The Erickson | 54m | 18fl | Completed

[raggedy13]

Some pics I took Sunday:













New seawall space not yet open to the public:

[officedweller]

The cladding at the edges of the porthole window spine look to be a bit haphazard - angles don't line up with each other and the glass panels on the left side and grills on the right side.

[dreambrother808]

The penthouse clutters and ruins the flow of this building. Too bad....

[squeezied]

Originally Posted by raggedy13

concrete marble?

[Coldrsx]

different but my god not $2000/sqft different

[trofirhen]

very Swedish-looking. (given the origins of Arthur Erickson. He liked his projects to have an austere, functional look, with an element of originality in the design)

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by squeezied

concrete marble?

Supposed to be Italian marble I think.

[osirisboy]

I went kayaking the other day up and down false creek and and I have to say from the water that the building looks sexy as hell!

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by osirisboy

I went kayaking the other day up and down false creek and and I have to say from the water that the building looks sexy as hell!

As I said, Swedish design.

[Locked In]

The park on the point adjacent to Erickson is pretty much finished (only some tiling left to do). My photo, May 12:


Full Size

[itinerant]

I have to say this is one of my least favourite Erickson designs. Great idea; too short (constrained by city planning restrictions on the site, not his concept); execution is too fussy. The penthouse looks messy, and the striking effect of the gentle twist with portholes seems lost among the distracting complexity of the many glass and metal fragments. Overall, I think if the city had granted the developer more height, it would have emerged as a much more successful product. Even so, having said all that, its still good work and a welcome addition to the waterfront.

[osirisboy]

well I like it but I agree more height on this would have made it much better

[TwoFace]

I for one really like this building, and will take design over height any day.
Here’s another photo (wallpaper) to complement the ones above.

[flight_from_kamakura]

hopefully this forum is around in ten years so that we can quote you on that.

[TwoFace]

Originally Posted by flight_from_kamakura

hopefully this forum is around in ten years so that we can quote you on that.

OK, if that wasn't the case than the CN Tower would be most beautiful building in Canada.

[Coldrsx]

I like it for its unique and awkward look, but it seems a little off in overall appeal.

[flight_from_kamakura]

personally (and likely in the minority), i think this building looks ludicrous. like a cross betweein some cheap, made-in-china snap assembly toy, and a mark prent grotesquerie. also don't like the stubbiness. minority opinion now, ten years from now, likely consensus.

[PROSTSHOCKER]

I'll still remember how late last summer after the tower was all decked out, walking on the seawall near Granville Island, a class mate of mine randomly noticed while glancing over and pointed it out asking, "Hey, what's that building? ...Yeah the one that twists, it's really cool looking."

Something that short, with Erickson's pragmatic mentality, tells me it may have staying power yet.

[vanman]

Yeah I've had friends who couldn't give a flying f%$# about architecture comment on the Erickson, most people like it.

[dleung]

The main issue i have with the building is how it awkwardly straightens out near the top... the penthouse levels have little in common with the curvy spine-line tower below it. It seems to be a pattern in vancouver; no matter how unique the tower portion is (see carina, callisto, etc), the penthouse levels in most buildings all look the same, with multiple setbacks, metal trellises, glass awnings, etc.