Downtown Vancouver Updates - Page 503

officedweller · #**10041** Posted **Aug 28, 2013, 8:19 PM**

That was always in the design. Angles may be a bit different than rendered.

officedweller · #**10042** Posted **Aug 28, 2013, 10:24 PM**

The old warehouse building at the NW corner of Beatty & Smithe - next to the former DIX - is being redeveloped for La Salle College.

Dylan Leblanc · #**10043** Posted **Aug 29, 2013, 1:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Onni's office addition to the podium of L'Aria on Robson (the H-Mart building):
Pic by me yesterday:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/69/1boc.jpg/

Interesting, what's the story here? Amenity space never used?

Pic of how it used to be - https://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ll=49.280262,-123.118933&spn=0.000393,0.000555&t=k&deg=270&z=21

spm2013 · #**10044** Posted **Aug 29, 2013, 2:53 PM**

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officedweller · #**10045** Posted **Aug 29, 2013, 6:35 PM**

I think they just wanted more office space.
Not sure if they own the space (starta) or lease it (I recall they were supposed to occupy office space at their "Level" project down the street, but took this space (previously occupied by a fitness club) when that space was delayed. Not sure if the residents had access to the space or not.
If I were a condo owner on the new podium rooftop, I'd have insisted on a big expanded roofdeck for the diminution of view.

officedweller · #**10046** Posted **Aug 30, 2013, 12:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by entheosfog

The building in question, I believe:

Ugly Building by entheos_fog, on Flickr

Pic of that renovated office building on Davie by Darrellinyvr on Flickr.
I think I like the "before" cladding (but not the base) better...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrellinyvr/page3/

Sir Conga · #**10047** Posted **Aug 30, 2013, 3:37 AM**

Prometheus · #**10048** Posted **Aug 30, 2013, 3:52 AM**

Thanks for the updates.

I do hope the restoration/conversion of the Beatty Gate includes relocating those unsightly power cables attached to the front of the heritage façade:

http://farm1.staticflickr.com/155/330454634_1d6e460476_z.jpg

whatnext · #**10049** Posted **Aug 30, 2013, 2:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Pic of that renovated office building on Davie by Darrellinyvr on Flickr.
I think I like the "before" cladding (but not the base) better...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrellinyvr/page3/

I agree. Its been homogenized.

dreambrother808 · #**10050** Posted **Aug 30, 2013, 3:09 PM**

Viewed in person, rather than just through a photograph, this building has been dramatically improved. It used to make me cringe walking past and was such negative entrance to Davie Village. One drab photo doesn't capture the change.

jozero · #**10051** Posted **Aug 30, 2013, 4:54 PM**

Wow the new building at Robson and Granville is ugly. What could of been a marquee showcase for a very popular area instead looks like an office building in Red Deer. How the heck did that get approval ?

EdinVan · #**10052** Posted **Aug 30, 2013, 6:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by jozero

Wow the new building at Robson and Granville is ugly. What could of been a marquee showcase for a very popular area instead looks like an office building in Red Deer. How the heck did that get approval ?

I wouldn't even dignify it by calling it a building. I don't know WHAT it is. I try to close my eyes when I walk past it. Shameful.

EdinVan · #**10053** Posted **Aug 30, 2013, 6:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Pic of that renovated office building on Davie by Darrellinyvr on Flickr.
I think I like the "before" cladding (but not the base) better...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrellinyvr/page3/

Its primary redeeming quality is that it doesn't look like a parking garage anymore.

Sir Conga · #**10054** Posted **Aug 30, 2013, 9:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by EdinVan

I wouldn't even dignify it by calling it a building. I don't know WHAT it is. I try to close my eyes when I walk past it. Shameful.

Wierd, because I was there the other day and enjoyed how well the building looked on that corner. Fits quite fine in my opinion.

osirisboy · #**10055** Posted **Aug 30, 2013, 9:26 PM**

I really like it to. Looks great!

EdinVan · #**10056** Posted **Aug 30, 2013, 11:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by Sir Conga

Wierd, because I was there the other day and enjoyed how well the building looked on that corner. Fits quite fine in my opinion.

I find it very incoherent. It's a random mish-mash of elements. A dull curtain-wall box would've looked better. The only good thing is that it reflects the lights of the Future Shop video screen at night, which animates the corner a bit more.

easy as pie · #**10057** Posted **Aug 31, 2013, 12:20 AM**

yeah, that davie street building is a sad loss, i used to love that one though, again, the base with that walk up pavilion area was terrible.

connect2source · #**10058** Posted **Aug 31, 2013, 3:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by EdinVan

Its primary redeeming quality is that it doesn't look like a parking garage anymore.

I loved the original 60's cladding but from a practical standpoint it provided little views and light for the tenants. The lower section was 80's-ized and was, therefore, ruined, so the re-do looks much better. Perhaps a bit of cladding, similar to the original, would have referenced the 60's style a little better.

osirisboy · #**10059** Posted **Aug 31, 2013, 3:51 PM**

That lattice work on the front was brutal! So glad to see its gone

Jebby · #**10060** Posted **Sep 1, 2013, 12:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by osirisboy

That lattice work on the front was brutal! So glad to see its gone

Me too.