The Great Canadian Skyline Thread! II

[Rico Rommheim]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Bird eye's view of Montreal by MMXproduction on Flickr

Wow!

Looking at this pic, I'm quite pleased at how much development the lower downtown neighbourhoods have had in the past 5-10 years.

[Dwils01]

Originally Posted by travis3000

Hey could somebody make a list of all the office towers Toronto has had constructed/or are currently under construction since the commercial boom began in 2007. Off the top of my head I can think of:

-Bay Adelaide W (715ft)
-Bay Adelaide E (645ft)
-100 Adelaide W (617ft)
-One York (535ft)
-The RBC Center (607ft)
-Southcore: PWC (410ft), Bremner (440ft)
-RBC Waterpark Place (460ft)

Am I missing anything?

The only other two I can think of are
Telus House (447ft)
and Queen Richmond Centre West (238ft)

The Hospital for Sick Children Research Tower and MaRS Discovery Centre West are listed as offices but I think they are more of a medical purpose building.

[Chadillaccc]

Bremner Tower?

[RWin]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

Just saw the Calgary skyline in a Mellon Wealth Management Commercial in the United States.

This one?

• Video Link

[Ramako]

Originally Posted by Dwils01

The only other two I can think of are
Telus House (447ft)
and Queen Richmond Centre West (238ft)

The Hospital for Sick Children Research Tower and MaRS Discovery Centre West are listed as offices but I think they are more of a medical purpose building.

King East Centre should be starting shortly. Hoarding is up.



http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthread....20s-Diamond-Schmitt)?p=690291#post690291



http://torontoofficespace.com/building-d...onto-downtown-east-downtown-toronto-1707

[Deepstar]

^That Montreal shot^ is fantastic.


Somewhat skyline related. A poster in the Calgary section compared the number of 18+ storey towers built in Calgary since 2000 to our American counterparts. Calgary did quite well. I don't have the numbers for Tor/Van/Mtl, but it's obvious they would also do very well. I would not be surprised to see Toronto challenge for top spot. Vancouver no doubt would challenge Chicago at #2.

Originally Posted by WIGS

On the weekend I came across a research report on high rises in the United States. David Holmes used the info. found on SSP diagram database to show the amount of high rises in cities in the U.S built between 2000-2013 and total high rises built overall. The author used the arbitrary number of buildings with 18 or more stories in height in his analysis.
http://www.urbanophile.com/2013/08/20/trends-in-american-high-rise-construction-by-david-holmes/

I ran the numbers for Calgary, and if I'm accurate here's where Calgary ranks in comparison to the David Holmes' numbers. keep in mind I'm using the arbitrary 18 or more stories in height.


Uploaded with ImageShack.us

We also have 12 high rise (18 floors or more) buildings under construction and 11 proposed. I was just using the SSP diagrams so my numbers might be off.
We all know that Calgary "punches above its weight" when it comes to our skyline, but this is amazing how high we rank when compared to our US neighbours.
San Fran and Houston: you're on notice!
can't wait to the see the skyline in 5 years!

[Chadillaccc]

Toronto is at about 250 over 18 floors built since 2000, plus about 90 UC currently.

Vancouver is at about 140 built over 18 floors since 2000, plus 10 UC currently. That is the city of Vancouver only.


Both numbers are incredibly impressive.


***However*** Metro Vancouver built about 230 buildings over 18 floors since 2000, far exceeding the City of Chicago and Metro Chicago.

Metro Toronto is at about 325, insane.

[travis3000]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Bremner Tower?

Yes, the Bremner tower is the 2nd phase of the Southcore Financial Centre and is currently under construction. It's 700,000 sq ft of prime office space downtown Toronto, and 30 stories in height or 440ft (approximately). Not that you can see this anyway!

[Deepstar]

Very impressive indeed! I was going to say, 'wow, New York get off your —', but on second thought New York already has so much built up high rise development that it doesn't need large amounts of it.

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Toronto is at about 250 over 18 floors built since 2000, plus about 90 UC currently.

