The Georgia | 157m | 48 fl | Completed - Page 75

officedweller · #**1481** Posted **Mar 26, 2011, 5:07 PM**

Pic by me today - from a different boardroom to get the Hotel Vancouver reflection, so there's a bit of interior reflection.

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Jebby · #**1482** Posted **Mar 26, 2011, 9:19 PM**

This tower is looking good. I just hate the awful glass and spandrels they chose for the corners!!!

SpongeG · #**1483** Posted **Mar 26, 2011, 9:41 PM**

as seen from north van

pic by me

trofirhen · #**1484** Posted **Mar 27, 2011, 12:27 AM**

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Originally Posted by SpongeG

as seen from north van

pic by me

Nice shot. The Georgia really fills an empty space, from this angle anyway.

Fairbanks · #**1485** Posted **Mar 27, 2011, 4:12 PM**

Using the BC Place Webcam link you can get a good view of the Georgia topping out and glazing approaching the roof.
http://www.bcplacestadium.com/index.php/construction.html

SFUVancouver · #**1486** Posted **Mar 27, 2011, 8:00 PM**

As seen from SkyTrain leaving Nanaimo Station

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officedweller · #**1487** Posted **Mar 31, 2011, 10:59 PM**

Pics by me today - No new glazing on this side, but you can see new structures at the top for the fins.
Note sure what there are made of - doesn't look like steel - but probably are.

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trofirhen · #**1488** Posted **Mar 31, 2011, 11:09 PM**

Yeppers, she's a comin' along. Thanks, O.D. good pix

Cypherus · #**1489** Posted **Apr 1, 2011, 3:17 AM**

All told a slick looking tower. Don't know why this tower is getting a lot of flack for having spandrel panels - as if that's cause for concern in the broad scope of things...

trofirhen · #**1490** Posted **Apr 1, 2011, 8:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by Cypherus

All told a slick looking tower. Don't know why this tower is getting a lot of flack for having spandrel panels - as if that's cause for concern in the broad scope of things...

Some people are perfectionists. I don't like the spandrels too much, because they detract a little from the overall sleekness of the building. But I'm not one of those people who take fits over them, either.

Jebby · #**1491** Posted **Apr 1, 2011, 3:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by trofirhen

Some people are perfectionists. I don't like the spandrels too much, because they detract a little from the overall sleekness of the building. But I'm not one of those people who take fits over them, either.

I am! The córners look like crap!

trofirhen · #**1492** Posted **Apr 1, 2011, 3:08 PM**

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I am! The córners look like crap!

You're right, they are cheap and ugly in a way. But there's nothing we can do about it, so I guess it's better to focus on the more positive aspects of the building.

But I know how it is when something nice is ruined by an imperfection. Really disappointing. That's life

Locked In · #**1493** Posted **Apr 2, 2011, 6:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by galeforcewinds

I am! The córners look like crap!

The north-west corner looks really sleek (right side in my photo from today below) - unfortunately, it's probably the corner with the least visibility.

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LeftCoaster · #**1494** Posted **Apr 2, 2011, 7:00 PM**

Well not really, there should be some decent vantage points of it once the glass reaches full height. Walking out of the Burrard Skytrain station should provide a pretty good view of it, and that is the side seen from the Lionsgate and harbour views.

vanlaw · #**1495** Posted **Apr 2, 2011, 7:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Well not really, there should be some decent vantage points of it once the glass reaches full height. Walking out of the Burrard Skytrain station should provide a pretty good view of it, and that is the side seen from the Lionsgate and harbour views.

Yup. That side is really visible now from the plaza in front of Bentall 3 & 4. Looks really good from the sunken plaza and food court below B4

Jebby · #**1496** Posted **Apr 3, 2011, 12:08 AM**

The corners I have a problem with are the north west and south east ones. Why couldn't they have gone for the same glass they use on the rest if the tower with the same dark blue spandrels?? The mullions look horrible and prevent those corners from looking sleek, the spandrel just looks cheap...

trofirhen · #**1497** Posted **Apr 3, 2011, 12:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by galeforcewinds

The corners I have a problem with are the north west and south east ones. Why couldn't they have gone for the same glass they use on the rest if the tower with the same dark blue spandrels?? The mullions look horrible and prevent those corners from looking sleek, the spandrel just looks cheap...

You're totally correct. Also, why did they use a different shade of blue for those spanrelled corners? It's "off." It doesn't line up with the darker blue used on the main glass façades

officedweller · #**1498** Posted **Apr 3, 2011, 1:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by Locked In

The north-west corner looks really sleek (right side in my photo from today below) - unfortunately, it's probably the corner with the least visibility.

I never noticed the balcony extending across the gutter before (and DLeung's pic of the model on Page 62 shows balconies, not a protruding box).

Pics by me today (BTW the supports for the fins are gray steel):

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canucks23 · #**1499** Posted **Apr 3, 2011, 6:26 AM**

This building is dope. Vancouver could use a couple more of them. How is it that they got this one right but had to go through so many of the same buildings before getting to this one

Locked In · #**1500** Posted **Apr 3, 2011, 7:37 AM**

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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Well not really, there should be some decent vantage points of it once the glass reaches full height. Walking out of the Burrard Skytrain station should provide a pretty good view of it, and that is the side seen from the Lionsgate and harbour views.

Cool, that's good to hear - I guess it's just the least visible to me since it's not on my walk home from work