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Originally Posted by the905sDW
So one thing I have been wondering when designing these concepts is what direction do I make the most interesting sode of a building face? The mountain or the lake? East or west? Or do you make all sides equally interesting? With Toronto its sort of a no brainer to make the cool side face the lake if it's downtown and tall. With Hamilton, from the QEW Skyway you dont really see downtown. From the 403 to Main west way into the city, you see downtown from that way. I think hamilton's best view is from the mountain.
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I think it is best to make all sides equally interesting with an extra bit of detail on the sides that meet the road or have the main entrance. Think of the new Homewood Suites, all of the sides are pretty similar except above the main entrance off of George Street there is a lot more glass to make that part stand out.
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Originally Posted by durandy
if this can become a recommendations thread, I was thinking today of the dire need for a marquee building between the Pigott and CIBC buildings. Would be a real challenge to bridge those two designs...Maybe this could be a design competition between meisthomas and the905sdw...
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Challenge accepted
If the905sdw wants to I am definitely in.
Are there any rules?