Canada's 10 Tallest U/C

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

What a crock. I'm as realistic as anyone when it comes to good design and urban form. There's examples of it everywhere. Affordable doesn't have to be tacky. So often it's one too many colours, one too may facades, or one too many steps. Does that really express a desire for the most beautiful thing ever to you? Explain how aA continually produces solid designs while all the copy cats fail so miserably. aA is known around these part for their bland, simple, repetitive design. How come lesser firms continually can't pull it off? The same with developers. Why are some widely accepted as building better designs (Battistella) than others ( La Caille) for the same market range? The only viable explanation is varying degrees of taste. Of course, taste does have a subjective element to it. There's also both good and bad so it's not entire subjective as some people suggest it to be.

I do have experience in the industry growing up in one of Europe's top firms and being in most aspects of real estate ever since. I'm fully verse through first hand experience I can't build what I like. I have to built what I can sell. Sometimes it makes me want to cry.

Note: Calgarians are the most accepting and the least critical people I've ever met in all my years.I didn't expect to make friends in the Calgary forum over the years through posting opinions that contradict the group think there.

It’s funny you meant the bold part as an insult but it sounds like a compliment.