The Charleson | 125.2m | 42Fl | Completed

[Byron]

Feb 4th 2017 by me

[osirisboy]

Love the full floor to ceiling windows! It's odd that this allowed but other buildings are required by the city to reduce the window size with spandrel?

[casper]

Originally Posted by osirisboy

Love the full floor to ceiling windows! It's odd that this allowed but other buildings are required by the city to reduce the window size with spandrel?

New trend or an exception? Would be good to see far less spandrel

[Vin]

Curtain wall possible only without many balconies sticking out. We should have more buildings without so many balconies .

[osirisboy]

Originally Posted by Vin

Curtain wall possible only without many balconies sticking out. We should have more buildings without so many balconies .

No it has nothing to do with balconies and it doesn't have to be curtain wall to have full floor to ceiling window. The city wants buildings with less windows because it's more energy efficient, hence the spandrel.

It may have been officedweller who was saying that the smyth (I think) was only allowed 50% window the rest had to be spandrel

[Vin]

Originally Posted by osirisboy

No it has nothing to do with balconies and it doesn't have to be curtain wall to have full floor to ceiling window. The city wants buildings with less windows because it's more energy efficient, hence the spandrel.

It may have been officedweller who was saying that the smyth (I think) was only allowed 50% window the rest had to be spandrel

Yeah but I think people are more impressed by the sleek glass look, even with spandrels. Dark glass and dark spandrels without balconies sticking out would make a tower look really awesome. Examples are Wall Centre Sheraton, Shangri-la and Trump tower.

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by osirisboy

No it has nothing to do with balconies and it doesn't have to be curtain wall to have full floor to ceiling window. The city wants buildings with less windows because it's more energy efficient, hence the spandrel.

It may have been officedweller who was saying that the smyth (I think) was only allowed 50% window the rest had to be spandrel

Yeah, the architects of the Smithe in the UDP minutes were touting that they had brought the window area down to 50% (i.e. that it was a good thing).

I think one of the building codes requires that low a percentage of window area.

[Ed007Toronto]

From City Of Rain on Skyrise Vancouver

Originally Posted by City Of Rain, post: 1192208, member: 70034

IMG_8714 by Hung Lam, on Flickr

IMG_8712 by Hung Lam, on Flickr

IMG_8710 by Hung Lam, on Flickr

IMG_8708 by Hung Lam, on Flickr

[Klazu]

Must be pretty close to being topped out by now?



I can't figure out what is the project in the foreground?

[domusile]

Originally Posted by Klazu

Must be pretty close to being topped out by now?



I can't figure out what is the project in the foreground?

the one with the yellow and blue wrap is the Duke on Kingsway. You can see the crane behind it has a Rize sign on it, which is the Independent.

[Vin]

Goes to show that OV and Main/Broadway hardly register or contribute to the skyline.

[officedweller]

Pics by me today:

[Dimswitch]

Klazu, the 1320 Richards is topped out now I think but the Charleson has more to do. These pages say Richards will be 400 ft and Charleson 410 ft.

[Klazu]

Originally Posted by domusile

the one with the yellow and blue wrap is the Duke on Kingsway. You can see the crane behind it has a Rize sign on it, which is the Independent.

Yeah, I recognized it later. Just wasn't familiar with the roof structure which threw me off a bit.

Originally Posted by Dimswitch

Klazu, the 1320 Richards is topped out now I think but the Charleson has more to do. These pages say Richards will be 400 ft and Charleson 410 ft.

That's true, but unfortunately all three will be very similar height. Hopefully Vancouver House will pierce the tabletop a bit more behind them.

[LeftCoaster]

Well of course it will, it's about 30m taller.

And good these things are tabletopped, they're all forgettable designs.

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Well of course it will, it's about 30m taller.

And good these things are tabletopped, they're all forgettable designs.

They're forgettable, all right. They're sort of 'high rise infill,' and need a few taller ones to set off the city skyline ... that, plus a bit more greenspace, and a touch more elegance...

[urbancanadian]

Here's a pic I took this afternoon, from David Lam Park:

[officedweller]

By Yellow Fever Feb 26th - core through the gap:

Originally Posted by Yellow Fever

20170226_102510 by Yellow Fever @ SkyscraperCity, on Flickr

[mcminsen]

March 14 '17, my pics

[Dimswitch]

Missed you by 1 day Mc, my pics almost the same so won't double up.