Future Canadian Skylines

[Metro-One]

Calgary will be looking good! I like the Bow!

[sync]

Originally Posted by touraccuracy

Anyone else find the Bow to be pretty damn ugly?

nope.

[craner]

Originally Posted by touraccuracy

Anyone else find the Bow to be pretty damn ugly?

No - but I suppose I'm bias.
I really like the the "Future Calgary Skyline" render with the river in the foreground - I think it's going to look great. Thank Christ they didn't put the CP tracks along the river way back when.
I do agree we have to better on the Eau Claire site - I like waterfront though.

[agrant]

Originally Posted by touraccuracy

Anyone else find the Bow to be pretty damn ugly?

Eh? Its a simple rectangle from that angle. The only issue I might have is the sheer mass of it compared to all the other buildings. The first years after it's built, it may look a little out of place. I'm sure any buildings that come after it will be designed with that in mind.

[Maldive]

This is a nice one of Calgary... reminds me a bit of Pittsburg on steroids.

Lately I've been trying to create renders from a "real" pov, that is to say future snaps that could be glimpsed without the benefit of a helicopter (like my high angle Toronto a while back) etc. Could something like this view of Calgary actually be viewed (zoomed or not) from a neighbouring foothill perhaps?

[wild wild west]

Originally Posted by Maldive

This is a nice one of Calgary... reminds me a bit of Pittsburg on steroids.

Lately I've been trying to create renders from a "real" pov, that is to say future snaps that could be glimpsed without the benefit of a helicopter (like my high angle Toronto a while back) etc. Could something like this view of Calgary actually be viewed (zoomed or not) from a neighbouring foothill perhaps?

Actually this is very similar to the view one would get from Crescent Heights across the Bow River from downtown, but of course it is quite a bit higher up.

Also, if one were to "zoom" into downtown from the south face of Nose Hill Park the view might be similar.

[Jamaican-Phoenix]

I really wish that someone could do a future Ottawa thread, but I guess it doesn't make much sense since all our buildings are the same height pretty much.

[Metro-One]

The bow looks really nice, but i hate that stubby silver one in the heart of downtown (it looks to be the smaller of two twin towers) The taller one is nice, but why the fat cousin beside it? If it wasn't so wide it would be a lot better.

[trueviking]

^those toronto and calgary ones are awesome...


for winnipeg its kind of like playing 'where's waldo?'

[vanman]

Looks to me like Toronto and Calgary will see the most transformation by far. After Shangrila I'd say Vancouver won't be in the running for awhile.

[Wooster]

Originally Posted by vanman

Looks to me like Toronto and Calgary will see the most transformation by far. After Shangrila I'd say Vancouver won't be in the running for awhile.

Vancouver was the run away winner for the past 20 years. It wasn't even close. So congrats.

Now though you're right, Calgary and Toronto are undergoing transformative changes.

[WhipperSnapper]

The only really tall one (though approved long ago) with an iffy start date is Cityplace Signature.... however I think the building will still launch in the near term rather than be put on hold.

I wonder when the city will start building their 1200 units in and around Cityplace - block 32 and 36 really help to fill the gap

[WhipperSnapper]

The first one made you famous ... this one will make you a God!!!

[Maldive]

^ just when I thought my career was in the dumper.... a promotion!



Thanks!

FYI... for those who follow Toronto developments closely, some very large office projects like Richmond Adelaide 3, 151 Front Street West and BCE 3 that would impact this render, were left out on the assumption they wouldn't be starting any time soon courtesy of world economic meltdown (a couple of new proposals in the entertainment district were included for fun but no biggie).... the aim was a future skyline that was 90% accurate within the next 4 or 5 years... so certain condos not yet U/C made it into the render, when office projects did not.

[Maldive]

holy wow, i never realized how imposing the SkyDome was until now

Remember, you could stand a 30 storey building on SkyDome's field.... and close the roof.

[Spring2008]

Some of those towers in the Calgary pics are still only proposals and I presume the same thing for TO, but nonetheless both cities are BALLIN.

[Only The Lonely..]

Originally Posted by trueviking

^those toronto and calgary ones are awesome...


for winnipeg its kind of like playing 'where's waldo?'

Haha, that's awesome!

Strangely MSH Assiniboine was the first thing I saw.

How did I miss the CMHR in that render??? As you've said, it looks like a monsterous space squid thats landed at the Forks.

I still can't believe how big it will be, especially in relation to Fort Garry Place.

For those like me who didn't notice it, its on the right between the two sets of apartment towers.

[caltrane74]

That's amazing work Maldive....the realism in the first shot is unbelieveable.

[Maldive]

Sorry about the broken link for the LARGE RENDER

Here it is repaired - LARGE

[Calgarian]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

That's amazing work Maldive....the realism in the first shot is unbelieveable.

That rendering is intense! This will make Toronto the #3 in NA for sure and will give Chicago a good run for it's money. Is there a before for reference?