YEG - Edmonton Int Airport - Page 145

Coldrsx · #**2881** Posted **Jul 22, 2008, 10:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by EdmTrekker

I did not know that...is it 100% owned by the Crown?

not 100% of the structure

i believe CP owns/is in control of a few smaller ones as well.

Edmonchuck · #**2882** Posted **Jul 23, 2008, 1:01 AM**

http://www.purolator.com/media/corporate/corporate_history.html

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basilbrush · #**2883** Posted **Jul 23, 2008, 2:14 AM**

Hotel looks a little conservative - at least when compared to the new parts of the airport. At least the wait is over.

Thanks for posting the rendering.

SHOFEAR · #**2884** Posted **Jul 23, 2008, 2:26 AM**

Noticed a ton of earthworks south of the airport on my way to leduc this afternoon. looks like a massive site.

IKAN104 · #**2885** Posted **Jul 23, 2008, 3:04 AM**

The hotel design looks o.k. Nothing too terribly interesting about it but it's not bad. Thanks for posting.

EdmTrekker · #**2886** Posted **Jul 23, 2008, 4:31 AM**

Shoot me if you want - but imo the hotel design is soooooooo underwhelming. Looks like something you would see on the way in to Moose Jaw. No wonder Mandel wants to annex the airport - the folks at EIA are in need of design reviews by EDC. Their hotel Proposal Call must have read "we will accept anything - as long as you build it".

As I said it is my opinion - so don't — at me for being...ungrateful that "something" is bing built. Lots of hotels across the highway look as good or better.

MalcolmTucker · #**2887** Posted **Jul 23, 2008, 5:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by EdmTrekker

Shoot me if you want - but imo the hotel design is soooooooo underwhelming. Looks like something you would see on the way in to Moose Jaw. No wonder Mandel wants to annex the airport - the folks at EIA are in need of design reviews by EDC. Their hotel Proposal Call must have read "we will accept anything - as long as you build it".

As I said it is my opinion - so don't — at me for being...ungrateful that "something" is bing built. Lots of hotels across the highway look as good or better.

Airport hotels are always underwhelming, and this one for the sub 200 room range looks pretty good actually (if I counted windows correctly).

It could look alot worse - what were you expecting?

Coldrsx · #**2888** Posted **Jul 23, 2008, 2:30 PM**

^i would have to agree...other than the exterior cladding, even the fairmont YVR is just a rectangle. Delta YYC bland. YYZ more like a hotel from near disney world.

240glt · #**2889** Posted **Jul 23, 2008, 3:09 PM**

I don't mind it at all. It'll be a big addition to the EIA for sure.

newfangled · #**2890** Posted **Jul 23, 2008, 3:45 PM**

I'm just glad that it looks better than some of the new hotels popping up. Like the one on Gateway just south of old strathcona, the Hilton Garden on SPR and 178, the Holiday Inn express on 170 and ~109ave.

I used to almost like corporate archictecture, because it tended to be attractive (in a middling, non-threatening way) compared to some of the crappier local stuff. It might not have been great, but at least it was consistent and had some thought behind it.

But these new-look suburban hotels are just brutal. Luckily it's not just Edmonton that's getting them, because they're sprouting up everywhere.

ExcaliburKid · #**2891** Posted **Jul 23, 2008, 3:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by IKAN104

The hotel design looks o.k. Nothing too terribly interesting about it but it's not bad. Thanks for posting.

You're welcome guys

IKAN104 · #**2892** Posted **Jul 23, 2008, 4:51 PM**

Here's a smaller version of the rendering.

Coldrsx · #**2893** Posted **Jul 23, 2008, 4:55 PM**

^haha...yeah i dont mind it thus far, but material choice, glazing color, landscaping, and how it ties into the terminal...

S_B_Russell · #**2894** Posted **Jul 23, 2008, 5:07 PM**

^Hopefully they will use same cladding and glass as the airport - then I think it will tie-in nicely. Otherwise, it might look pretty crappy.

ExcaliburKid · #**2895** Posted **Jul 23, 2008, 5:15 PM**

There will be a bar, main floor, as well as a pool/spa. The 2-storey portion on the right side will be the conference/ball room with its own seperate entrance. The small circular piece on the airport connection will be a large wrap-around staircase. I Dont have many details. IIRC, this was designed by an Ohio outfit, with Manasc Isaac as the local.

MrOilers · #**2896** Posted **Jul 23, 2008, 5:47 PM**

I think it looks really good. Especially when compared to the other airport hotels I've seen.

Jasper and one o nin · #**2897** Posted **Jul 23, 2008, 7:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by S_B_Russell

^Hopefully they will use same cladding and glass as the airport - then I think it will tie-in nicely. Otherwise, it might look pretty crappy.

It doesnt have to have the same cladding as the airport. Personally, the type of cladding on the airport would not look that good on a hotel. As cold said, if the materials are of a high quality - it should be okay.
As far as the rendering goes, its not so bad.

240glt · #**2898** Posted **Jul 23, 2008, 7:27 PM**

If Godzilla smashes the new airport hotel it must mean we're a "world class" city now

EdmTrekker · #**2899** Posted **Jul 24, 2008, 12:45 AM**

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Originally Posted by kyle_olsen

Airport hotels are always underwhelming, and this one for the sub 200 room range looks pretty good actually (if I counted windows correctly).

It could look alot worse - what were you expecting?

Curtain Wall...like the Westin at Detroit Airport

http://www.forbestraveler.com/resorts-ho...-4.html?partner=playlist&thisSpeed=20000

Jasper and one o nin · #**2900** Posted **Jul 24, 2008, 1:44 AM**

yeah, thats pretty cool