West Pender Place | 104m | 34 fl | Completed - Page 19

red-paladin · #**361** Posted **Nov 10, 2010, 9:33 AM**

I love the shapes, the flat sides, and the overhangs of these buildings. They are very refreshing compared to the usual condo towers.

dleung · #**362** Posted **Nov 11, 2010, 2:47 AM**

Street interface is disappointingly squashed. I know developers rather have as little retail as possible, but there should be a rule mandating the first level of every development to be just that, and with at least a double-height space, with awnings that I can't jump high enough to touch, unlike the one here.

That said, the tower geometry is indeed refreshingly simple and uncluttered.

PaperTiger · #**363** Posted **Nov 12, 2010, 6:33 PM**

I love it. This is one of the best in the city, IMHO.

It really shows that overcoming a difficult site often leads us to the best designs.

delboy · #**364** Posted **Nov 13, 2010, 12:21 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaperTiger

I love it. This is one of the best in the city, IMHO.

It really shows that overcoming a difficult site often leads us to the best designs.

I agree, this and Jameson are really breaking the mold as far as Vancouver middle of the road designs go. Hopefully we will see more of this in the future.

jlousa · #**365** Posted **Nov 20, 2010, 6:55 AM**

Had a meeting in the area this morning at just after 9 and WPP was evacuated due to a gas leak. When I headed back at 10:30ish the whole area was cordoned off and their were a large amount of emergency vehicles onsite. Don't believe anything came of it though. Anyone know exactly what happened?

urban!ty · #**366** Posted **Nov 29, 2010, 9:30 PM**

Can someone snap us some shots taken closer to it, of the ground level, the section between the two towers, etc.? Would be much appreciated!

I love this project though!

officedweller · #**367** Posted **Nov 29, 2010, 10:52 PM**

There are some earlier in the thread - just a podium all along the streetfront.

urban!ty · #**368** Posted **Nov 29, 2010, 11:17 PM**

Yeah but the exterior is now completed; those shots are outdated.

Locked In · #**369** Posted **Nov 30, 2010, 5:30 AM**

I took these photos yesterday, but the lighting was awful so I didn't post them:

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SFUVancouver · #**370** Posted **Nov 30, 2010, 5:57 AM**

Thanks for posting, LockedIn.

For what it's worth I have found that the Photoshop knock-off GIMP has a wicked tool that fixes lighting issues like yours in seconds. All you do is go into the "curves" menu and pull the curve up higher and presto, your subject is brighter but without the nasty washing out effect that you get from just boosting brightness and constrast. That quick technique I use does, unfortunately, tend to wipe out most of the contrast that was in the sky but that is an okay trade off for me when the subject of the picture is just a building.

Locked In · #**371** Posted **Nov 30, 2010, 6:12 AM**

Cool, thanks for the tip! I'll check it out.

SFUVancouver · #**372** Posted **Nov 30, 2010, 6:28 AM**

http://www.gimp.org/

It's open source, free, and incredibly powerful.

bulliver · #**373** Posted **Dec 1, 2010, 1:11 AM**

^ Another way to do the same thing with the Gimp (or photoshop for that matter) is to make a duplicate layer in 'screen' mode, and adjust opacity of the layer to taste.

dleung · #**374** Posted **Dec 1, 2010, 1:57 AM**

I don't know why they bothered with making the podium slanted. It's backside looks more interesting than the front. And I'm pretty sure I can touch the awning without jumping.

urban!ty · #**375** Posted **Dec 5, 2010, 6:17 AM**

Brilliant update. Thanks!!!

vanman · #**376** Posted **Dec 23, 2010, 4:26 AM**

I took these today:

Locked In · #**377** Posted **Dec 23, 2010, 6:16 AM**

Great photos. Thanks for all the updates today.

officedweller · #**378** Posted **Dec 23, 2010, 7:37 AM**

Nice, thanks.

djh · #**379** Posted **Dec 23, 2010, 8:38 PM**

Soooo beautiful. Sigh.

Hed Kandi · #**380** Posted **Mar 21, 2011, 1:53 AM**

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