roof harness energy from the sun and the public realm generates human energy, from the connections and interactions it helps foster. 