Edmonton Construction 13 (November 2015)

[Coldrsx]

Going to Council next week, from Edmonton.ca

[feepa]

I'm not in love with the colour scheme.

I'm sure others won't be happy with the punched windows. Could be a lot worse though. Not bad for a somewhat suburban location. I say somewhat because its kinda the border land between a mature neighbourhood and Post WWII suburbs.

[canucklehead2]

At least the next-door neighbours will be quiet and well-behaved. Something I can't say for my own... Hope the residents of the seniors complex also have a sense of irony... Design wise? Meh. Not great, not terrible. Granted the location, market, it doesn't need to be. Reminds me mostly of the MacEwan Residence and Tru North buildings...

[Coldrsx]

Punched windows are fine, but the design is bulky and not well refined.

Reminds me of Signature.

[240glt]

Area is full of older residents who'll need alternatives as they age, few options in the area now and the options that do exist aren't good. We really struggled to find a suitable place for the inlaws and St Albert was really the only option.

[Black Star]

Originally Posted by feepa

I'm not in love with the colour scheme.

I'm sure others won't be happy with the punched windows. Could be a lot worse though. Not bad for a somewhat suburban location. I say somewhat because its kinda the border land between a mature neighbourhood and Post WWII suburbs.

Bingo.

Red and more punched window....yawn.

[Black Star]

Originally Posted by Hallsy's Toupee

Updated Milner Library renders and floorplans:
http://www.epl.ca/about-the-stanley-a-milner-library-revitalization/

And I thought the last rendering was bad.

I looked at this for 10 min.

I tried to find anything that was better than the last conceptual plans. Nope.

Heeyyy Batter Batter Batter...Swing

https://youtu.be/X7XleD971yo

[kcantor]

Originally Posted by Black Star

And I thought the last rendering was bad.

I looked at this for 10 min.

I tried to find anything that was better than the last conceptual plans. Nope.

Heeyyy Batter Batter Batter...Swing

https://youtu.be/X7XleD971yo

i think forest garden is one of those projects that might well turn out quite a bit better than the amateurish renderings.

and i'm afraid the library will turn out quite a bit worse.

[CMD UW]

I will be surprised if the Forest Heights tower gets built. Once again I will say, prove me wrong.

Library I like and I think it will be a great addition to the Arts District.

[Black Star]

Delete.....

[Black Star]

Originally Posted by kcantor

i think forest garden is one of those projects that might well turn quite a bit better than the amateurish renderings.

and i'm afraid the library will turn out quite a bit worse.

I dunno KK.

You seem to have a je ne sais quoi for good taste.

Forest Garden....meh. Good on them for knocking down a blight.

Library...seems Helen Keller had a hand!

[Daveography]

Originally Posted by CMD UW

I will be surprised if the Forest Heights tower gets built. Once again I will say, prove me wrong.

Library I like and I think it will be a great addition to the Arts District.

Curious your rationale for stating you don't think Forest Heights tower won't go ahead?

I doubt it will look great when done (it's a GMH after all), but I am impressed at how much community feedback was incorporated into the final design, including bringing the retail space to the street (previously it was contained inside).

Library - latest renders have left me very unimpressed. Maybe the materials will surprise me, but the south elevation - arguably the most important one - looks like a WWII-era bunker.

[rapid_business]

The tower for Forest Garden is positioned to be condos with the sharing of the amenities of the assisted living low-rise component. Considering they only sold 4 units of their previous tower plans over the span of two years, I think they are going to have a tough slog with this one. The addition of amenities and services like Shepard's Care has modeled may be advantageous however. We will see, but I think it will be tough to make the case for the tower.

[GreenSPACE]

Renderings were done in Sketchup, agreed will probably look better than shown.

There needs to be active use at grade on 101 Avenue. That's a lot of people with very little amenities.

[240glt]

^ Any area can always use more amenities but the area already has a good number of restaurants, shops, services, religious institutions, community centre green space, coffee shops, liquor store, outdoors shop, flower shop, dentist, beauty parlour, Shoppers, plus right on the #1 crosstown route just off the top of my head

You made some pretty irresponsible and false comments about this area when the library thing was going on. Perhaps educate yourself about things you know nothing about before making statements like that

Hopefully the new 101ave streetscape helps pretty it up a bit though

[GreenSPACE]

^Any area can always use more walkable amenities, especially when you're creating demand. Otherwise you'll have to take a car.

Library - have no idea what you're referring to. But I take it you didn't agree.

[240glt]

^ you said "very few amenities"

That's wrong.

You previously said the area was unsustainable

That's wrong too

Don't try to gloss over your ineptness at recognizing anything beyond your little bubble.

[GreenSPACE]

I don't honestly remember what I said. I'll trust that's what I said and we probably disagree. But it doesn't really seem like a discussion with the name calling.

[Buildthemhigh]

We will probably get sneak peek at new renderings of Ice district tower B in 1st week or so of November.

[s211]

Originally Posted by GreenSPACE

Renderings were done in Sketchup

Which is just bald-faced rank amateurism. Were they also playing dueling banjos and picking their teeth?

Hack architects are scarier than Trump sometimes.