Future Canadian Skylines

[Andrewjm3D]

Which one? All three look great together.

[Metro-One]

true, hehe, but i especially love the one on the foreground with the road forking around it.

[losername]

^^^^Love those proposals, are they fantasy or real projects in the works?

[whyte]

Future Edmonton skyline from the north. Included are Stationlands II, Manulife II, Ultima condos and Dub's 107th st midrise:



^photoshoped by me, base image source: kcanivet @ flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/kcanive...n/photostream/

[Chadillaccc]

Originally Posted by whyte

Future Edmonton skyline from the north. Included are Stationlands II, Manulife II, Ultima condos and Dub's 107th st midrise:



^photoshoped by me, base image source: kcanivet @ flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/kcanive...n/photostream/

Im a pretty big fan of Manulife II, I really hope it gets built. Also really like this render in general. Is Stationlands B really going to be so different in colour from Epcore tower?

[bkd]

Originally Posted by whyte

Future Edmonton skyline from the north. Included are Stationlands II, Manulife II, Ultima condos and Dub's 107th st midrise:



^photoshoped by me, base image source: kcanivet @ flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/kcanive...n/photostream/

Awesome. And that's without the spin-off from the Entertainment District.

[Chadillaccc]

Originally Posted by whyte

Future Edmonton skyline from the north. Included are Stationlands II, Manulife II, Ultima condos and Dub's 107th st midrise:



^photoshoped by me, base image source: kcanivet @ flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/kcanive...n/photostream/

Love this one of Edmonton

[Andrewjm3D]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

true, hehe, but i especially love the one on the foreground with the road forking around it.

I'm a fan of the middle one with the unnecessarily huge fin. Can any Montreal forumer give us some more info on these?

[Vaillant]

Originally Posted by Andrewjm3D

I'm a fan of the middle one with the unnecessarily huge fin. Can any Montreal forumer give us some more info on these?

That project is part of Projet du Havre, I believe it might go ahead one day when they will be done with the destruction of Bonaventure Exressway (with is in progress right now), but I have a doubt, cause I have no news about this project for over a year

http://havremontreal.qc.ca/en/

[Andrewjm3D]

Keep the faith.

[le calmar]

It's been a while since I heard about these proposals. Unless they are part of the huge Griffintown project, which I'm not sure. If they are, then there is an important redevelopment project on the way (they are going through the public consultation right now) We're not sure what it's going to look like though since people seem to complaint about the height a lot in the area (which is almost downtown, that is totally absurd)

[dleung]

By the way, i have acquired a base sketchup model for Toronto as well, circa 2008, if any enthusiastic forumers would like to add the new and upcoming projects, or just play with it... they can PM me for the link to the model

[caltrane74]

And no overhead wires... lol!

[LeftCoaster]

The Bloor Renos turned out just fantastic. I moved into a condo on bloor just as they were finished so I got all the benefit with none of the construction nonsense.

Perfection.

[isaidso]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

The Bloor Renos turned out just fantastic. I moved into a condo on bloor just as they were finished so I got all the benefit with none of the construction nonsense.

Perfection.

It's not perfect as there are many instances such as in front of William Ashley where the granite doesn't meet the store front. Overall, I'm very very pleased. Toronto is under going so much construction, that we'll likely have to tackle streets that are completely built out. There's no point doing Yonge because that street will likely be a massive construction site for the next 20 years.

Bay Street is a good candidate. There are only a few lots left after which the only upgrade might be rebuilding some of the bases of buildings to make them interact with the street more successfully. After Bay, Front and University Avenue should be tackled. Maybe by 2050, we'll get to the smaller side streets.

[Coldrsx]

^yup... which should include:

Hotel x 1 or 2
Condo x 2 or 3
Office Tower 1

[whyte]

Originally Posted by Coldrsx

^yup... which should include:

Hotel x 1 or 2
Condo x 2 or 3
Office Tower 1

...and yes that is James Cheng's shangri la in vancouver posing as a ~45-50 story hotel/condo for the project and the others are just manipulated chunks of its glazing.

[Kevin_foster]

Originally Posted by whyte

...and yes that is James Cheng's shangri la in vancouver posing as a ~45-50 story hotel/condo for the project and the others are just manipulated chunks of its glazing.

[Robertpuant]

One thing I find disappointing about Bloor Street Renovations are the street lights design. Other than that, there is nothing to complain about. I hope Bay street north of Queen will have its makeover one day, what a depressing concrete maze.

[dleung]

For anyone who wants to download the sketchup models:

Here's the Toronto model
http://www.mediafire.com/?56oyy1j83b6l7tt



And here's the Vancouver model:
http://www.mediafire.com/?654k8y50dle7p5b



It's really fun when you put both models together and join the cities into a mega skyline.

The Toronto one is confined within Jarvis, University, Bloor and Front, so if anyone is keen enough to expand it, I have the autocad files as well.