Vancouver House (1400 Howe St) | 151.5m | 52Fl | Completed - Page 17

osirisboy · #**321** Posted **Mar 24, 2014, 9:48 PM**

Lol so it's open mon-sun? So in other words everyday?

officedweller · #**322** Posted **Mar 24, 2014, 10:25 PM**

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It's not wood but some kind of brass finish on the balconies.

Brass? Really?
The 80s are BACK!

spm2013 · #**323** Posted **Mar 24, 2014, 10:54 PM**

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Brass? Really?
The 80s are BACK!

Well it's some metal, I think it was brass but I could be wrong.

Cypherus · #**324** Posted **Mar 28, 2014, 2:56 AM**

I am still confused as to how this building is structurally supported on its northeast overhanging side. I can only imagine what the settling would be like during the building's first winter.

Chadillaccc · #**325** Posted **Mar 28, 2014, 3:00 AM**

I'm pretty sure they've figured it out or they wouldn't be building it

Calgarian · #**326** Posted **Mar 28, 2014, 3:25 AM**

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I am still confused as to how this building is structurally supported on its northeast overhanging side. I can only imagine what the settling would be like during the building's first winter.

I'd be more curious how this building will survive an earthquake! the foundations will have to be very strong and probably fairly deep!

How far down is bedrock in Vancouver?

KPELLY · #**327** Posted **Mar 28, 2014, 3:47 AM**

Varies significantly, but the downtown peninsula has some silts and sands over top of tills. Sedimentary bedrock is typically located between 5-20 meters depth.

spm2013 · #**328** Posted **Mar 28, 2014, 3:48 AM**

They had some schematics in the exhibit on the engineering aspect of the tower I believe...

jbrizzy · #**329** Posted **Mar 28, 2014, 4:17 AM**

According to my friend at school (credible source I know), her brother is an engineer on the project and told her that weight on the overhanging side will cause the building to lean slightly over time, and as a result they are building it slightly leaning in the opposite direction. Interesting if true..

Vin · #**330** Posted **Mar 28, 2014, 4:22 PM**

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Well it's some metal, I think it was brass but I could be wrong.

The metal looks like some kind of copper alloy, and must be the same material used to clad the existing storage building for the exhibition.

Incidentally, Rolston also uses this kind of metal for its ground floor retail cladding. I rather like it but worried that it can be easily scratched by drunk bas*ards.

officedweller · #**331** Posted **Mar 28, 2014, 6:43 PM**

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The metal looks like some kind of copper alloy, and must be the same material used to clad the existing storage building for the exhibition.

Aaah, that makes sense.
I was wondering why they used the copper for the exhibit.

canucks23 · #**332** Posted **Mar 28, 2014, 7:10 PM**

I'm very skeptical about this building. It looks kind of awkward in the renderings. Am I the only one to feel this way?

osirisboy · #**333** Posted **Mar 28, 2014, 7:18 PM**

Yes lol

GlassCity · #**334** Posted **Mar 28, 2014, 7:24 PM**

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I'm very skeptical about this building. It looks kind of awkward in the renderings. Am I the only one to feel this way?

I absolutely hate it.

canucks23 · #**335** Posted **Mar 28, 2014, 7:39 PM**

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Yes lol

Apparently I'm not lol

What I don't understand is that the city has a history of turning down designs that are too 'unique' or 'different' -and from what I've seen from the renderings of them, for the most part they all looked great- yet this one gets to go through?

canucks23 · #**336** Posted **Mar 28, 2014, 7:43 PM**

Of course I would love to be wrong, but I have a feeling we may end up with another "Mark" once this thing gets developed.

officedweller · #**337** Posted **Mar 28, 2014, 8:19 PM**

I think it has a lot of solid surface to it (so not like the Mark,
unless the solid surface is glass spandrel (unlikely given all the corners?)
- so it won't look like a lot of other towers we have.

It will probably look "heavy", not "light and airy".

That's probably especially true of the east facade where it grows out and up. I think that the north walls of the "cubicles" are all solid surface - so when driving south down Howe, you'll see a textured, but solid wall under the overhang.

Also, when viewed at an angle, the recessed balconies may also create the illusion of a solid wall
- but there will be a lot of texture and nifty patterns.

i.e. step to the right a few steps in the pic below and from the new angle you wouldn't see any windows
(it have have the appeal of the back of the Law Courts, but with more texture):

http://changingcitybook.com/2014/02/26/vancouver-house-1400-howe-street/

vanciti · #**338** Posted **Mar 28, 2014, 9:59 PM**

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Of course I would love to be wrong, but I have a feeling we may end up with another "Mark" once this thing gets developed.

I whole heartedly disagree - comparing the Mark, developed by a notoriously cheap and unrepentant developer such as Onni with a comparison to a Westbank project is night and day.

The architects on the Mark are even not impressed, it was Onni's Construction team that changed thigns last minute to cheapen things up a bit, it ended up putting a very cheap building on to the market.

whatnext · #**339** Posted **Mar 28, 2014, 11:43 PM**

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show looks great...I urge everyone to visit

I look forward to seeing it tho' I had to shrug about the amount of PR they were getting for what is in essence a presale for a condo. Also got a chuckle with the PR flack breathlessly claiming Arthur Erickson was predicting Vancouverism with his drawing of pointy towers in the Fifites. What architect hasn't been drawing slim pointy towers since the 1920's!

http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2007/12/30/hugh-ferriss-and-the-metropolis-of-tomorrow/

spm2013 · #**340** Posted **Mar 29, 2014, 12:15 AM**

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I look forward to seeing it tho' I had to shrug about the amount of PR they were getting for what is in essence a presale for a condo. Also got a chuckle with the PR flack breathlessly claiming Arthur Erickson was predicting Vancouverism with his drawing of pointy towers in the Fifites. What architect hasn't been drawing slim pointy towers since the 1920's!

http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2007/12/30/hugh-ferriss-and-the-metropolis-of-tomorrow/

They have a sample of all the materials and the models were pretty cool. Though it is essentially a glorified presentation centre.