Telus Garden | 135m, 88m | 46fl res, 22fl office | 928,000sqft | Completed - Page 110

Jebby · #**2181** Posted **Jul 17, 2015, 8:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by mcminsen

This looks even more bland that the Sears building reno....Why bother with the jagged edge design when you're going to make it this boring with that drab spandrel color?

osirisboy · #**2182** Posted **Jul 17, 2015, 8:07 PM**

Looks horrible!

Vin · #**2183** Posted **Jul 17, 2015, 11:02 PM**

Those upper floors look like they have really high ceilings suited for retail, and they look too tall to be used for office space.

Klazu · #**2184** Posted **Jul 17, 2015, 11:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jebby

Why bother with the jagged edge design when you're going to make it this boring with that drab spandrel color?

You said it! I don't know what had gone through the architect here.

s211 · #**2185** Posted **Jul 17, 2015, 11:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by Vin

Those upper floors look like they have really high ceilings suited for retail, and they look too tall to be used for office space.

Considering how wickedly inefficient the useable area is on those floors, I do wonder if it's suited for any use.

mcminsen · #**2186** Posted **Jul 17, 2015, 11:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by nickbeaulieu

Those birdcages are dumb. That's not their permanent location, is it?

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Originally Posted by mcminsen

No. Since I took that pic last weekend they have been moved closer to the white marble walls in a patio arrangement. I'll try to get a pic tomorrow.

July 17 '15, my pics

Office lobby as seen from Richards Street:

mcminsen · #**2187** Posted **Jul 20, 2015, 4:42 AM**

As seen from the Georgia viaduct.

July 19 '15, my pic

officedweller · #**2188** Posted **Jul 20, 2015, 5:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by mcminsen

July 17 '15, my pics

The birdcages and the rectangular planters are a bit ill-conceived when placed together. A curved / wavey railing (to meet patio/alcohol service separation requirements) would have looked better with the birdcages rather than trying to square up the curves.

mcminsen · #**2189** Posted **Jul 21, 2015, 7:24 AM**

I spent part of the afternoon watching the buckets of cement go up one after the other from a room at the Kingston. It's a loooong way to the top.

July 20 '15, my pics

mcminsen · #**2190** Posted **Jul 21, 2015, 7:29 AM**

Here's a view of the office tower from a room at the Kingston Hotel. You can get a sense of how much the awnings can shade the interiors at the height of summer.

July 20 '15, my pic

officedweller · #**2191** Posted **Jul 21, 2015, 8:09 PM**

Pic by me today:

July 21, 2015

mcminsen · #**2192** Posted **Jul 22, 2015, 7:39 PM**

More zigzag glass.

July 22 '15, my pics

officedweller · #**2193** Posted **Jul 22, 2015, 10:28 PM**

Pic by me today - they've unveiled the setback on the SW corner.

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Originally Posted by retro_orange

-pic from BuiltForm

It would be nice if the westside wrap-around balcony glass were fritted, like TO's Casa II, but I doubt it will.

See Casa II's balcony glass here:
http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads...9#post-1011858

Klazu · #**2194** Posted **Jul 23, 2015, 1:24 AM**

Cool, so there is that much still to come. I think they will have to increase the south crane one more time.

EdinVan · #**2195** Posted **Jul 23, 2015, 7:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

You said it! I don't know what had gone through the architect here.

Architects are generally loathe to criticize each other's work, so if someone risks making a fool of themselves by building garbage like this, there's nobody around to tell them that.

mcminsen · #**2196** Posted **Jul 23, 2015, 9:28 AM**

Here are the steel beams they removed and hauled away last week. They had been at the transfer floor between the top two sections. I can't imagine how much that load weighs!

July 17 '15, my pic

trofirhen · #**2197** Posted **Jul 23, 2015, 12:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by EdinVan

Architects are generally loathe to criticize each other's work, so if someone risks making a fool of themselves by building garbage like this, there's nobody around to tell them that.

Thank you for echoing my thoughts!! It's a bit politically incorrect not to like this building.

axestone · #**2198** Posted **Jul 24, 2015, 9:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jebby

This looks even more bland that the Sears building reno....Why bother with the jagged edge design when you're going to make it this boring with that drab spandrel color?

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Originally Posted by osirisboy

Looks horrible!

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Originally Posted by Klazu

You said it! I don't know what had gone through the architect here.

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Originally Posted by s211

Considering how wickedly inefficient the useable area is on those floors, I do wonder if it's suited for any use.

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Originally Posted by EdinVan

Architects are generally loathe to criticize each other's work, so if someone risks making a fool of themselves by building garbage like this, there's nobody around to tell them that.

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Originally Posted by trofirhen

Thank you for echoing my thoughts!! It's a bit politically incorrect not to like this building.

The zig-zag glass looks great.

trofirhen · #**2199** Posted **Jul 24, 2015, 11:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by axestone

The zig-zag glass looks great.

Yeah, maybe you're right. It's the building itself that's an ugly, boxy, pseudo-avant garde piece of shit!! Right gang?

Klazu · #**2200** Posted **Jul 25, 2015, 12:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by mcminsen

More zigzag glass.

July 22 '15, my pics

I think this will be a similar fail in the details as the teal spandrel on Nordstrom Howe Street entrance. If only they would have used the darker tone (darker glass?) they have on the Robson street. That would already make it look higher quality.