CF Pacific Centre Developments - Page 148

officedweller · #**2941** Posted **Oct 10, 2018, 8:47 PM**

Thanks.
Regarding shallowness of the space, they could repurpose lower floors of the office towers for retail. The ceiling heights aren't all that low, esp. with the current trend of exposed ceilings.

officedweller · #**2942** Posted **Nov 2, 2018, 7:08 AM**

From PCL twitter Oct 23rd:

The 609 Granville team celebrated the 1000th piece of insulated glass units replaced!
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officedweller · #**2943** Posted **Nov 7, 2018, 11:38 AM**

Posted yesterday.
A lot less prominent in the cluster from this angle.

https://twitter.com/BoeIravani

Vin · #**2944** Posted **Nov 7, 2018, 7:07 PM**

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Posted yesterday.
A lot less prominent in the cluster from this angle.

https://twitter.com/BoeIravani

Totally agreed. The old colour made it stand out more. Vancouver already has way too many whitish buildings: such a shame they had to change the colour scheme.

VancouverOfTheFuture · #**2945** Posted **Nov 8, 2018, 4:52 AM**

man, i really dislike how visible the inside of the building is.

trofirhen · #**2946** Posted **Nov 8, 2018, 4:57 AM**

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man, i really dislike how visible the inside of the building is.

Yechh! I'll say!! Too bad they couldn't replace the ordinary glass with reflective one way glass, such as the bright nickel glass on the CIBC building at the foot of Burrard.

VancouverOfTheFuture · #**2947** Posted **Nov 8, 2018, 7:53 AM**

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Yechh! I'll say!! Too bad they couldn't replace the ordinary glass with reflective one way glass, such as the bright nickel glass on the CIBC building at the foot of Burrard.

exactly. anything that doesn't show the blinds/desks/wires/etc.

truenorth44 · #**2948** Posted **Nov 8, 2018, 4:57 PM**

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exactly. anything that doesn't show the blinds/desks/wires/etc.

Woah, I love that shot!

I like the fact that we can see life in some of the buildings - it gives some variety to the city fabric, rather than a bunch of impenetrable facades.

trofirhen · #**2949** Posted **Nov 8, 2018, 6:11 PM**

Start a petition and pressure Cadillac Fairview into replacing the glass. Humiliate them about how tacky the building windows look now, and how it turns people off.
Underscore the fact that people may want to shop, work, or stay elsewhere. Kick ass. They just might change the windows if enough poeople make enough noise about it.

Vanc0uver · #**2950** Posted **Nov 10, 2018, 4:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by trofirhen

Start a petition and pressure Cadillac Fairview into replacing the glass. Humiliate them about how tacky the building windows look now, and how it turns people off.
Underscore the fact that people may want to shop, work, or stay elsewhere. Kick ass. They just might change the windows if enough poeople make enough noise about it.

I have to disagree. If anything, reflective glass is tacky and dated. Who wants to live in a soulless Vegas. The examples posted above only emphasise this.

trofirhen · #**2951** Posted **Nov 10, 2018, 5:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by trofirhen

Yechh! I'll say!! Too bad they couldn't replace the ordinary glass with reflective one way glass, such as the bright nickel glass on the CIBC building at the foot of Burrard.

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I have to disagree. If anything, reflective glass is tacky and dated. Who wants to live in a soulless Vegas. The examples posted above only emphasise this.

Your point is well taken. Speaking of the tower in question, do I assume that you prefer it to remain as is, being able to see the desks, wiring, venetian blinds, and so forth?

jollyburger · #**2952** Posted **Nov 10, 2018, 6:03 PM**

Only someone with OCD cares about being able to see desks and wires inside an office building.

BodomReaper · #**2953** Posted **Nov 10, 2018, 8:33 PM**

I didn't know anyone actually likes 1970s/1980s highly reflective glass - I've always found it to be the laziest type of modernism. Count me as a fan of this re-clad!

whatnext · #**2954** Posted **Nov 10, 2018, 9:47 PM**

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Only someone with OCD cares about being able to see desks and wires inside an office building.

If you're a realtor selling a suite in the Hudson it might make it a bit tougher when people can see all that crap plus office workers staring into your suite, Reflective glass at least gives the illusion of privacy.

Vin · #**2955** Posted **Nov 12, 2018, 11:03 PM**

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Only someone with OCD cares about being able to see desks and wires inside an office building.

The world's greatest architects and designers have OCDs, and they are all proud of it.

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Originally Posted by Vanc0uver

I have to disagree. If anything, reflective glass is tacky and dated. Who wants to live in a soulless Vegas. The examples posted above only emphasise this.

I suppose the Burj Kalifa, London's Gherkin tower and Shangri-la Shard, and our very own MNP building are all "tacky and dated" buildings, eh? Now imagine all these building in clear glass. Would they all look much better?

mcminsen · #**2956** Posted **Nov 17, 2018, 8:11 AM**

Nov.16 '18, my pic

trofirhen · #**2957** Posted **Nov 17, 2018, 10:46 AM**

Thanks mcminsen. Boy, at close range those windows look just downright slovenly, IMO. Perhaps some people prefer it looking that way, but I can't imagine why.

Vin · #**2958** Posted **Nov 18, 2018, 1:36 AM**

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Thanks mcminsen. Boy, at close range those windows look just downright slovenly, IMO. Perhaps some people prefer it looking that way, but I can't imagine why.

Perhaps the designers imagined it all wrong on the drawing board. Reality speaks for itself.

jollyburger · #**2959** Posted **Nov 18, 2018, 2:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

If you're a realtor selling a suite in the Hudson it might make it a bit tougher when people can see all that crap plus office workers staring into your suite, Reflective glass at least gives the illusion of privacy.

Yeah, sure whatever. Nice illusion Houdini.

http://condos.megasite.ca/hudson/listing.1506-610-granville-street-downtown-vw.81198098/

connect2source · #**2960** Posted **Nov 18, 2018, 4:13 PM**

Most new office-tower glazing in Europe is quite transparent. It adds an element of 'life' to the buildings, whereas highly reflective glass is soulless. Yes, reflective, perhaps creates a more 'tidy' appearance but is certainly not 'on-trend' at the moment. Personally I like a more transparent look, as mentioned earlier, reflective glazing can be somewhat of a cop-out and can looks really 80's IMO.

I think the purpose here was to bring the tower more up-to-date and the transparency achieves this very well.