Canadian Skyline Thread III - Page 165

James Bond Agent 007 · #**3281** Posted **Jul 18, 2025, 6:27 PM**

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I think the "point" of places like Mississauga is that it's a work in progress and won't look like something more cohesive for another 10-20 years.

Ultimately I think Mississauga, Burnaby and some of these other suburban highrise districts will look something like this:

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someone123 · #**3282** Posted **Jul 18, 2025, 6:31 PM**

Downtown Mississauga is Pearson airport's background decoration. It may in fact just be a simulation you can't visit in real life.

MonctonRad · #**3283** Posted **Jul 18, 2025, 6:33 PM**

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Downtown Mississauga is Pearson airport's background decoration. It may in fact just be a simulation you can't visit in real life.

905er · #**3284** Posted **Jul 18, 2025, 7:17 PM**

Mississauga is a work in progress. I think the skyline looks great tbh. With the LRT construction a lot of the city centre core looks torn up, but that's all b/c it's under construction. GIve it some time.. As it stands it's definitely a top skyline in Canada.. strictly speaking in terms of "skyline"

James Bond Agent 007 · #**3285** Posted **Jul 18, 2025, 8:23 PM**

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Calgary is a great example of the bigger city downtowns I was talking about before: All it needs is maybe another dozen or so towers like these and they will start to dominate the skyline and make it look like Mississauga, particularly from certain angles:
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This is such a distinctive and dominant style in Canada I seriously think they should give it it's own name.

I'm going to stand by my claim. Even Montreal is starting to have that look. Calgary still has a lot of brown and office skyscrapers, but certainly from an angle like this, if you added a bunch more of the typical towers of late they would start to dominate the skyline. At least from a distance.

Some of Montreal's older towers seem to blend in with the new style, thus adding to the effect.

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Another one:

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Photos from condos and apartments on real estate websites are a real goldmine of skyline shots.

https://www.rew.ca/properties/2503-1...ck=map_sidebar

James Bond Agent 007 · #**3286** Posted **Jul 18, 2025, 8:34 PM**

Another angle in Montreal:
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4925...oASAFQAw%3D%3D

I'm serious, sociologists or architects need to give this phenomenon a name. "Canadian Post-Post Modern," or something.

phone · #**3287** Posted **Jul 18, 2025, 9:07 PM**

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Another angle in Montreal:
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4925...oASAFQAw%3D%3D

I'm serious, sociologists or architects need to give this phenomenon a name. "Canadian Post-Post Modern," or something.

A great observation and totally agree. The main touchstone I've heard is Hong Kong -- this has been most frequently used in comparison to Vancouver, and there may be some shared DNA in there given the common elements of colonial history and how physical geography helped to shape the built form of each city. From Vancouver, this trend has spread elsewhere in Canada, to the point where it's become ubiquitous in major cities nation-wide. And you're right, it's a typology that doesn't seem to pop up elsewhere...

someone123 · #**3288** Posted **Jul 18, 2025, 9:14 PM**

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A great observation and totally agree. The main touchstone I've heard is Hong Kong -- this has been most frequently used in comparison to Vancouver, and there may be some shared DNA in there given the common elements of colonial history and how physical geography helped to shape the built form of each city.

A large share of the most prominent Vancouver condo developments were literally built by Hong Kong developers and then sold to people living in Hong Kong.

The colonial history point is kind of funny because in some ways we are being colonized by China now, which as the world's primary manufacturing hub has amassed wealth utterly dwarfing Canada. The highest-end properties here in Vancouver are not built for the local underclass. Unclear how long this will go on for due to trade restrictions and capital controls, but in an alternate timeline (not depending on actions in Canada), I think China would have had a very large amount of influence here.

Nouvellecosse · #**3289** Posted **Jul 18, 2025, 9:16 PM**

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A great observation and totally agree. The main touchstone I've heard is Hong Kong -- this has been most frequently used in comparison to Vancouver, and there may be some shared DNA in there given the common elements of colonial history and how physical geography helped to shape the built form of each city. From Vancouver, this trend has spread elsewhere in Canada, to the point where it's become ubiquitous in major cities nation-wide. And you're right, it's a typology that doesn't seem to pop up elsewhere...

HK has a lot of residential highrises but I've never noticed very many being glass. I can see a little bit of similarity with Vancouver's west end (despite it being much shorter) since it has lots of non-glass residential. But other than that I don't see much HK in the rest of Canada.

James Bond Agent 007 · #**3290** Posted **Jul 18, 2025, 10:07 PM**

I agree Hong Kong isn't that great a similarity. HK has too much white and silver, with the latter dominated by offices and the former dominated by residential.

Canadian is green-black-white-blue. The green/blue seems to be windows with white curtains that somehow make the windows look "green." I don't know if the glass they use has some sort of faint green coloring in it or not, but the effect with the curtains drawn makes it look green.

cranes · #**3291** Posted **Jul 18, 2025, 10:09 PM**

Kitchener

https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/2...et-w-kitchener

James Bond Agent 007 · #**3292** Posted **Jul 18, 2025, 10:22 PM**

Notice the smaller tower in the center. It seems like the mere act of closing the curtains makes the glass look "green." Also the building on the left to a lesser extent, but I bet if you looked at it from a greater distance it would look greener.

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Burnaby. This view is good enough to use as a promotional photo for Burnaby. Plus it looks nice in the snow.

And this one here. In the building in the foreground on the right, all those people did was close their curtains (or blinds) and it makes it look "green."

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Chinatown skyline: