Telus Garden | 135m, 88m | 46fl res, 22fl office | 928,000sqft | Completed

[Jebby]

If they had gone with the curtain wall on the podium throughout the tower this thing would look so much better.

[mcminsen]

The crane on the north side of the condo tower was coming down this afternoon.



Nov.21 '15, my pics

[tateyb]

Telus Garden Cladding Nearly Complete in Downtown Vancouver

Vancouver certainly benefits from some of the most dramatic scenery seen from a city in Canada. Nestled between the Salish Sea and the North Shore Mountain, the city's population was just over 600,000 in 2011, and many of these people live on the downtown peninsula. The growing population and increased density have caused the city to encourage building up rather than out. However, this growth is strictly controlled by Vancouver's View Protection Guidelines, also known as the View Cone Review. These policies intend to preserve more than 20 view corridors downtown and keep Vancouver's natural landscapes visible from several vantage points across the city. As a result, several office and residential towers boast architectural specificities that can be explained by these regulations.

[Caliplanner1]

Hmmm,....I wonder if the city of Vancouver sees a link between view cone regulation, attendant construction height restrictions and higher housing cost/a lack of affordable housing (especially downtown)?

[Delirium]

Looking at the last picture, why is it necessary to have an additional awning over that area? Looks really stupid and unnecessary.
total mess. too much going on here.
there;'s much to be said about simplicity. henriquez - take note please

[officedweller]

It might be more about trying to resolve the "frame" ending in midair because of the awkward cut-out for the residential lobby
(surprised there's no vertical element to the left of that bit to bring the frame back down to the same level as at the Robson frontage)
i.e. awkward design begets more awkward design...

[Vanelevatorman]

Originally Posted by jacobparry

I saw the logo and thought it might be a placeholder. Where'd you see the news?

It was posted on this forum a while ago, I also saw it somewhere else but I can't recall where it was at the moment.

[jlousa]

Henriquez and partners moved into their new offices over the weekend.

[Vanelevatorman]

It must be dark down there? (a joke)

[mcminsen]

Salt on the glass plaza panels, underground workers, window washer and a nicely illuminated condo entry on Richards.



Nov.26 '15, my pics

[Dylan Leblanc]

Congratulations Vancouver, you've finally blocked the view of the Scotia Tower on the skyline!

Originally Posted by Monolith

Downtown Vancouver from Queen Elizabeth Park by Vick Sahota, on Flickr Taken on October 23, 2015

[tenthward]

Originally Posted by mcminsen

Salt on the glass plaza panels, underground workers, window washer and a nicely illuminated condo entry on Richards.



Nov.26 '15, my pics

Not sure I would want people to be able to stare down at me while I was working, does that seem kind of strange to anyone else?

[LeftCoaster]

Unless youre on the top floor of an office building, that's pretty standard for downtown.

I'm on the 38th floor here in Toronto and people can look down into my office.

[Vancity]

Originally Posted by tenthward

Not sure I would want people to be able to stare down at me while I was working, does that seem kind of strange to anyone else?

I've got better things to do

[Klazu]

Yeah, office life is not very exciting for an outside observer.

[mcminsen]

Originally Posted by tenthward

Not sure I would want people to be able to stare down at me while I was working, does that seem kind of strange to anyone else?

It's only a little sliver view that you get when you stand over the circular staircase around the glass elevator. Conversely, I wonder what it's like to work in a big underground space with opaque skylights over top (with people walking on them) and just a little sliver view to the surface.

[Vancity]

I'm excited to see what they do with the 'alleys' at this area. They are supposed to light the alley way up, so it's more inviting for people to walk through, yeah?

They should make better use of the space. Make it like some parts of the world, where they have cafes, and shops and bars, and restaurants at the alleyways. It's often more inviting, lots of people walk through. We have a unique challenge in that it rains, but that's never stopped some cities globally who have equally as challenging weather as we do (Seoul, for example gets equally as cold, wet, and snowy in their winter months). If there's a will, there's a way!

Could possibly be destination spots for tourists AND locals alike to spend time. Here are some examples of what I'm referring to and talking about, in picture format:









--> it's even raining in this one



Personally, it livens up the city, and these sorts of spaces become valuable to the city. Inviting spaces for visitors and locals alike to go and visit, hang out.

I love the outdoors as the next person in this city, but sometimes I feel like we bank on that too much. Gets boring. We bank on it so much it is a detriment to other aspects of city life that needs development, like this

[Vancity]

Sorry. Above images taken from Google. Not my own.

[tenthward]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Unless youre on the top floor of an office building, that's pretty standard for downtown.

I'm on the 38th floor here in Toronto and people can look down into my office.

14th floor downtown Vancouver and similar story, but I would want more privacy at ground level given the volume of passers-by. Overall I think Vancity and Klazu are right though, there's a difference between people being able to stare versus people actually wanting to. Not a big deal.

[officedweller]

Someone needs to tap dance on the glass sidewalk panels.

I'm not sure how successful the alley will be - due to the very limited retail space long it.