Canadian City Proposals II

[Zeej]

Originally Posted by Biff

Isn't the height limit still at approx 200m. These building look like they will be 200m like all the new buildings in Montreal.

Yes, the height limit remains 200m. Large parts of downtown were recently upzoned with the 2050 general plan.

The new mayor is one of the more pro-development mayors we've had in a while, so I wonder if things may get relaxed over time.

[Martin Mtl]

Aren’t these just placeholders ? Let’s hope because frankly these sites deserve better.

Originally Posted by GDS

Hopefully less hate for this one.

64 storey and 58 x 2

[Tone]

Rimouski - Le Phare - new tallest at 17 floors

https://journallesoir.ca/2025/11/28/...avec-le-phare/

[zoomer]

So good yet so bad?

If feels crowded and oppressive, but if they could change the scale, spacing and busyness then they're on to something. I also like how the balconies are integral to the design and I don't get why so many people dislike them on apartments. If I wanted a sleek flat look I'd look at an office tower - residential gives you the opportunity for a lot of creativity. Looks like a very sharp cheese grater, hmm.. with the orange colour they could call in the Cheddar Grater (and yes, I know, real cheddar is white).

Originally Posted by Maldive

405 Sherbourne | 120.1m | 35s | CreateTO | Alison Brooks l pre-construction

Market rate rentals (presumably an affordable housing percentage) and an institutional/community component designed by Alison Brooks.


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[zoomer]

The Rimouski proposal - love the design and materials used, but not the podium with all that above ground parking and how it appears they're not integrating the building now (or the potential in the future as the area evolves) to the street grid and surrounding neighbours. Thanks for update Tone, always enjoy seeing Rimouski and it's evolution.

[J.OT13]

A couple in Gatineau's Plateau District (between Hull and Aylmer). The area is the densest part of town (outside than l'île de Hull) and one of the branches of the Aylmer-Downtown Ottawa tramway project (which is till being studied).

GOHA, 2x11 floors, 289 units.

https://www.capitalsquare.ca/



PANORA, 8 and 11 floors, 366 to 392 units.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by Tone

Rimouski - Le Phare - new tallest at 17 floors

https://journallesoir.ca/2025/11/28/...avec-le-phare/

Shouldn't it have a rotating beacon at the top?

A nice looking proposal.

I agree with zoomer's reservations about the podium, but, overall I approve.

Is there any reason why underground parking is not an option?

[MolsonExport]

Le Phare....remember the proposal of the same name for the QC area (St. Foy, as I recall)?

Nice one for Rimouski.

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by GDS

Hopefully less hate for this one.

64 storey and 58 x 2

I like these. I don't love them. The two on the left are more attractive.

[Maldive]

333 Queen Street East | 162.2m | 50s | Generation Capital | a—A l pre-construction

A lot of height and density for mostly low-rise Parliament and Queen, but near the new Moss Park station that will be built for the Ontario Line subway.


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[Nouvellecosse]

^ The tower design is nice but that location is indeed odd for something of that scale. I'll have to give that one some thought.

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

I like these. I don't love them. The two on the left are more attractive.

Yes they do look more attractive from that aerial angle. But I wonder if a ground level view would have the same effect when you could only see part of the roof-top LED elements.

[MolsonExport]

^good point. In any event, that part of town would benefit greatly from infill. I recall walking around it during the late 90s: a barren wasteland by the tracks, it was, utterly bereft of pedestrians

[G.S MTL]

Originally Posted by maldive

333 queen street east | 162.2m | 50s | generation capital | a—a l pre-construction

a lot of height and density for mostly low-rise parliament and queen, but near the new moss park station that will be built for the ontario line subway.


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boring.

[logan5]

Originally Posted by G.S MTL

boring.

That stretch of Queen Street is dead, comparatively speaking, so all those units should help liven things up.

[Tone]

Originally Posted by zoomer

The Rimouski proposal - love the design and materials used, but not the podium with all that above ground parking and how it appears they're not integrating the building now (or the potential in the future as the area evolves) to the street grid and surrounding neighbours. Thanks for update Tone, always enjoy seeing Rimouski and it's evolution.

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Shouldn't it have a rotating beacon at the top?

A nice looking proposal.

I agree with zoomer's reservations about the podium, but, overall I approve.

Is there any reason why underground parking is not an option?

I like the idea of a rotating beacon, we could have our own small PVM setup!

Yep the podium and above ground parkade is a bit unfortunate, but at least it contains 3 storefronts so the street interaction shouldn't be that bad.

The lot is located on the natural shoreline, meaning the rock is only a few feet below surface, so perhaps they entertained the idea of an underground parkade but determined it to be too expensive, just a guess. The upside is residential levels are starting at the 5th floor, providing clear views above the neighboring buildings for all of them.

[TorontoDrew]

Originally Posted by G.S MTL

boring.

Some of the better buildings to go up are the one with simple details. I'm glad this isn't a mess of balconies, and like they are bringing back some red building materials to this stretch of Queen. It is about 15 floors too tall though. And it would look way better with step-downs in its design.

[IMG]333 Queen Street East by Andrew Moore, on Flickr[/IMG]

[MonkeyRonin]

333 Queen: decent looking tower, AA is clearly drawing inspiration from David Chipperfield here; and a poor man's Chipperfield is still a step up from the usual AA glass box architecture. I'm enjoying the ongoing trend towards warmer, more tactile material palettes and rationalist forms.

That said, it's completely inappropriate for its context - a 50-storey tower mid-block on a low-rise stretch of Queen is bizarre. The buildings it's replacing are nothing special, but any redevelopment there should maintain the low-rise, fine-grained character of the street. Keep the towers to Richmond or Parliament; or at the very least to major corners on Queen. This is what the block looks like now - it'll stick out like a sore thumb: https://maps.app.goo.gl/vkMNNFhyHet1EU4b8

[koops65]

Here is the area in question. This is what it'll look like in the future. It may be low-rise now, but in the coming years there will be plenty of high-rise built nearby. Look at that hulking ROQ City only 2 blocks away!

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[MonkeyRonin]

Originally Posted by koops65

Here is the area in question. This is what it'll look like in the future. It may be low-rise now, but in the coming years there will be plenty of high-rise built nearby. Look at that hulking ROQ City only 2 blocks away!

Even on ROQ the height is oriented towards Richmond, and it steps down to a 2-storey frontage on Queen (not very successfully I might add, but at least it's the intent):



And it's replacing a large, empty corner lot (former car dealership/industrial uses) rather than being built mid-block into an otherwise cohesive, narrow-frontage low-rise commercial block. It's not that low-rise and high-rise can't coexist in close proximity; it's just that 333 Queen does it poorly on an inappropriate site.

[shappy]

Regarding 333 Queen E., it's a fairly handsome design. In a context like this abutting older commercial buildings, texture at street level is what is most important. If they made the facade a wall of glass, this area would feel like a dead zone because the consistent brick texture is interrupted. See some of the condo frontages on Yonge for reference...

Whether it's this tall or half the height, I don't think it matters when walking down the street. As long as the new buildings coming into this area stick to basic urban design principles, it should end up creating an attractive and interesting area as it gentrifies.