Canadian City Proposals

[kool maudit]

that is just pitiful.

[PoscStudent]

Originally Posted by kool maudit

that is just pitiful.

Why?

[Wishblade]

Originally Posted by PoscStudent

Why?

That project would only look ok in St. John's. You'll probably get negative comments about it from just about anybody who hasn't been there or lived there before. The color scheme would just look tacky anywhere else.

[LeftCoaster]

Who cares about the aesthetics (which do seem quite poor), just look at the parking lot out front, the way the thing meets the street and interacts with its environment.

I think that is probably the worst development I have seen proposed in years.

Simply awful.

[davidivivid]

Construction of this project officially began yesterday so we will see another crane in Quebec City soon enough. I prefered the original design since it was visually more interesting, but nice project nonetheless.

Originally Posted by gilpel

[Vaillant]

awwwwwww I want that painting!! Is it include with the condo? if yes I'm buying it!

[isaidso]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Who cares about the aesthetics (which do seem quite poor), just look at the parking lot out front, the way the thing meets the street and interacts with its environment.

I think that is probably the worst development I have seen proposed in years.

Simply awful.

You do see this type of thing on the outskirts of Atlantic Canadian cities quite a bit. St. John's, Moncton, Halifax, Fredericton, etc. are still very small compared to places like Ottawa, Vancouver, and Montreal. Due to their size and land availability, suburban sprawl is still very common. Many Maritimers still expect to have tons of green space and little in the way of density. Let's not forget that this is the least urbanized region of Canada. 52% of Atlantic Canadians live in towns under 50,000 people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Canada

It's only when you go to the central core, that land values are high and density is a big issue. I doubt that this apartment block is going up in downtown St. John's. It's likely in the outskirts where land is abundant and relatively cheap. When you look at lot sizes for single family homes in new subdivisions in Atlantic Canada, they're very generous compared to lot sizes in new subdivisions in Ontario or BC.

That colour scheme does suit Newfoundland though. You see the same thing all over Atlantic Canada and Greenland.

[Architype]

^Agree with Isaidso.

Originally Posted by Wishblade

That project would only look ok in St. John's. You'll probably get negative comments about it from just about anybody who hasn't been there or lived there before. The color scheme would just look tacky anywhere else.

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Who cares about the aesthetics (which do seem quite poor), just look at the parking lot out front, the way the thing meets the street and interacts with its environment.

I think that is probably the worst development I have seen proposed in years.

Simply awful.

That's the problem I have with all the proposals there. Every project in St. John's seems to be behind a parking lot (the one below too) even if they also have underground parking; nothing is designed to interact with the street or even the ground. There are no back alleys for parking access, and many are built on leftover bits of land sometimes behind existing buildings. Most every condo project is built over a raised parking level because you can't excavate very far, so there are never any ground level yards or patios. There is generally only a modest use of glass even though the units often seem to have an abundance of exterior walls. These colours (posted above) may be a bit too bright and chances are they will be toned down, but I like them in contrast because most other proposals are drab dark siding or brick. This might in fact be more Scandinavian or European in design influence. It's actually the only new proposal I could describe as legitimate "modern" or even architectural except for the Mix and Marconi proposals downtown, both or which are redevelopments.

Here's another proposal near historic Quidi Vidi Village, it's supposed to allude to an old fort.
Can't wait for the comments.



From Luar: http://www.stjohns.ca/pdfs/Aerial%20Phot...sessment%20Report%20-%20Quidi%20Vidi.pdf

[Andrewjm3D]

Stunning.

[someone123]

Some new renderings were put up for the Citadel Hotel makeover in Halifax. It can still be considered a proposal since the building itself isn't quite under construction yet (they're demolishing the old buildings right now).


http://www.citadelhotelmakeover.ca/

[Vaillant]

^^^^

awful, look like a hospital

[MTLskyline]

Interesting "Bauhaus-inspired" (to quote the link below) condo tower atop a currently abandoned 19th century red-brick industrial building in Montreal's Paper Hill neighbourhood.


http://www.ledevoir.com/art-de-vivre/hab...e-s-accole-a-une-facade-heritee-du-passe

[isaidso]

Originally Posted by Vaillant

^^^^

awful, look like a hospital

Agree. That's terrible.

[Chadillaccc]

Originally Posted by someone123

Some new renderings were put up for the Citadel Hotel makeover in Halifax. It can still be considered a proposal since the building itself isn't quite under construction yet (they're demolishing the old buildings right now).


http://www.citadelhotelmakeover.ca/

Stucco high-rises make me sad.

[caltrane74]

Originally Posted by Andrewjm3D

Indeed, in close up renders it looks like they use various styles you'd find on office buildings. It will be right next to Bisha and across from 355 King West both of which have had their fencing go up last week.

On the right side of this.


And across the street from this.


Not to mention right beside this one as well.


There must be over 20 highrises in different stages going up in the entertainment district at the moment.

355 King West never went into sales... whats up with that ?

Are you sure the fencing is not for construction of a sales office??

[SteelTown]

Got a new rendering for the project above....


On the left is the old Federal building, 5 storey addition with 25 storey condo tower beside it.

Beside this project they are also building a 17 storey hotel, they are installing the crane at this moment.

[Chadillaccc]

The old rendering is much nicer. Are they keeping the historic facade of the federal building? because in the updated render, it looks like stucco.

[Innsertnamehere]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

355 King West never went into sales... whats up with that ?

Are you sure the fencing is not for construction of a sales office??

it is for a sales office. I expect it to sell very quickly though... wouldn't be surprised if it was U/C by this time next year.

[someone123]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Stucco high-rises make me sad.

How do you know that they plan to use stucco? It's just a low-detail rendering.

The renderings look to me like they might be brick. Brick cladding on highrises is fairly common in Halifax and two popular shades lately are those tan and dark grey colours. Stucco is less common on highrises compared to brick, glass, or precast.

Those towers are a big improvement over the motel that is there now and there are a couple of design elements that might turn out to work well, like the tinted glass balconies on the apartment building.

[SteelTown]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

The old rendering is much nicer. Are they keeping the historic facade of the federal building? because in the updated render, it looks like stucco.

Not stucco, the developer said it's all steel and glass.

The old federal building facade remains, federal government enforced it.