Fantom Tower

Fantom Tower is a 10-storey luxury residential tower located at 14825 Thrift Avenue in White Rock, British Columbia, developed by Forge Properties and built by Peak Construction. Designed by Ankenman Associates Architects Inc., the building distinguishes itself from typical West Coast residential towers through its sculpted, elliptical floor plate, continuous wraparound balconies, and a façade punctuated by large round windows — a combination that gives the tower its distinctive presence within White Rock’s high-end residential neighbourhood.

Vision West supplied and installed 24,060 square feet of exterior glazing across the project, encompassing the building’s full envelope and all balcony railings. The primary scope was 14,450 square feet of exterior window wall fitted with operable vents, swing balcony doors, and sliding balcony doors at all suites. At grade, the team installed 1,160 square feet of exterior curtainwall comprising the radius curtainwall framing the lobby entry and 18 round windows located in the suite walls, each with an integrated operable vent. The aluminum framing for the round windows was stretch-formed to match the exact radius of each rough opening — a fabrication and installation detail that demanded precise tolerance control between the shop-formed frames and the as-built concrete openings. Glass canopies were installed over the lobby entry and over the level 10 penthouse patio.

The 18 stretch-formed round windows are the defining architectural feature of Vision West’s scope. Stretch-forming aluminum to a tight radius requires the extrusion to be heat-treated and pulled around a die under continuous tension, producing a frame that holds the curve without surface distortion or kinks at the radius. Each round assembly was fabricated to its specific opening dimension, glazed with a sealed unit cut to match, and fitted with an operable vent — meaning the curve had to remain consistent through the frame, the glass edge, and the operating hardware path. In addition to the framed glazing, Vision West installed 6,655 square feet of baseshoe-mounted glass handrail with a welded aluminum top cap at all suite balconies, providing the unbroken curved glass edge that defines the building’s wraparound balcony lines from grade to roof. The combined scope at Fantom Tower demonstrates Vision West’s capability to execute high-radius, tight-tolerance feature glazing alongside full-envelope window wall on a single luxury residential project.