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Originally Posted by 905er
the nation's capital deserves much better than the designs it's currently getting.
Releve is pretty decent but everything else is so basic boring.
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Originally Posted by TorontoDrew
100% they should be looking at Victoria or QC for quality low and mid-rise designs. Instead, it looks like they are looking at London or K/W for design ideas.
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We're still seeing some K/W type proposals, but in general, designs in Ottawa have improved over the last 5 years. We're trending in the right direction. What I posted above, the 50 storey tower will be plain, but could still look nice if built with the right materials. The LeBreton tower is again plain, but high quality materials make it a pretty decent background tower (though it's at the foreground right now). It's even better from up close with some bronze accents:
https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...226521&page=31
The one with the staggered balconies is a step up as well. It could be considered plain in Vancouver and Toronto, but certainly not K/W quality. We have other high quality recent builds like Zibi, Parkdale Collective and Rideau Registry. Relevé, the Renaissance Marriott, Odenak are all well above what Ottawa is used to.