Brookfield Place Calgary | 247M - 56F | Construction - Page 53

Calgarian · #**1041** Posted **Apr 29, 2015, 3:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by Wooster

I don't think people appreciate how hulking this tower will be. It will be quite imposing.

Good, should help balance the mass of the Bow a bit.

Spring2008 · #**1042** Posted **Apr 29, 2015, 4:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by Rusty van Reddick

SSP esthetic groupthink. Just like when one person chimes in about how HORRIBLE x cladding is or whatever and then the pile-on starts. The conformity on this site is pretty astonishing.

I have zero issue with twins either. And they're not unique to Calgary in the first place. Thanks for posting this.

Lol very true first comment. I have no issue with twins, as long as they're well designed buildings. There's also lots of variety in massing/ cladding colors etc here to make having pairs of nearly identical towers a non-issue.

Having said that, wonder if the second tower might get re-designed as a different use given the slowing economy and steady amount of new office inventory set to hit the market over the next few years.

McMurph · #**1043** Posted **Apr 29, 2015, 5:04 PM**

Some twins are awesome because they're twins. I wonder if those with a hate on for all twins would have dissed WTC or Petronas if they had been proposed here. I think the long-dead proposal I miss most from the Calgary skyline is the original tall twin to FCC. I'm not sure Brookfield is better for having a runt twin, but it certainly isn't any worse.

MasterG · #**1044** Posted **Apr 29, 2015, 7:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by McMurph

Some twins are awesome because they're twins. I wonder if those with a hate on for all twins would have dissed WTC or Petronas if they had been proposed here. I think the long-dead proposal I miss most from the Calgary skyline is the original tall twin to FCC. I'm not sure Brookfield is better for having a runt twin, but it certainly isn't any worse.

I can handle any twin that replaces a parking garage or surface parking lot, so Brookfield passes this test.

Jay in Cowtown · #**1045** Posted **Apr 30, 2015, 3:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by Calgarian

Good, should help balance the mass of the Bow a bit.

It will also fill in the gap between Suncor/Bow and Bankers/EAP when coming into Calgary on 16th ave from the west. Not to mention it will seem quite tall from that vantage point since the narrow side of Brookfield faces east/west!

Looking forward to this building rise!

speedog · #**1046** Posted **Apr 30, 2015, 5:53 PM**

Bankers Hall - wonderful twins.

Blue_Cypress · #**1047** Posted **May 1, 2015, 5:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by Bokimon

The rounded steel corner framing looks nice, I do love how this area the engineers worked to make this structurally stable without the aid of a corner column. An innovative move right there, uh RJC I think..

You can't be serious. Cantilevered corners are "innovative?" WERE YOU BORN YESTERDAY?

Shylo · #**1048** Posted **May 2, 2015, 1:46 AM**

May 1, 2014

Brookfield20140501 by ShyloGR, on Flickr
Sept 16,2014

BP_20140916_Pano by ShyloGR, on Flickr
April 30,2015

BP_20150430_Pano by ShyloGR, on Flickr
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Design-mind · #**1049** Posted **May 2, 2015, 1:50 AM**

Wow a year already since the pit was dug. It is hard to believe how fast this is going.

Blue_Cypress · #**1050** Posted **May 5, 2015, 6:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by Design-mind

Wow a year already since the pit was dug. It is hard to believe how fast this is going.

Roughly a year from now we should be topping out.

Blue_Cypress · #**1051** Posted **May 6, 2015, 5:25 AM**

Now that the cranes are sorted out and the core is rocketing skyward, expect steel erection to really get going. This project will move upward fast from this point on.

craner · #**1052** Posted **May 6, 2015, 6:24 AM**

^Love to hear that!

jstarr · #**1053** Posted **May 13, 2015, 2:58 AM**

Couple shots from today, I am fairly confident they poured the 12 floor of the core today and will be stripping and moving the forms tomorrow! They are now on a fairly consistent 6-7 days per floor, so is should start moving fast

H.E.Pennypacker · #**1054** Posted **May 13, 2015, 3:01 AM**

Wow that steel's really gone up quickly over the last two weeks!

Excitement building for this thing rising quickly

holhm22 · #**1055** Posted **May 13, 2015, 3:43 AM**

Awesome! Can't wait to see this top out.

Surrealplaces · #**1056** Posted **May 13, 2015, 4:13 PM**

It's really moving now. Totally awesome.

CorporateWhore · #**1057** Posted **May 13, 2015, 4:45 PM**

Nice to see the curved edges, I think those will be a really nice touch. Are the going to be more pronounced as they go up, or are they uniformly curved all the way up?

Surrealplaces · #**1058** Posted **May 13, 2015, 5:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by CorporateWhore

Nice to see the curved edges, I think those will be a really nice touch. Are the going to be more pronounced as they go up, or are they uniformly curved all the way up?

More pronounced as they go up.

On the DP it shows the top view of what the bottom floor plan looks like in comparison to the top floor plan, and it's quite a difference. On the very top level it looked like the two curved edges for every side accounted for about a 1/4th of the total edge on each side.....if that makes any sense.

This is a rough approximation of the top floor...somewhere in this ballpark.

HomeInMyShoes · #**1059** Posted **May 13, 2015, 5:13 PM**

This is going to be a fun structure to see rise. Should be able to see the structure looking North up 1st Street pretty soon.

CorporateWhore · #**1060** Posted **May 13, 2015, 6:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

More pronounced as they go up.

On the DP it shows the top view of what the bottom floor plan looks like in comparison to the top floor plan, and it's quite a difference. On the very top level it looked like the two curved edges for every side accounted for about a 1/4th of the total edge on each side.....if that makes any sense.
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Awesome, I love that design detail. It's a relatively small thing, but will separate it nicely from the sea of boxes.