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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster
OK since everyone is a design expert on this site, I'd like your input. Which glass do you think would be most appropriate on the Canaccord Tower (609 Granville) Re-clad?
Left, Centre Left, Centre Right, or Right
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COOL!
Tough decision, of course.
My comments as follows:
Left: Greenish more than the bluish green used on the Nordstrom. Very similar to Centre Left - maybe a tad darker.
Centre Left: Lighter version of the Left one (?)
Centre Right: Seems smokey gray rather than blueish. Similar to Hotel Georgia tower (?)
Right: Darker version of Centre Right.
None seem mirrored.
The Canaccord Tower is connected to the centre block of Pacific Centre, which is now clad with spandrel which is more bluish than greenish as shown below.
The 701 West Georgia Tower on the same block is in dark black-brown mullions and warmish brown tinted glass (assuming those remain in future?).
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Originally Posted by officedweller
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The north block of the complex across the street with 777 Dunsmuir and Holt Renfrew is already a dog's breakfast,
so trying to coordinate with that would seem hopeless.
The tower is also across the street from The Hudson condo, which, I think, has the standard (?) greenish-blue tint on its glass.
So the question, in my view, is which coordinates better with the surrounding parts of the complex and differentiates itself from its towering neighbours.
The greenish panels would coordinate better with the browns of the older 700 and 701 West Georgia towers,
but I would generally ignore them since the current renos have already ignored them and they may be reclad in future.
I would favour the smokey gray tints - in particular, the Right panel for the following reasons:
- recent retail renos have used cooler bluish tints and smokey gray still coordinates with that but is distinct from the retail part.
- the cooler grays would differentiate it from the residential Hudson condo across the street.
- the cooler grays are more "corporate".
- the darker tint would provide a more uniform appearance to the tower when window coverings are open and closed across the façade.
- though a different hue (warm vs cool), the darker tint would be more cohesive as a "complex" with the dark [though warm] hues of the 700 and 701 West Georgia towers.
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Yeah either far right or centre left. (from what I can tell on my computer screen anyway) 
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