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Originally Posted by rocketphish
I agree that this building looks like every other mundane RLA project in town. But I have to wonder if part of the blame lies with the end-user... the purchaser or renter. There isn't as much disposable income floating around Ottawa as there is in Toronto or Vancouver, for example. If a builder was willing to pay to construct a fancier more elaborate design, they would have to pass on the costs to the buyer\renter. Perhaps the buyers and renters in Ottawa are driving all this mediocrity because they aren't willing to pay for better? They only want (or are able) to pay for "good enough".
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I agree somewhat, but the average person looking for a place to live doesn't have too much of a choice over the price of the place they wish to live in. Most of these apartment buildings charge crazy rents that most of us wouldn't be willing to pay, but considering we don't have much of a say 'cause we need a place to live, we put up with the $2000 apartments. Truthfully, it's on the architects and developers for these designs because they can make attractive buildings that aren't expensive, but the developers want to be able to charge as much as they can and spend as little at the same time. The consumer just puts up with what's available. That's why I'm a proponent of pushing for good/ interesting design because the developers and architects they hire won't do it otherwise.
I wonder how the costs of new condos and apartments and Montreal is compared to Ottawa. They manage to make new buildings that are really neat architecturally. Are those more expensive than ours?