Three Harbour Green | 116m | 32fl | Completed - Page 10

SFUVancouver · #**181** Posted **Jan 30, 2011, 5:36 AM**

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My photo, today:

My guess is that those opaque spandral windows were originally supposed to have vision glass but the project's enegry modeling found that there was too great a window to wall ratio on that elevation to be able to meet their targets. Changing over those windows to a full granite wall would probably have been too expensive so they went with the opaque spandrel glass units instead. I think the effect on the building is pretty bad.

officedweller · #**182** Posted **Jan 31, 2011, 11:08 PM**

Maybe those rooms are bathrooms with "frosted glass"? Would those spandrels allow light to enter the rooms behind?

BTW - is that a sky garden? Looks a bit odd with the thick rectangular column sitting above a smaller round column.

squeezied · #**183** Posted **Jan 31, 2011, 11:17 PM**

My prediction is that the spandrels would end there, with vision glass on the floors above that as there is a change in floor plate. But that's just a hopeful prediction..

Locked In · #**184** Posted **Feb 6, 2011, 8:00 PM**

My photos, from today in the rain:

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One more floor of glazing up since last update:

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Coral Builder · #**185** Posted **Feb 6, 2011, 9:29 PM**

Wow, that's Class!

Locked In · #**186** Posted **Feb 28, 2011, 12:09 AM**

Lots of progress since the last update - my pics today:

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Looks like beige metal cladding going up on the east side:

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Canadian Mind · #**187** Posted **Feb 28, 2011, 12:27 AM**

Forgive me if I am going against the grain, but I really like the look of this tower with the Emerald Green and Dark Stone look.

Vancouver_Highrise · #**188** Posted **Feb 28, 2011, 1:32 AM**

3HG looks horrible in person and pictures... what a waste of a great location again.. The Georgia is 10x better then this garbage.

ckkelley · #**189** Posted **Feb 28, 2011, 1:53 AM**

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Originally Posted by Canadian Mind

Forgive me if I am going against the grain, but I really like the look of this tower with the Emerald Green and Dark Stone look.

Yeah, I think that HG3 is kickin' as well.

trofirhen · #**190** Posted **Feb 28, 2011, 2:00 AM**

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Originally Posted by Canadian Mind

Forgive me if I am going against the grain, but I really like the look of this tower with the Emerald Green and Dark Stone look.

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Yeah, I think that HG3 is kickin' as well.

I'd like to add my voice to that. The green glass in 3HG looks as if it were meant to be deep emerald, not just cheap glass with insipid turquoise tint like most others. And, yes, the dark stone sets it very well. This one is green - but with a difference. It's true Emerald green, and classy.

LeftCoaster · #**191** Posted **Feb 28, 2011, 2:07 AM**

Put me down as a fan of HG3.

I love the deep green glass with the dark granite, it really looks sharp.

dleung · #**192** Posted **Feb 28, 2011, 2:41 AM**

Look how monochromatic Fairmont, Shaw and HG2 are, compared to HG3, wow:

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I'm not really liking the bulkiness of this angle, and wish there was more stone on the northwest facade, but at this point it's really hard to complain. No other residential tower in the country compares to the quality of the finishes here. Especially not the Georgia... Vancouver_highrise, what are you smoking lol??

Vancouver_Highrise · #**193** Posted **Feb 28, 2011, 3:57 AM**

lots and lots of weed, jk. I don't know what it is about the building... I was walking around there the other day and just thought, aesthetically it didn't look that great. I probably would not be saying that if I lived in the building though!

SFUVancouver · #**194** Posted **Mar 1, 2011, 1:20 AM**

Harbour Green Three is coming along. It's topped out, if I'm not mistaken.

Taken by SFUVancouver, February 25th, 2011.

ckkelley · #**195** Posted **Mar 1, 2011, 2:33 AM**

^^
Great shot SFU. I think this will be my favorite angle for sure. The summer sunsets glinting majestically off of 3HG.....damn! I'm gettin' all misty-eyed here. lol

navazan · #**196** Posted **Mar 1, 2011, 11:07 AM**

shame that its topped out at standard vancouver 30 floor height. such a good location wasted. i love the look of it but jeez they couldve made it at least 10 more floors (a cliche of a statement on this site lol)

trofirhen · #**197** Posted **Mar 1, 2011, 12:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by navazan

shame that its topped out at standard vancouver 30 floor height. such a good location wasted. i love the look of it but jeez they couldve made it at least 10 more floors (a cliche of a statement on this site lol)

A cliché perhaps ........ but very, very true.

squeezied · #**198** Posted **Mar 1, 2011, 7:04 PM**

I think the height of this building is fine, maybe more noticeably taller than 2HG would have been nice, but I wouldn't want a supertall at the waterfront (ruins the scale) plus theres a park adjacent to the north so there's shadowing issues.

Prometheus · #**199** Posted **Mar 1, 2011, 8:04 PM**

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I think the height of this building is fine, maybe more noticeably taller than 2HG would have been nice...

Yes, it would have been nice. Therefore, the height is not fine. It's too short. This building, like almost every other building in Vancouver, has had its development prematurely arrested 5-10 floors short of its most natural height, not by the laws of economics or the laws of physics, but by the coercive interference of paternalistic politicians and city bureaucrats.

Having to choose between an oversized supertall and a building that is 5-10 stories too short is a false dichotomy. The obvious alternative is to add 5-10 stories, creating a building that is neither too tall nor too short, but just right. The proper approach is to stop imposing arbitrary growth-stunting restrictions and simply allow buildings the freedom to achieve their most natural and beautiful architectural expression, both in form and in function.

Canadian Mind · #**200** Posted **Mar 1, 2011, 11:30 PM**

lol, I'll add to the chorus that it should have been taller than HG2, but overall I think it's going to have enough unique features to help it stand out against the monotony of the rest of the waterfront. It doesn't need the height, and it will be fine the way it is.