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trueviking · #**5381** Posted **Jun 1, 2021, 4:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by borkborkbork

I don't mind this attitude. Some buildings aren't stunners but they just add units and density in an inoffensive way.

I bet he didn’t mean to say that. If I get interviewed I always know the second I say it, what goofball sentence they are going to pluck out of my mouth and use. He probably read that and said, 🞵🞵🞵🞵. That’s not what I meant. Followed by an apologetic phone call to the architect.

bomberjet · #**5382** Posted **Jun 1, 2021, 5:07 PM**

Apologetic phone calls. Jeez, these architects sure are sensitive beings. haha

post_man · #**5383** Posted **Jun 2, 2021, 2:07 AM**

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Originally Posted by trueviking

I bet he didn’t mean to say that. If I get interviewed I always know the second I say it, what goofball sentence they are going to pluck out of my mouth and use. He probably read that and said, 🞵🞵🞵🞵. That’s not what I meant. Followed by an apologetic phone call to the architect.

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Winnipeg architect Verne Reimer

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Reimer said the building isn’t too flashy, and it’s designed to play along with, not against, the dominant building types in that part of the Exchange, with an exterior white-grey-black gradient accented by splashes of red. "I’m a big fan of background buildings," he said. "You’re not trying to do too much, be too ostentatious. You want a well-designed building to add to the fabric of the city."

It didn't seem to be a controversial statement either. I hope they meant to say it. Rather this honesty than a Barcode-esque essay.

trueviking · #**5384** Posted **Jun 2, 2021, 2:21 AM**

Ah. I’m sorry. I didn’t realize it was Verne that said it. That’s good. So now he has to apologize to his client for saying he designed a background building. Ha ha.

bomberjet · #**5385** Posted **Jun 2, 2021, 2:49 AM**

Hey Vike, what's the height limit on wood structures in Winnipeg now?

drew · #**5386** Posted **Jun 2, 2021, 1:44 PM**

^ 6 floors

Biff · #**5387** Posted **Jun 2, 2021, 1:53 PM**

The memory care and supportive housing complex being built on Molson is using some form of laminate wood beam construction and is 6 storeys. I haven't seen this type of construction before in Winnipeg. Just like steel girder construction but with wood. I forget it's technical term.

drew · #**5388** Posted **Jun 2, 2021, 2:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by Biff

The memory care and supportive housing complex being built on Molson is using some form of laminate wood beam construction and is 6 storeys. I haven't seen this type of construction before in Winnipeg. Just like steel girder construction but with wood. I forget it's technical term.

Mass Timber, includes cross laminated timber (CLT) and other products that are basically beams and columns fabricated similar to glu-lam or plywood.

Very strong, comparatively light weight and $$

optimusREIM · #**5389** Posted **Jun 2, 2021, 2:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by drew

Mass Timber, includes cross laminated timber (CLT) and other products that are basically beams and columns fabricated similar to glu-lam or plywood.

Very strong, comparatively light weight and $$

Not to mention surprisingly fire resistant

bomberjet · #**5390** Posted **Jun 2, 2021, 5:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by Biff

The memory care and supportive housing complex being built on Molson is using some form of laminate wood beam construction and is 6 storeys. I haven't seen this type of construction before in Winnipeg. Just like steel girder construction but with wood. I forget it's technical term.

Where's that exactly? Next to the Shoppers?

Biff · #**5391** Posted **Jun 2, 2021, 6:18 PM**

No, down by Chief Peguis. It is on the site where Schriemers Garden Centre used to be.
Molson St and Red Oak Dr if you are looking on Google Earth.

Wow that is a big image

bomberjet · #**5392** Posted **Jun 2, 2021, 6:28 PM**

Oh right. Thanks. Next to Bloom and Timber.

trueviking · #**5393** Posted **Jun 3, 2021, 4:16 AM**

Looks like geotechnical investigations happening for a 110’ tower on Bannatyne.

trueviking · #**5394** Posted **Jun 3, 2021, 4:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by bomberjet

Hey Vike, what's the height limit on wood structures in Winnipeg now?

Yeah. 6 floors or 25 meters.

I had heard there was a CLT project happening somewhere. Seems odd to waste it on a six storey but good to break the damn. Hopefully it makes contractors less afraid of it and the cost becomes more reasonable.

Biff · #**5395** Posted **Jun 3, 2021, 1:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by trueviking

Looks like geotechnical investigations happening for a 110’ tower on Bannatyne.

I guess they re-worked the design. I spoke with the architect when it was in zoning and he had said they would make it work either way...glad they did. (127 Bannatyne)

esquire · #**5396** Posted **Jun 3, 2021, 2:07 PM**

Great to hear that it's moving along. Still wish it could have been built as originally conceived, though.

BAKGUY · #**5397** Posted **Jun 3, 2021, 7:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by bomberjet

Hey Vike, what's the height limit on wood structures in Winnipeg now?

I would never live in anything but a concrete structure in a hi-rise.
I hope to never have to reside in a wood built hi-rise.

trueviking · #**5398** Posted **Jun 3, 2021, 7:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

Great to hear that it's moving along. Still wish it could have been built as originally conceived, though.

Best of both worlds. Fill a parking lot, retain street quality. That's what zoning is for. It protects the neighbourhood and gives decisions a broader priority than bottom line. Every property a developer buys comes with zoning requirements. They can try to change them, but it should never be assumed they can....especially to such a degree.

I didn't really buy that only a 150' tower made the site viable. They have 200,000 square feet to work with in ten stories. If a project isn't viable at that size, no project is.

Wigglez · #**5399** Posted **Jun 3, 2021, 10:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by Biff

I guess they re-worked the design. I spoke with the architect when it was in zoning and he had said they would make it work either way...glad they did. (127 Bannatyne)

I am genuinely a bit confused... With the recent reports (on this forum) that any new building is an AirB&B nightmare and the Exchange has turned into a homeless toilet with near-guaranteed break-ins and stabbings, why would anyone willingly build a building there and why would anyone live there?

buzzg · #**5400** Posted **Jun 4, 2021, 2:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by Wigglez

I am genuinely a bit confused... With the recent reports (on this forum) that any new building is an AirB&B nightmare and the Exchange has turned into a homeless toilet with near-guaranteed break-ins and stabbings, why would anyone willingly build a building there and why would anyone live there?

No one said that, they said that some buildings are like that and the specific one discussed was Glasshouse, which is not in the Exchange. Many condos in the Exchange have banned Airbnb, and most of the new builds the last couple years (and u/c) are apartments.