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

[officedweller]

Pic by me today:

[osirisboy]

Hmm... The balcony glass sure is clear! All you see is all the metal railings. Tinted glass would've been nicer.

[officedweller]

Agreed.
There's some frit to cover the balcony slab, but otherwise you can see clear through to the spandrel on the walls.

[Liberator]

For owners of the Telus Garden Condo building, Pre Inspection Walk Throughs will start this week for the very lower level units first and slowly schedule each floor upwards as they finish and avail staffing.

No need to call your realtor, developer nor marketer as you will contacted when your unit is ready for walk Throughs.

[Klazu]

Originally Posted by osirisboy

Hmm... The balcony glass sure is clear! All you see is all the metal railings. Tinted glass would've been nicer.

Tinted red-ish/yellow-ish/brown-ish glass, similar to the original color scheme of the fins. That would have made this building stand out so well (coupled with the fins on the other side).

I know, I know. I am still on the first stage of grievance...

[BodomReaper]

Literally everything about that facade is just brutal. Most critiques have been mentioned, but the inconsistent floor heights towards the top are incredibly lazy. Makes the facade look not only monotonous and cheap, but flimsy as well.

[osirisboy]

Originally Posted by BodomReaper

Literally everything about that facade is just brutal. Most critiques have been mentioned, but the inconsistent floor heights towards the top are incredibly lazy. Makes the facade look not only monotonous and cheap, but flimsy as well.

I'm ok with it when it's at the top. Its for penthouses and because of that I expect the top floors to be different. Although the very top floor should've been higher too.

[darksolusion]

Originally Posted by osirisboy

I'm ok with it when it's at the top. Its for penthouses and because of that I expect the top floors to be different. Although the very top floor should've been higher too.

i think the very top floor and the one below are same units...eg. top pent house = double deckers and below that is your secondary penthouses

[Jebby]

My only real complaint about this tower is how unbelievably bland the color pallete is. It's sad they couldn't have put some other color spandrel. Cost isn't even a factor there, the difference in spandrel color panels is minimal.

[Vin]

Originally Posted by squeezied

You must have trouble with basic English. You said you mentioned developer, you did not. You confuse mention with imply. Did you imply developer with "the affinity for seafoam spandrels and cheap mass-produced products"? As far as I'm concerned, who knows. Given your incessant need to condemn the City, anyone who's seen enough of your ridiculous and fanatic posts would infer that you were referring to the City. Seriously when you say "...due to City bylaws/quirks and the affinity for seafoam spandrels...", do you honestly think it reads "the developer's affinity"? If anything, you were probably referring to the City's affinity for seafoam spandrels given how you think the City prefers bland and boring over bold. And the affinity for cheap mass-produced products? Well, who's? The consumer's because it is more economical and value-driven? You aren't exactly known here for being critical of the developers unlike how you are with the City and nimbys; I can't see how anyone would infer that you were referring to developers with such an ambiguous statement.

Now can I go back to you 'ignore list'? Life would be better for the both of us.

Think a little. How would the City have the affinity for spandrels and cheap products? Come on, even you can read the implication of my previous post right? Man you can be such a nit-picker.

[Vin]

Originally Posted by Jebby

My only real complaint about this tower is how unbelievably bland the color pallete is. It's sad they couldn't have put some other color spandrel. Cost isn't even a factor there, the difference in spandrel color panels is minimal.

The day the rendering was switched form the orangey/brown one to the current bland look, I've already washed off all hopes that this would be a good-looking tower, sigh. If I were the owner of an expensive suite, I would probably petition a class action law-suit against the developer, just like what the Mark residents should have done as well. But I suppose most buyers are just too anxious about completion dates and more than happy to receive their condo keys, thereby overlook the final architectural appearance of their tower.

[osirisboy]

Originally Posted by darksolusion

i think the very top floor and the one below are same units...eg. top pent house = double deckers and below that is your secondary penthouses

Oh I know. But that doesn't mean the top floor still can't have tall ceilings

[Jebby]

Originally Posted by Vin

The day the rendering was switched form the orangey/brown one to the current bland look, I've already washed off all hopes that this would be a good-looking tower, sigh. If I were the owner of an expensive suite, I would probably petition a class action law-suit against the developer, just like what the Mark residents should have done as well. But I suppose most buyers are just too anxious about completion dates and more than happy to receive their condo keys, thereby overlook the final architectural appearance of their tower.

Even those buyers who care about the architecture would probably be woo-ed with an upgrade in hardwood floors or bigger washing machine and forget about the blandness and bait-and-switch the developers played on them.

[squeezied]

Originally Posted by Vin

Think a little. How would the City have the affinity for spandrels and cheap products? Come on, even you can read the implication of my previous post right? Man you can be such a nit-picker.

That's your response? You've decided to explicitly blame the City and nimbys, but when it comes to the developer you're so ambiguous and subtle about it. As I've said, who knows what you were referring to. How might one think that you inferred that the City would have affinity for seafoam spandrels and cheap products? You have an irrational bias against the City and, as you've highlighted, you seem to think the City prefers bland and boring over bold, "if it blends in with the surroundings and not stand out, it must be good!". Does the City like cheap products? If that translates to more affordable units, then sure, the City likes cheap products. There are a host of other irrational and ridiculous reasons you might come up with. And as you would have noted, I wasn't only one who didn't think you were referring to the developer. So no, people didn't know what your poorly-written ambiguous phrase was implying. Again, you aren't exactly known here for being critical of the developers unlike how you are with the City and nimbys; I can't see how anyone would infer that you were referring to developers with such an ambiguous statement. Are we done?

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by osirisboy

Oh I know. But that doesn't mean the top floor still can't have tall ceilings

... but it needs to stay under the view cone (within the "shadow" of Scotia Tower).
2 feet would probably make it too tall.

Originally Posted by Built Form

Here's a look at how the tower will replace the view of the Scotia Tower from City Hall.


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All pix by Built Form

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=186381&highlight=shadow&page=25

[Jebby]

Originally Posted by officedweller

... but it needs to stay under the view cone (within the "shadow" of Scotia Tower).
2 feet would probably make it too tall.

Would the city ever notice 2 feet above the view cone limits? Do they measure buildings once they're complete? And what would happen if they built 2 feet above the view cone? Would you have to demolish the top floor and rebuild it?

[officedweller]

Yeah, they would notice.
One of the Marinaside towers was built too tall - at a time when they didn't measure the view cones as accurately (but it's still standing)

[mcminsen]

March 2 '16, my pics

[osirisboy]

Will they be eventually re cladding the older office building and if so, I wonder if it would match up with the colour scheme on the roof extension

[officedweller]

I'm hoping that the edge of the ledge/awning around the podium will light up (i.e. if the edges of the boxes on the condo tower do not, at least the podium should)

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The model showed the Telus House block reclad - yeah, you could be right - could be drab gray.

Originally Posted by Built Form

Probably the only time I'll get to see the atrium so I took a few pix with the model.
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All pix by Built Form