Atelier | 91 m | 29 fl | Completed

raggedy13 · #1 Posted **Jun 24, 2009, 9:48 PM**

ATELIER

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Located at the corner of Robson and Homer in downtown Vancouver. The 29-storey, $140-million Atelier project is being developed by Magellen Developments (20/20) Inc. and will complement the circular design of the public library across the street. The project includes CRU & restaurant space on the main level, office space on the 2nd & 3rd floors, daycare facility on the 3rd floor, and 183 condo units on the upper floors. Atelier’s rooftop gardens are designed with ample plots for residents’ personal gardening.

http://www.journalofcommerce.com/article/id24100

raggedy13 · #2 Posted **Jun 24, 2009, 9:54 PM**

I didn't see any thread for this one yet so I made one. If anybody knows of one that already exists, let me know.

Some pics from yesterday:

VanTowers · #3 Posted **Jun 24, 2009, 9:58 PM**

Great pics!!
And good call on creating the thread. Every tower project should have its own individual thread no matter how big our small.

flight_from_kamakura · #4 Posted **Jun 24, 2009, 11:23 PM**

i really like the (relatively) immense podium. thanks for the shots.

wrenegade · #5 Posted **Jun 25, 2009, 5:22 AM**

Wow, this one is really rising quickly, or at least it seems so. Thanks for the pics, and for starting the thread!

ckkelley · #6 Posted **Jun 30, 2009, 4:43 AM**

Nice lookin' tower shaping up here.

Thanks for the pics!

Locked In · #7 Posted **Jul 5, 2009, 10:44 PM**

Some photos taken by me today:

officedweller · #8 Posted **Jul 6, 2009, 1:19 AM**

Strangely, the flat side (south side facing 889 Homer) looks the "cleanest" least cluttered of the facades.
We won't really get a good view of the curved facade until the construction elevator is removed.

officedweller · #9 Posted **Jul 13, 2009, 1:07 AM**

Pic by me today - I think it tops out a bit taller than the Westin Grand:

Yume-sama · #10 Posted **Jul 13, 2009, 1:23 AM**

This one seems to be going up *almost* too fast. I wonder what the build quality is like.

bulliver · #11 Posted **Jul 13, 2009, 8:32 AM**

From Friday:

SFUVancouver · #12 Posted **Jul 13, 2009, 5:45 PM**

Thanks for the update

Locked In · #13 Posted **Jul 19, 2009, 2:21 AM**

My Photos, taken today:

Delirium · #14 Posted **Jul 19, 2009, 1:29 PM**

^ thanks!

The only redeeming thing about this project is the podium. it has huge presence on robson and looks great from the library.

officedweller · #15 Posted **Jul 24, 2009, 8:15 PM**

Posted by Jimby in the Vancouver Photography thread (white crane to the right of the Patina crane):

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johnjimbc · #16 Posted **Jul 24, 2009, 10:03 PM**

I have to admit I'm not all as impressed by the tower as I thought I would be. I had high hopes from the sketches and from the scale of the podium.

I'm still thinking it will look better because there will be greenery on more than one level - podium and additional plantings two floors up. But there seems to be a lot of unnecessary "false" windows (not sure of term, spandrels maybe? . . .frosted glass instead of clear windows or brick walls).

I was looking at the building the other day closely, and a lot of what I had thought / hoped would be floor to ceiling windows are frosted glass instead.

officedweller · #17 Posted **Jul 24, 2009, 10:18 PM**

The alley side looks awful - too much going on there.

The back side looks quite clean with the gray panels (but which don't match the rest of the tower at all).

The curved side facing the library may not look all that bad - looked at it the other day and the vertical elements of the mullions seem to stand out more and more as the glass rises on the tower - that could overcome the overuse of the frosted spandrel panels. We won't know until the construction elevator is removed and the balcony railings are finished.

raggedy13 · #18 Posted **Jul 27, 2009, 6:50 AM**

A shot from yesterday:

ckkelley · #19 Posted **Jul 28, 2009, 4:31 AM**

^^
Cool shot!

Coldrsx · #20 Posted **Jul 29, 2009, 10:14 PM**

^tis another building most cities would clammer for but in vancouver it is run of the mill.

sadly