Future Canadian Skylines

[Echoes]

L Tower looks amazing there!

[Coldrsx]

Originally Posted by vanman

There is a ton of misinformation in this post. The biggest foreign investors in Vancouver real estate are from mainland China, not Hong Kong. The vast majority of them are not "flippers" either, they are buying for relatives or to live in themselves. The highest end of the market is however dominated by mainland Chinese buyers.

Thank you for some clarity.

[vegeta_skyline]

Originally Posted by Travis007

That's a sweet rendering of L. One of the most exciting projects rising in the city right now. This and One Bloor will keep things interesting on Yonge Street for years to come.

Its not a render, its a photo of the building model from the sale center, photo shopped into a picture of the skyline. Still very well done of course.

[roccerfeller]

Surprise to see lil ol Winnipeg on here? I certainly am




photo credit goes to Authentic City I believe? My apologies if mistaken. I know the one and only trueviking inserted these additional buildings in.

They are, from L -> R:

- alt hotel/mixed use office depending on the angle, it will fill in some gaps in the skyline very nicely

- Canadian museum for human rights interestingly enough, this building is actually 4m taller than the MTS building (the short one between the 3 tallest to the left side of pic) and also taller than the alt hotel mentioned above, but because of its location & lower elevation related to where this pic was taken, viking tried to fit it in appropriately

- Convention centre expansion hotel this is killing a big parking lot downtown (well the expansion is; the hotel will be build on top of it), hopefully the first of many more in the Peg

- There are a few more buildings going up downtown, one that is in early planning, and another than is greenlit (25 storey apt tower, ~ as tall as the Green topped building) in addition to a few in Osbourne village but those are out of the scope of this picture (they will be to the right)

I know its no Toronto (heck even no Missusauga) but its the most action we've seen in the Peg for a long time, with more momentum gaining each year

[trueviking]

^ the convention centre hotel will actually most likely kill a second parking lot.....either the one on graham beside MTS or the one south east of the convention centre.

[roccerfeller]

Originally Posted by trueviking

^ the convention centre hotel will actually most likely kill a second parking lot.....either the one on graham beside MTS or the one south east of the convention centre.

...wait a second in addition to the expansion??

sweet music to my ears either way.

[armorand93]

Originally Posted by roccerfeller

- There are a few more buildings going up downtown, one that is in early planning, and another than is greenlit (25 storey apt tower, ~ as tall as the Green topped building) in addition to a few in Osbourne village but those are out of the scope of this picture (they will be to the right)

I know its no Toronto (heck even no Missusauga) but its the most action we've seen in the Peg for a long time, with more momentum gaining each year

If thats the tower in the Far Left, it sure looks tiny...

[armorand93]

Centre*

Whoops, my apologies Roccerfeller

[PoscStudent]

Here's a future skyline of St. John's done by Architype.

Originally Posted by Architype

Here's another rendering of proposed developments, involving some guesswork and approximation:


Source: Original taken from the Fortis viewplane analysis, additional content drawn by me.
http://www.stjohns.ca/pdfs/Fortis%20Development%20VPA%20July%2005,%20%202011.pdf

[Dale]

Originally Posted by PoscStudent

Here's a future skyline of St. John's done by Architype.

Are any of these u/c or close to it ?

[PoscStudent]

Originally Posted by Dale

Are any of these u/c or close to it ?

The building furthest back in the picture I believe some construction has started, the building that was there has been demolished. There was a public meeting on the Fortis building last night and one city councilor said he expects construction to begin this construction season. Things have been fairly quiet on the other two proposals and I have my doubts if both get approved.

[Dale]

Originally Posted by PoscStudent

The building furthest back in the picture I believe some construction has started, the building that was there has been demolished. There was a public meeting on the Fortis building last night and one city councilor said he expects construction to begin this construction season. Things have been fairly quiet on the other two proposals and I have my doubts if both get approved.

Thanks!

[caltrane74]

Originally Posted by CanadianNational

The Southcore cluster in Sketchup Model and Google Earth.

The 18 York Model and the ICE Model are by Wyliepoon, and the Infinity model is by Jon, both from the Sketchup Model Bank.

I'd marked 90 Harbour and it's sister property - 120 Harbour - across York in yellow, as part of BuildToronto. The Harbour Commission is outlined in pink - hopefully awaiting lovely rejuvenation someday.























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CN at UT has pointed out the lots available for redevelopment on the Toronto Waterfront.

One of the yellow coloured lot was purchased recently by Menkes for $76,000,000. So this will likely be a 65 or 70 storey tower.

Can't wait to see what they have in store for us

Thread here:

http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthread....WL-bcIMC-30-47s-KPMB-amp-P-S-IBI)/page38

[kw5150]

Originally Posted by PoscStudent

Here's a future skyline of St. John's done by Architype.

Wow, look at St John's stepping it up!! Id say it is competing with regina and saskatoon now......well......hard to tell from that, but whatever.....

[Traynor]

Those Google SketchUp renders by Canadian National are fun for seeing all the future development, but viewers should be warned about the notorious height accuracy issues with SketchUp.

For some reason, no matter how accurately a person renders the height of the model they designed, when posted in to SketchUp, the program distorts the heights and often averages them close to other buildings nearby.

For example: In the above series of renders, the Delta hotel is projected to be 159.8 meters tall, 15 York is to be 157 and ICE I will be 202 meters, yet they all look the same height.

[Architype]

Originally Posted by PoscStudent

The building furthest back in the picture I believe some construction has started, the building that was there has been demolished. There was a public meeting on the Fortis building last night and one city councilor said he expects construction to begin this construction season. Things have been fairly quiet on the other two proposals and I have my doubts if both get approved.

Re: St. John's - the other two proposals were just announced recently, and are early on in the development process. They have requested that land use assesments be done (wondering if this is a practice in any other canadian cities), and not much else happens until that stage. Personally I don't see any good reason for them to not be approved, but even that is not a guarantee of them proceeding either. Another condo/parking development in the central area was approved recently too, also a 7 fl hotel and 9 level condo-hotel have also been approved in the central & east end but seem to be stalled.

[Chadillaccc]

WINNIPEG!

My first rendering ever!



Hopefully not too shabby...

[Dylan Leblanc]

nice.

tho you could throw in a supertall just for fun

[roccerfeller]

Originally Posted by Dylan Leblanc

nice.

tho you could throw in a supertall just for fun

yeah, just throw a mountain in the background

its a great render, especially for a first time...good job!



And St Johns is stepping it up in deed....nice to see. There's a lot of action happening there.

[Chadillaccc]

Originally Posted by Dylan Leblanc

nice.

tho you could throw in a supertall just for fun

Haha yeah, I think I might do that this evening. But it won't be a supertall. Winnipeg, at this point, just like Vancouver, couldn't handle a supertall. It would overwhelm either skyline.

I'm thinking, for Winnipeg, a 150+ meter tower would be great, to make it iconic and finally establish the central focus of the skyline. The current skyline is of course focused on Main and Portage but it also has to compete with Portage, Osborne and the area around Fort Garry Hotel.

Once there's a 150 meter, then we can go up to 200, and then so on. Just like Vancouver has done.