The Georgia | 157m | 48 fl | Completed

[red-paladin]

Is it possible that it's a mechanical floor?

[trofirhen]

It's exciting watching the Georgia go up. When finished, it will lend a real presence and energy to the CBD. I look forward to seeing it when I next come home. (along with all the other new stuff that will doubtless be there)

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by red-paladin

Is it possible that it's a mechanical floor?

It's possible. It's right above that transfer floor (which probably doesn't have room for anything), but that would be a waste of all that patio area.

[eduardo88]

My guess is that they'll use that space as their workshop. Doesn't really seem reasonable that they would make that floor a mechanical floor especially cause of the patio space. They probably just need an insulate space to work in through the winter. That seems the most logical answer to me.

[Locked In]

^ Makes sense to me too.
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These are my photos, from today.

From Georgia Street:


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From the alley between Howe and Hornby:


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Curtain wall on the alley side:


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Long shot from Helmcken and Howe:


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[officedweller]

Nice, thanks.
The glass looks good even on the alley side.
Interesting that the spandrel panel on the office podium mimics the sun shades on the street side.

BTW - I would have expected the curtain wall to be comprised of units that just lock together, but they seem to be assembling mullions and installing window panes. Any reason why?

(i.e. the Beasley podium windows I saw being installed just appeared to be locked together like a laminate floor)

[Phil McAvity]

It seems like it hasn't grown much in the past month so have they run out of building materials?

Or maybe it's just me.

[itinerant]

I think it may appear to have slowed growing up because the top floors vary in plan quite a bit. Also, the weather has been very cold the past couple weeks. Maybe also the considerable effort evident on the podium with application of insulation, cladding and glass. Also the first few levels of glazing on the tower portion are slower. And... the hotel has an opening target date of March, so they will no doubt be spending a lot of effort making sure the hotel interiors and amenities are ready.

[trofirhen]

Right now, it's just a dark, unlit concrete frame. But when it's finished, it'll be a sleek, snazzy centrepoint to downtown, augmenting that "big city" feeling that Vancouver is starting to develop. (yay)

[big T]

I'm actually glad it went all this way with no glass curtain installed on the main section. Not something you get to see very often.

[dleung]

At least based on the test panels on the alley side, we now know that the curtain wall goes all the way around the building, not just on the tapered "front" corner. I was worried that it'll have crappy Two Harbour Green or Fairmont Pacific Rim glazing.

[officedweller]

Hopefully there will be some sort of differentiation between the angled facades and the straight facades, as the angled facades depend on that to make them stand out.

[martinishaker]

The Georgia is big for Vancouver, but look at it next to the Bow
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?memberID=6631

[Yume-sama]

lol the Bow is indeed a BIG Beautiful woman~

From just about anywhere it can be seen it's quite... overpowering.

[eduardo88]

Holy sh....the bow is MASSIVE!

[Locked In]

My photos, today:


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The brackets were installed this week for the extension of the louvres:

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Some windows up on the south side of the tower (update officedweller?), and more in place and ready to go (soon hopefully) on the north side of the tower:

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[officedweller]

Those are the sliding glass doors and adjacent window on the balconies - which I guess are really "window wall" rather than curtain wall since they sit on the slab. The curtain wall sections haven't progressed too much.

It'll be interesting to see how those line up with the curtain wall - they don't seem to sit in the same plane as the curtain wall will (i.e. the curtain wall sits off the edge of the slab, while those doors seem to be placed inset from the edge of the slab - although it's hard to tell. There would be a disjuncture where the two meet (like at the back (south) corners of West Pender Place where the two types of wall meet).

Good to see the lourves will extend onto the precast - so the two areas/colours will blend a bit.

I'll try to take a shot tomorrow.

BTW - found this shot you took of West Pender Place. At the corner the curtain wall meets the window wall (window wall having the balconies). I think that West Pender Place avoided the issue of how to deal with a curtain wall at a balcony by placing the transition at the building corners. Georgia sort of does the same thing at the SE corner by virtue of its balconies being on the corner. The south facing balcony is not the same though. It'll be interesting to see whether the final result looks messy or clean.
This will make sense when I get some pics up.

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[Locked In]

Georgia in the sunshine - my photo, today:


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[officedweller]

In the sun too.
Pics by me today:



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Strange that the panels are different heights... but the render does show a think blue stripe partway across -


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So my question is - how will they join up the curtain wall with the window wall at the balconies?
I'm thinking that the angled walls will "wrap around" the mullion that hs been installed at the edge of each balcony.
The panels with the sliding glass doors and the other panel facing the balcony would then be "window wall" rather than "curtain wall".
Anyone agree?



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[Some guy]

That first pic is gorgeous. The sunset really has an effect on the image.