The Ugly Canada Thread

[FrAnKs]

Originally Posted by Acajack

Here is Le Bunker:

https://www.google.ca/maps/search/assemb...Las9i1rRyPjXvWJzl8DZA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

It's not a bad brutalist building either, but the location for it sucks.

It's worse behind, with no trees to hide this hideous building

https://www.google.ca/maps/@46.8074595,-...MVBFWRcFCtjhiCpqjmsNQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

One would freak out to know what was standing there before...wonderful Victorian houses.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

C'mon. It's not that bad. The architecture deserves some leeway. It's also a courthouse. CRUs along the street doesn't much sense.

Building this in the Old Port is the most offensive thing imaginable. Have you been to Montreal and seen the area it's in?

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Driver8

Oh yes, this is my favorite thread in this forum.

That building I posted is located (or will be for one more day before it's demolished) on the same road that people used to walk along to get to the Atlanta Braves stadium (which also is no longer the Braves' stadium; the team will be moving into new digs 10 miles away this spring). People always seemed to comment on it - not in a good way. It's definitely stark. Maybe not ugly so much as supremely minimalist. One of its nicknames is the Ice Cube.

By the way, O-tac - I enjoy your posts!

Thanks. Will you come visit us one day and see Clockzilla then? I don't mind if you post ugly American shit. I even included Niagara Falls NY's casino in a Clockzilla battle before so it isn't the first time we've seen something from south of the border on here.

[Loco101]

Originally Posted by matthew6

Tim Hortons on D'Ibreville in Montreal


https://www.google.ca/maps/@45.544239,-7...wT7r4koWAep0M0xZEX2SA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Just wanted to start by saying that this Tim's location is the runner up for the ugliest. The building itself is quite depressing. But even worse is its surroundings. The neighbouring businesses are nothing fun. A Public Storage location. A plumbing business. A mechanic and car washes that are done by hand. The office building across the street (Centre Iberville) has the municipal office for the Borough of Rosemont La Petite Patrie and a Quebec Employment office. The most exciting thing is the bowling alley in that building!

Now back to the Tim's. You can tell that it's one of the old school locations by the colour of the brick. No drive-thru but does have parking. I'm going to guess that the exterior of the building was renovated about 15-20 years ago. Now you know it's Montreal because it has a terasse! (outdoor patio seating with umbrellas) The banner ad on it says "ON VOUS ATTEND POUR SOUPER" which translates as "We are waiting for you for supper." WOW! How wonderful that I can eat supper at Timmy's because you know it's hard to find excellent dining in Montreal....


And I will soon post the winner...

[Loco101]

Originally Posted by FrAnKs

It's worse behind, with no trees to hide this hideous building

https://www.google.ca/maps/@46.8074595,-...MVBFWRcFCtjhiCpqjmsNQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

One would freak out to know what was standing there before...wonderful Victorian houses.

One thing along Grande Allée that I really don't like is the Hotel Le Concorde. The developer behind that obviously had special privileges.

[FrAnKs]

Originally Posted by Loco101

One thing along Grande Allée that I really don't like is the Hotel Le Concorde. The developer behind that obviously had special privileges.

I pretty much understand why some people hate it.
It's quite brutalist and it's far to be my favourite building, but I kind of appreciate its shape and lighting at night aswell as the rotating restaurant at the top that was totally renovated in the latest years and providing an AWESOME view of the city !
Put it in the bucket list if you come here !

[Loco101]

Originally Posted by FrAnKs

I pretty much understand why some people hate it.
It's quite brutalist and it's far to be my favourite building, but I kind of appreciate its shape and lighting at night aswell as the rotating restaurant at the top that was totally renovated in the latest years and providing an AWESOME view of the city !
Put it in the bucket list if you come here !

That hotel would look better in a different location and not so close to the historical buildings. It just seems so out of place. We thought about staying there back in January but we chose instead to stay at a hotel across the bridge in St-Nicholas (Lévis) because it costed a lot less.

[Rico Rommheim]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

The context is what makes it truly hideous.

