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Old Posted Oct 3, 2012, 10:05 PM
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I've never really been impressed by the Bow, I think it is probably Foster's worst building. It's monolithic, he simply took a crescent shape and stuck his trademark cris-cross on it. I've felt extremely let down by its design since it was first revealed and it isn't my favourite Calgary skyscraper.

It's no Hearst or 30 St Mary Axe, that's for sure. It's good for Calgary but honestly, other than Foster's usual facade treatment they building is pretty boring from the outside. And yes, from certain angles it appears to be a giant monolithic block, very ungraceful, but MB Hydro has the same thing when you compare views of it from the south versus the north; it's a V shape.
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