Canadian City Proposals

[240glt]

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

Boring podium. Towers are a little more interesting. Too bad there are two. Lots of curves but I don't find the designs that fascinating that two doesn't come across as generic.

Decent towers, Spectacular location, I'll mourn the loss of the White Spot though.. been going there since I was a kid

[240glt]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Easily Calgary's worst proposal right now, for many reasons but none more so than its abominable interaction with the river.

Elbow River - 178 meters, 165 meters, 152 meters

Towers look alright but that podium!

Cidex seems like the next Pointe of View. The tower they're building right now in Edmonton is atrocious.

[WhipperSnapper]

The podium is atrocious. Towers are bland filler quality however, these heights are anything but filler.

[Coldrsx]

Originally Posted by 240glt

Cidex seems like the next Pointe of View. The tower they're building right now in Edmonton is atrocious.

Oh you. It is not much different than MacLaren.

But keep on your Edmonton you.

[someone123]

No rendering yet but the new NS art gallery on the Halifax waterfront has provincial and federal funding now: https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20190418005

It's a $130M project and there will be a design competition.

The gallery was also given a large (~$5M) collection of Annie Liebovitz photos back in 2013 that still aren't on display. Maybe they will be in the new space. This collection is full of famous 20th century photos and should be pretty popular.

[WhipperSnapper]

You can dismiss me too. I'm still going to say where are you finding the similarities between The Hat and Maclaren? The Hat East Village for sure. The Maclaren isn't that great so far either. Full height glass panes is a plus. Metallic coloured spandrel is not. Have to wait and see on the brick.

[Chadillaccc]

Yeah, the Hat EV is easily the worst building built in Calgary since Vantage Pointe ten years ago. *barf*

[240glt]

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

You can dismiss me too. I'm still going to say where are you finding the similarities between The Hat and Maclaren? The Hat East Village for sure. The Maclaren isn't that great so far either. Full height glass panes is a plus. Metallic coloured spandrel is not. Have to wait and see on the brick.

The Maclearen podium is good if not a little overbearing. The tower cladding, just like their previous project the Matrix is bland and unattractive.

The only saving grace for the Hat in Edmonton project is the windows. We've yet to see what comes of the podium, it is tall though, whatever goes in there will have high ceilings. The 40' tall block long blank concrete wall on the east side is especially unfortunate.

[Chadillaccc]

East Village Courtyard One - 10 storeys - 50 meters

[LeftCoaster]

Cool rendering, but I bet it just ends up being a green glass spandrel mess.

They've reflected out most of the details in the rendering which is usually not a great sign.

[Nouvellecosse]

Originally Posted by someone123

No rendering yet but the new NS art gallery on the Halifax waterfront has provincial and federal funding now: https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20190418005

It's a $130M project and there will be a design competition.

The gallery was also given a large (~$5M) collection of Annie Liebovitz photos back in 2013 that still aren't on display. Maybe they will be in the new space. This collection is full of famous 20th century photos and should be pretty popular.

It'll be great to get rid of that barren-looking parking lot. I wonder if the current building will be absorbed by nscad...

[craner]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Easily Calgary's worst proposal right now, for many reasons but none more so than its abominable interaction with the river.

Elbow River - 178 meters, 165 meters, 152 meters

First time I've seen that rendering on the left. I'm actually a little excited by this project that would fill a current parking lot. I say lets build it !

[Chadillaccc]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Cool rendering, but I bet it just ends up being a green glass spandrel mess.

They've reflected out most of the details in the rendering which is usually not a great sign.

Yeah I agree that it could end up quite unfortunate. Thankfully that's just one of four towers that will make up the East Village Courtyard project, the other three being residential iirc.

[Chadillaccc]

Originally Posted by craner

First time I've seen that rendering on the left. I'm actually a little excited by this project that would fill a current parking lot. I say lets build it !

Yeah man, first phase (the taller of the three) is expected to start next year. Thankfully the city has recommended the developer make significant changes to the podium, so we will see in a few months what we'll likely end up getting.

Tower One will have 465 one and two bedroom units, 22 affordable housing units dispersed across the tower's 55 storeys in order to encourage community integration, destigmatization, and upward movement once they are able to bring themselves out of low income status, and a significant retail component.

Here's another one not seen here before. The towers are nice, but the podium is just a dogs breakfast. Glad the city is forcing them to make revisions.



Full story in the Calgary Herald : https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-new...posed-for-beltline-site-near-elbow-river

[GeneralLea]

Some new renderings are out for Avia Condos, the newest phase of PSV in Mississauga.

These are twins, around 40+ floors in height it seems;
x by Draulerin Photographics, on Flickr
vc by Draulerin Photographics, on Flickr
They're located on the bottom right, or the very north east end of the site;
xvc by Draulerin Photographics, on Flickr

[Chadillaccc]

Hudson Place Two - Victoria - 24 storeys - ~70 meters

[Chadillaccc]

Another enormous and uninspired rental residential project for Calgary. This is the residential reconfiguration of a stalled office construction project right along the tracks between downtown and the Beltline.


Place Ten - 47 storeys - ~150 meters / 27 storeys - ~90 meters


http://www.centrongroup.com/place-10-residential

[Pavlov]

^ Although little more than renter-warehouses, it is nice to see the gap between the CBD and the Beltline continue to fill in. That gap (both physical and psychological) remains the biggest urban development issue in Calgary (in my view).

[ssiguy]

Those 2 Vancouver towers will be a great addition to the skyline but a lousy addition to the urban fabric of the city.

Due to the huge cost of the land and tearing down the iconic tower, the price of the condos BEFORE the actual construction costs are $700/sq foot. This means that a small one bedroom will start at well over a million dollars. Vancouver needs affordable housing for the masses and not money laundering towers for Chinese criminals. If the city was truly concerned about the city's housing and affordability crisis, which they aren't, they would refuse the rezoning.

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by Pavlov

^ Although little more than renter-warehouses, it is nice to see the gap between the CBD and the Beltline continue to fill in. That gap (both physical and psychological) remains the biggest urban development issue in Calgary (in my view).

Those must be stand ins until a real design is produced.