Indeed. Let's give actual context shall we?


GE1.01 by Rommheim,
on Flickr

[niwell]

Even still I am kinda into it. Just don't want to think about what was there before it was built...

[Rico Rommheim]

It replaced the older courthouse, an elegant 2 storey stone building.

[Acajack]

Quod erat demonstrandum

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Indeed. Let's give actual context shall we?


GE1.01 by Rommheim,
on Flickr

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by FrAnKs

I pretty much understand why some people hate it.
It's quite brutalist and it's far to be my favourite building, but I kind of appreciate its shape and lighting at night aswell as the rotating restaurant at the top that was totally renovated in the latest years and providing an AWESOME view of the city !
Put it in the bucket list if you come here !

I quite like Le Concorde but it would have been better to put it a few blocks north near the Hilton and the Delta or in the area of the Marie-Guyart tower.

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

Building this in the Old Port is the most offensive thing imaginable. Have you been to Montreal and seen the area it's in?

I thought you meant urban form. I've been there. I don't mind it in the port. Could be I'm jaded having lived in Toronto which has that haphazard look to the city. I don't care about skyline views as much as street level views either. The height does stand out in the port for now being on the northern fringes. There will eventually be more towers behind it. It's still an quality modernist design to go along with all the quality and not so quality classical architecture.

[GeneralLea]

Welp, I saw in the news of this towers now being approved by council, and uT is showing photos of this tower being well in excavation.

The cladding and overall design is a mess, but I guess it's something to make Port Credit a bit more modern. I never went to Port Credit so I'm not sure how great the area is.
Article: http://www.mississauga.com/news-story/71...roves-15-storey-building-in-port-credit/
Official Site: http://www.liveatnola.com/nola-port-credit/the-building/

Rendering:

[FrAnKs]

Originally Posted by Acajack

I quite like Le Concorde but it would have been better to put it a few blocks north near the Hilton and the Delta or in the area of the Marie-Guyart tower.

Je comprend ton point, mais je crois qu'il a été mis là parce qu'ils prévoyaient sans doute qu'il serais entouré par d'autres tours dans les années 60 et 70, chose qui ne s'est jamais produite...et heureusement qu'on a arrêté le massacre patrimonial !

[Loco101]

Originally Posted by FrAnKs

Je comprend ton point, mais je crois qu'il a été mis là parce qu'ils prévoyaient sans doute qu'il serais entouré par d'autres tours dans les années 60 et 70, chose qui ne s'est jamais produite...et heureusement qu'on a arrêté le massacre patrimonial !

Quebec City could have ended up looking more like Niagara Falls, ON!

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Loco101

Quebec City could have ended up looking more like Niagara Falls, ON!

Mind your tongue!

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by GeneralLee(Toronto )

Welp, I saw in the news of this towers now being approved by council, and uT is showing photos of this tower being well in excavation.

The cladding and overall design is a mess, but I guess it's something to make Port Credit a bit more modern. I never went to Port Credit so I'm not sure how great the area is.
Article: http://www.mississauga.com/news-story/71...roves-15-storey-building-in-port-credit/
Official Site: http://www.liveatnola.com/nola-port-credit/the-building/

Rendering:

That doesn't look bad. Especially considering it's in Mississauga. Is that little building next to it part of the project or they just colour matched it for the rendering?

[lio45]

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Indeed. Let's give actual context shall we?


GE1.01 by Rommheim,
on Flickr

On the other hand, I wonder if someday we'll be lumping that building into the same category as its context.

Look at the Aldred Building in your pic for an obvious example -- when it was new, I'm sure you could have easily said it was clashing with the neighborhood. In fact, the Aldred is separated from Notre-Dame basilica by many more decades than the courthouse is separated from the Aldred.

I am noticing that in older neighborhoods, we give a pass to Victorian stuff showing up among significantly older building stock... maybe someday the same will happen with a brutalist building in an otherwise homogeneous Victorian neighborhood.

[Acajack]

Kool Maudit has not left the forum I am pretty sure.