Future Canadian Skylines - Page 85

DrNest · #**1681** Posted **Jan 18, 2013, 8:54 PM**

In my opinion they needed to have been at least similar in height to MLS.

Traynor · #**1682** Posted **Jan 18, 2013, 10:34 PM**

Aura with height adjusted. Top floors are now in the 12 foot range. Better?

(Original image by sMT on UT found HERE ,first rendering and revised height version.)

Full-sized image found HERE

isaidso · #**1683** Posted **Jan 19, 2013, 2:28 AM**

Looks good Traynor. The height magnifies how short everything else is in the area.

TallBob · #**1684** Posted **Jan 19, 2013, 5:52 AM**

That thing is awsome!!

travis3000 · #**1685** Posted **Jan 19, 2013, 6:10 PM**

^ great render. Can't wait til it's done.

Kaffloc · #**1686** Posted **Jan 19, 2013, 6:44 PM**

Stumbled uppon what appears to be the proposed rendering of "D'Estimauville" district in east part of Quebec City:

Dirt_Devil · #**1687** Posted **Jan 19, 2013, 7:38 PM**

^^

I am counting 5x28-30 floors of condos. Could be a great improvement over now if they build it. Thanks for sharing!

RyeJay · #**1688** Posted **Jan 19, 2013, 10:04 PM**

Nice

I hope Quebec City's pace of developments continues to pick up speed.

Now, I'm posting this reply before googling anything -- but how far along in their approval process are they? I would love to see some subtle alterations between these towers.

isaidso · #**1689** Posted **Jan 20, 2013, 1:35 AM**

I usually don't like those 'tower in the park' designs, but it makes sense here with that creek running along side it.

Andrewjm3D · #**1690** Posted **Jan 20, 2013, 1:53 AM**

They remind me a lot of The Empire State Plaza in Albany.
source: www.metrojacksonville.com

DrNest · #**1691** Posted **Jan 20, 2013, 3:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by isaidso

I usually don't like those 'tower in the park' designs, but it makes sense here with that creek running along side it.

I agree, it's a good proposal that works here.

dleung · #**1692** Posted **Jan 20, 2013, 5:49 AM**

Agreed. The Quebec city proposal has a great scale.

Kaffloc · #**1693** Posted **Jan 21, 2013, 2:49 AM**

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Originally Posted by dleung

Agreed. The Quebec city proposal has a great scale.

Forgot to mention, they are facing (shore) the St-Lawrence river.

The_Architect · #**1694** Posted **Jan 21, 2013, 8:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by Ramako

So... much... blue... glass. It will look good in the summer but feel ice cold in the winter.

No kidding.. Needs at least some stone in there to mix it up and break the monotony.

caltrane74 · #**1695** Posted **Jan 21, 2013, 8:45 PM**

No, I like the clean glass look.

Very futuristic down there, like blade-runner. Putting brick there would clash with the style of Southcore, there is enough polished stone in Southcore, and that gives some warmth to the area.

Brick works in St.Lawrence Market and Lime Stone in The Financial District.

Chadillaccc · #**1696** Posted **Jan 25, 2013, 9:08 PM**

We need a new batch of the realistic looking renderings from all cities! (except Toronto since we've seen a couple recently).

I'm looking forward to Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Regina, Saskatoon, and St. John's. Hopefully someone could make one! I tried ones of Winnipeg and Regina last year

Beedok · #**1697** Posted **Jan 25, 2013, 9:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

We need a new batch of the realistic looking renderings from all cities! (except Toronto since we've seen a couple recently).

I'm looking forward to Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Regina, Saskatoon, and St. John's. Hopefully someone could make one! I tried ones of Winnipeg and Regina last year

Hamilton has too many projects for that to be doable I guess.

isaidso · #**1698** Posted **Jan 25, 2013, 9:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by The_Architect

No kidding.. Needs at least some stone in there to mix it up and break the monotony.

Agree. It's so sterile/featureless down there it puts you to sleep. BORING! Unfortunately, we'll likely have to wait decades to get these buildings re-clad with something charming/beautiful/enduring.

Glass is nice in moderation, but entire blocks of it end up looking cheap and temporary like a green house.

Chadillaccc · #**1699** Posted **Jan 25, 2013, 10:02 PM**

None of the Hamilton projects really scream "nice" to me though. The Carmen hotel one is pretty nice but no one has any clue if it will be built, and the twisty twins are cool but those aren't downtown and the rest of them just look like suburban highway hotels mostly. The nice ones will be shorter and won't impact the skyline at all. So I can't actually say I'm "looking forward" to what it will look like. I am definitely looking forward to Hamilton's densification though.

isaidso · #**1700** Posted **Jan 25, 2013, 10:08 PM**

Agree and its a little surprising how substandard the designs are given that this is southern Ontario. It's not like this is some isolated town in some back woods region. Hamilton should be building stuff as good as anywhere in the country.