Cobalt Luxury Residences On King | 97.5 & 97.5m | 2 x 30 fl | Complete - Page 21

Chronamut · #**401** Posted **Nov 10, 2017, 1:54 PM**

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How about my crummy attempt, with crummy reflection and all?

tut tut.

Too much white around the windows for my taste.

I do like your reflection - I might have gone overboard with reflecting the sky in mine, but it's prettyyyy

Yours doesn't look too bad with the white and pale brick though I suppose.

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Much better, sexier and more cohesive.

Maybe they can use my idea instead!

It also wasn't easy to colour that brick the same colour as the brick beside it.. there were shading effects, slightly browner brick on the bottom..

thmx · #**402** Posted **Nov 10, 2017, 2:46 PM**

source

thmx · #**403** Posted **Nov 10, 2017, 2:57 PM**

More renderings...

King at Hughson Rendering by RebuildHamilton, on Twitter

Chronamut · #**404** Posted **Nov 10, 2017, 3:02 PM**

How is it that the older building beside it is now HIGHER than the other buildings in the side render, but lower than them in the frontal rendering..?

And ooh I like the side and back renders of it - still don't like the corner one though. Also that ivory coloured area on the side is just begging to be grafittied all over in that tight corridor that is already KNOWN to invite grafitti artists to it.

Also the lack of a cornice on the top is bugging me, the back ones have cornices..

Also someone should buy up the old building beside it and redo that too so this entire condo area is fresh and new looking - it just looks so worn and tired now in comparison, stained.. And it's not even the original facade for that building..

LRTfan · #**405** Posted **Nov 10, 2017, 3:44 PM**

wow...now THAT is very well-done.
I love the podiums. They mimic a low-rise retail street wall with brick, broken up into narrower designs like you see along King or James already.

Hopefully these guys push for 35-40 floors. The more builders and big investors to pressure city hall out of this weird NIMBY height movement, the better.

King&James · #**406** Posted **Nov 10, 2017, 4:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by SteelTown

Much better, sexier and more cohesive.

Sold...... now extend that treatment to the left! Or someone please clean up the Arliss/ Salvation Army store buidling (calling Core Urban inc)

davidcappi · #**407** Posted **Nov 10, 2017, 4:50 PM**

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I love the podiums. They mimic a low-rise retail street wall with brick, broken up into narrower designs like you see along King or James already.

THIS^ I appreciate the different colours of brick used. It'll bring a lot of dimension to the area vs something monolithic that occupies the entire block. The fact that its not cohesive is what makes it a winner for me. More diversity in the street wall.

Chronamut · #**408** Posted **Nov 10, 2017, 5:13 PM**

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Sold...... now extend that treatment to the left! Or someone please clean up the Arliss/ Salvation Army store buidling (calling Core Urban inc)

^ THIS

The salvation army building is in desperate need of cleanup.

Also the narrow windows might be better if stone lintels are put above them as is common for that style everywhere else in hamilton.

King&James · #**409** Posted **Nov 10, 2017, 5:50 PM**

https://twitter.com/LiunaCanada/stat...96435193991169

great photo in mancinelli tweet with Templar and new student tower

atnor · #**410** Posted **Nov 10, 2017, 6:31 PM**

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More renderings...

King at Hughson Rendering by RebuildHamilton, on Twitter

Looks great, especially the King William side.

LRTfan · #**411** Posted **Nov 10, 2017, 7:30 PM**

Man, seeing some of the new designs proposed recently has me excited for our future skyline (assuming city hall embraces the fact we're supposed to be a big city).
This project, Rebecca St condo, Main/Walnut, King/Queen, 20-22 George and TV City are all excellent 21st Century big-city designs. All together, these projects represent 8 new towers.
And each of them have enough height to be noticed on the skyline and finally modernize our Commie-block skyline.
Exciting times!

Chronamut · #**412** Posted **Nov 10, 2017, 8:20 PM**

I just hope we don't start to get the "wind tunnel" effects toronto does where it can be beautiful and sunny by the harbour and frigid and dark between buildings along major streets.

Also those balconies cover a MASSIVE area in those renders.. I can't recall how many units there are per floor..

