Brookfield Place Calgary | 247M - 56F | Construction - Page 58

Wooster · #**1141** Posted **Aug 12, 2015, 8:13 PM**

Fuzz · #**1142** Posted **Aug 12, 2015, 8:58 PM**

That looks great! Love the — curve.

CorporateWhore · #**1143** Posted **Aug 12, 2015, 9:01 PM**

Yeah, I drove by earlier and it looked quite a bit more transparent than I was expecting it to be...which is awesome.

Ramsayfarian · #**1144** Posted **Aug 12, 2015, 9:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by Wooster

First curved section going in now. Looks great. Glass is very high quality looking, very transparent. Pic on my Twitter feed @joshyyc

You beat me to it. I saw a truck heading up 6th Ave with a bunch of curved glass and suspected it was heading to Brookfield.

jsbertram · #**1145** Posted **Aug 12, 2015, 11:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by The Fisher Account

Just a reminder about the glass. This is some of the most expensive glass in the world (coming from Germany). The glass will also be curved (I believe) as opposed to flat glass like what is used in the Bow (giving the illusion of being curved).

Again, just a balls to the wall, no dollar spared building. Can't wait until it's done.

what is the purpose of using curved glass on the flat side of a building?

WhipperSnapper · #**1146** Posted **Aug 12, 2015, 11:38 PM**

Wide arcing curves can be achieved with flat panels. In this cas3, a curved panel was the only option for the corner.

Boris2k7 · #**1147** Posted **Aug 12, 2015, 11:40 PM**

Yay, glass!

WhipperSnapper · #**1148** Posted **Aug 12, 2015, 11:44 PM**

This is what EAP should of looked like. Photos are enormous.

Pavlov · #**1149** Posted **Aug 13, 2015, 12:24 AM**

OK, glass looks really, really good in those photos.

jstarr · #**1150** Posted **Aug 13, 2015, 1:07 AM**

Yeah the glass looks very clear and flat. Very little distortion. It looks beautiful. Looks like they just about have all the glass loaded for floor four. There was also a core jump today! And steel is only three floors below the formwork.

Chadillaccc · #**1151** Posted **Aug 13, 2015, 2:11 AM**

I am so impressed by this, almost shocked. Can't wait to see much more over the coming weeks

holhm22 · #**1152** Posted **Aug 13, 2015, 3:22 AM**

—?!! Had no idea that the glass was up even though I walk by every day!

CalgaryAlex · #**1153** Posted **Aug 13, 2015, 3:27 AM**

Damn that glass looks good. They are putting this tower up at quite the pace. Exciting project to watch!

craner · #**1154** Posted **Aug 13, 2015, 6:26 AM**

This is so awesomely awesome!
So glad they are building the taller of the two first.

Very exciting.

The Fisher Account · #**1155** Posted **Aug 13, 2015, 6:30 PM**

Pavlov · #**1156** Posted **Aug 13, 2015, 7:10 PM**

This tower is going to exceed all of my (admittedly rather low) expectations for it.

jsbertram · #**1157** Posted **Aug 13, 2015, 11:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by Wooster

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now this is making sense...
the curved glass is being used on the corners because the corners themselves are curved.
the rest of the glass on the building is flat (as normal)

suburbia · #**1158** Posted **Aug 13, 2015, 11:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by jsbertram

now this is making sense...
The curved glass is being used on the corners because the corners themselves are curved.
The rest of the glass on the building is flat (as normal)

lol!

Bokimon · #**1159** Posted **Aug 13, 2015, 11:59 PM**

I bet the european curtain wall supplier is from Permasteelisa as one of their advanced curtain wall factories are in Germany. They did several supertalls like The Shard, ICC, Walkie Talkie etc. so I wouldn't be surprised if they are the ones doing the tower including the curved curtain wall for the Brookfield Place. IMO they are the best curtainwall builders in the world. They apparently have subsidiaries that build various specialized glazing systems too.

The atrium has a separate glazing system, not sure who is providing though but i think it is a nice seamless wall of structural glazing on some kind of point load system. Maybe Pilkington or even the same guys if they also do atrium walls. Will have to check their impressive website again.

holhm22 · #**1160** Posted **Aug 14, 2015, 6:58 AM**

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Originally Posted by Bokimon

I bet the european curtain wall supplier is from Permasteelisa as one of their advanced curtain wall factories are in Germany. They did several supertalls like The Shard, ICC, Walkie Talkie etc. so I wouldn't be surprised if they are the ones doing the tower including the curved curtain wall for the Brookfield Place. IMO they are the best curtainwall builders in the world. They apparently have subsidiaries that build various specialized glazing systems too.

The atrium has a separate glazing system, not sure who is providing though but i think it is a nice seamless wall of structural glazing on some kind of point load system. Maybe Pilkington or even the same guys if they also do atrium walls. Will have to check their impressive website again.

Ooh, so the most potential glass supplier for Brookfield did the glass for ICC? Neat