Vancouver is at about 140 built over 18 floors since 2000, plus 10 UC currently. That is the city of Vancouver only.


Both numbers are incredibly impressive.


***However*** Metro Vancouver built about 230 buildings over 18 floors since 2000, far exceeding the City of Chicago and Metro Chicago.

Metro Toronto is at about 325, insane.

[caltrane74]

Originally Posted by RWin

This one?

• Video Link

Yup, that's it!

[MTLskyline]

Montreal proper is 35, the whole Metro area might be around 40-45.

Montreal

1. Altitude, 33 (2013)
2. Evolo, 31 (2013)
3. Le Séville III, (2013)
4. Louis-Bohème, 28 (2010)
5. Westin, 22 (2009)
6. Le Vistal II, 25 (2009)
7. 400 Sherbrooke Ouest/Hilton Garden Inn, 37 (2008)
8. Le Vistal I, 25 (2008)
9. Tour Quebecor, 19 (2008)
10. Le Crystal de la Montagne, 27 (2007)
11. L'Etoile/Embassy Suites, 22 (2007)
12. Beauxarts Condominiums, 20 (2007)
13. Rive-Gouin II, 20 (2007)
14. Le Concorde, 19 (2007)
15. Les Sommets sur le Fleuve IV, 22 (2006)
16. Jardin Windsor I, 21 (2006)
17. Jardin Windsor II, 20 (2006)
18. 1009 Bleury, 20 (2006)
19. Le Roc-Fleuri, 26 (2005)
20. Le 1200 Ouest I, 26 (2005)
21. Le 1200 Ouest II, 26 (2005)
22. Les Sommets sur le Fleuve II, 24 (2005)
23. Les Sommets sur le Fleuve III, 22 (2005)
24. Le Phénix Notre-Dame, 20 (2005)
25. Concordia Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Complex, 18 (2005)
26. Résidence Soleil Manoire St-Léonard, 18 (2005)
27. Cité du Commerce Electronique II, 18 (2004)
28. Cité du Commerce Electronique I, 27 (2003)
29. Le Demetrius, 18 (2003)
30. Les Sommets sur le Fleuve I, 20 (2002)
31. Club Marin II, 20 (2001)
32. Club Marin III, 20 (2001)
33. Le Panorama Île des Soeurs, 18 (2001)
34. Résidence Au Fil de L'eau II, 21 (2000)
35. Résidence Au Fil de L'eau IV, 20 (2000)

[Darkoshvilli]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Toronto is at about 250 over 18 floors built since 2000, plus about 90 UC currently.

Vancouver is at about 140 built over 18 floors since 2000, plus 10 UC currently. That is the city of Vancouver only.


Both numbers are incredibly impressive.


***However*** Metro Vancouver built about 230 buildings over 18 floors since 2000, far exceeding the City of Chicago and Metro Chicago.

Metro Toronto is at about 325, insane.

Man, this country is on a roll. Even Montreal has had more than I thought with 35.

[Nite]

Some from Toronto

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=105968127#post105968127


http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacklandau/9211342319/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/cookedphotos/9449622323/


http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=17157&page=196

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

Yup, that's it!

Might as well have kept using San Fran.

To comment on Toronto's skyline; I love seeing development south of the Gardiner closing the gap between the Financial District and the formerly lone wolf CN Tower. That said, the Financial District is sort of getting lost behind the residential waterfront; it needs a few new office towers, maybe a few taller than First Canadian Place.

[flar]

[Beedok]

Good to see you posted those awesome shots.

[Razor]

Great shots of Hamilton Flar! Those latest from Montreal and Toronto were great pics as well..Thanks!

[ssiguy]

It's amazing how ICE 1&2 are already having such a huge impact on the Toronto skyline and yet Trump which is taller has almost no impact at all. Although when you consider how ugly the Trump building is then I guess that's a good thing.

[Coldrsx]

(http://photos.edmonton.ca/Transportation...date-2013/i-bMqGSPb/0/X2/DSC_5203-X2.jpg)

[MTLskyline]

^ I like the mix of styles of buildings in that shot.