I always wonder how useful balconies are past a certain floor. I remember my parents were on the 19th floor in one of the condos downtown and you basically couldn't go out onto the balcony for fear of being blown off.. on the giant condos in toronto I never see people out on the upper floors on them.. like.. ever.

they should have wind turbines on the tops of skyscrapers to power the building along with solar panels - entirely self-sufficiently powered buildings.

SteelTown · #**413** Posted **Nov 10, 2017, 9:16 PM**

I personally love balconies. The last apartment I was in had a tiny balcony and well I didn't live there for long. I know there's one apartment on James St S, near St Joe's that has awesome wrap around balconies, LOVE IT. It's like an oasis away from your apartment, especially if it's a shoebox.

Chronamut · #**414** Posted **Nov 10, 2017, 9:54 PM**

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I personally love balconies. The last apartment I was in had a tiny balcony and well I didn't live there for long. I know there's one apartment on James St S, near St Joe's that has awesome wrap around balconies, LOVE IT. It's like an oasis away from your apartment, especially if it's a shoebox.

See I personally don't USE mine much - mine is really long but it's narrow and aside from sitting outside and admiring the view, which I can also do from my bedroom, I just don't use it much.. and we're not allowed to bbq on ours.. and I can't put a nice loveseat or swing out there so I just... don't really know what to do with the space.. most people just use it to smoke.. and I don't smoke.. and then neighbours want to talk to you when they see you out on your balcony..

guess it differs per person..

Berklon · #**415** Posted **Nov 10, 2017, 10:31 PM**

I'm currently living in a house and I'm thinking of moving to a condo downtown - and a balcony is a criteria for me. Even if I couldn't BBQ out there, I'd still like to sit out there in warmer weather and read or listen to music, etc. I like having the ability to go outside without leaving my home (which is the condo-equivalent of having a backyard with a house).

TheRitsman · #**416** Posted **Nov 10, 2017, 11:36 PM**

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See I personally don't USE mine much - mine is really long but it's narrow and aside from sitting outside and admiring the view, which I can also do from my bedroom, I just don't use it much.. and we're not allowed to bbq on ours.. and I can't put a nice loveseat or swing out there so I just... don't really know what to do with the space.. most people just use it to smoke.. and I don't smoke.. and then neighbours want to talk to you when they see you out on your balcony..

guess it differs per person..

Do they actually enforce no BBQ rules? I know tons of people that just BBQ even though you're not supposed to.

Chronamut · #**417** Posted **Nov 11, 2017, 3:26 AM**

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Do they actually enforce no BBQ rules? I know tons of people that just BBQ even though you're not supposed to.

I don't want my eviction to be the finding out that they do - and I have yet to see anyone bbqing on any of the balconies in our building.

thistleclub · #**418** Posted **Nov 11, 2017, 1:44 PM**

Balconies are a nice amenity but in cases like this come with a number of potential asterisks.

Thirty-storey buildings will scoop winds down to street level, funnelling those winds past those balconies on the way down. When winds die down, street noise radiates upward with remarkable clarity. The grimy particulate common to the core arterials needs to be cleaned off glass regularly if you don't want that 70s smoked glass look; likewise for plants and furniture (Main and King throw off a lot of exhaust). Finally, these are glass-skirted balconies, which means that the entire facade of this building will become an cross-section of varied aesthetics and organizational philosophies. Many of the Landmark's balconies, for example, are just treated as storage space. It's only the opaque balconies that prevent the tower from resembling the city's tallest rummage sale.

thistleclub · #**419** Posted **Nov 11, 2017, 1:53 PM**

Are we to assume that the twin bands of balcony-free floors are two-storey or double-height units, or is this just a novel dynamic wherein some residents get to vicariously enjoy their downstairs neighbours' lifestyle?

Chronamut · #**420** Posted **Nov 11, 2017, 2:06 PM**

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Are we to assume that the twin bands of balcony-free floors are two-storey or double-height units, or is this just a novel dynamic wherein some residents get to vicariously enjoy their downstairs neighbours' lifestyle?

From the looks of it that solid grid like pattern goes - glass balcony/solid balcony - alternating all the way up

as for those 2 areas in the front, yeah I am not sure about that... I'd have to relook at the floor plans of this building.. someone needs to repost them hehe..