[Halifax] St. Joseph's Square (5450 Kaye) | 32 m | 9 fl | Completed

[someone123]

Originally Posted by beyeas

What I remember most isn't the "big" structures like the Duomo (as impressive as they were), but the constant dense dwellings with those gorgeous interior courtyards. Everything had a street presence, and then you got to peek through and see all these gorgeous courtyards.

I'm all for increasing architectural standards but are these the parts of Milan that are equivalent to the far North End or Dartmouth? Projects like St. Joseph's Square are pretty much "filler" in secondary neighbourhoods. They should be attractive and functional but they're not all going to be architectural masterpieces, and in some ways they're the kind of buildings that would be nicer as consistent components of a larger urban fabric rather than standouts.

I think the nicer examples like the Vic Suites are pretty good for what they are, and the higher end commercial and public buildings like TD and the library are genuinely pretty nice. I also think Halifax is likely to get to better buildings as more new ones get built and these neighbourhoods become more vibrant and desirable. St. Joseph's might be a step along the way to a newer, better generation of construction. That's what's been happening in Halifax for at least 20 years now.

[kph06]

New renderings:




Source

And a webcam (currently down):

Webcam

[Drybrain]

Looks okay, but ach, that mismatched stone veneer on the townhouses. The massing is fine and the frontage is pleasingly split up, if a bit too clunky and cluttered. As ever, the glaring x-factor preventing it from being an unreservedly good building is clearly going to be mediocre finishing materials.

But it still looks a lot better than the initial renderings.

[Jonovision]

It looks like some of the balconies will have some pattern on the glass to recreate the lost stain glass from the church?!

[someone123]

Originally Posted by Drybrain

Looks okay, but ach, that mismatched stone veneer on the townhouses. The massing is fine and the frontage is pleasingly split up, if a bit too clunky and cluttered. As ever, the glaring x-factor preventing it from being an unreservedly good building is clearly going to be mediocre finishing materials.

I wonder if a detailed rendering like this (with aliasing and other issues) doesn't actually make the building look worse. The fine-grained pattern on the upper levels suggests that they will be using something other than precast panels. I wonder if that's true?

If anything I'd say that it looks better than most North End buildings, but also that it seems to have a lot going on visually. Many different materials on a smaller building plus they have some special elements like the stained glass.

[IanWatson]

Originally Posted by someone123

The fine-grained pattern on the upper levels suggests that they will be using something other than precast panels. I wonder if that's true?

Yeah, looks more like it's zinc panels or Hardie board.

[stevencourchene]

LOVE,LOVE and LOVE
I understand its not perfect and every one will pick things apart as you do best. I as a resident of area and have grown up around there am just so pleased to see this happening and them trying to still show it was once ever a church.
and I love how Dexel is not afraid to use bold colors as they stand out!

I don't know how many times I've talked about the Vic and to people who didn't know the name of the building/development and I would refer to it as the new building with red patios and they knew and understood right away.


Great JOB Dexel, paramount properties and 444rent!!!

[Metalsales]

Originally Posted by IanWatson

Yeah, looks more like it's zinc panels or Hardie board.

There was talk about having Glass spandrel with Wood finish. There was also talk of incorporating Prodema panels into the curtainwall. Not sure what they ended up going with.

This is for the top of the penthouse glazing

[Duff]

From today.

[kph06]

Webcam is up:

Source

[Jonovision]

[Dmajackson]

Cladding is starting to go up


Halifax Developments Blog (Photo by David Jackson)

[Jonovision]

Topped out and looks like the crane might come down any day.

20160725_125115 by Jonovision23, on Flickr

20160725_144915 by Jonovision23, on Flickr

20160725_144910 by Jonovision23, on Flickr

[eastcoastal]

Walked past yesterday and noticed the "wood" cladding being applied to the podium. Looks good so far (except they didn't line the reveals up with the window mullions).

[Dmajackson]

Halifax Developments Blog (Photo by David Jackson)

[Keith P.]

I have driven past this a couple of times in the last week. My only comment so far is that they have begin installing some of the exterior "wood" trim on sections of the exterior and it looks for all the world like laminate flooring. Not a good choice I fear.

[Milo92]

[worldlyhaligonian]

Cladding looks embarrassing.

[ILoveHalifax]

And the building looks STUBBY.

I should have been taller and now looks totally out of proportion. This is what happens when Joe Public decides that they are all architects and can arbitrarily change a design.

[Drybrain]

I still think the decision to square off the formerly rounded bits have resulted in a dramatically more attractive massing.

There are a lot of clashing cladding materials, however: two distinct kinds of brick veneer, faux wood, and that awful faux stone. It's overly busy at ground level.