Canada's 10 Tallest U/C - Page 296

Wpg_Guy · #**5901** Posted **Sep 18, 2018, 11:54 PM**

Sharing these from Man/Sask forum

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Originally Posted by BuildUpWpg

For those of you that like the curved walls of Tower 1 of TNS, check Telus Sky under construction in Calgary. I took these pics when I was there 2 weeks ago.

GeneralLea · #**5902** Posted **Sep 19, 2018, 12:01 AM**

Wow...that's a beauty.

Black Star · #**5903** Posted **Sep 19, 2018, 12:03 AM**

She sure looks great.....

GeneralLea · #**5904** Posted **Sep 19, 2018, 12:22 AM**

10. YC Condos (Toronto): 198m / 650ft

Decided to take this off my phone since the tower's verticality from Yonge made it more appropriate to do such;

DSC_8599 by Josh Kenn Photographics, on Flickr

shappy · #**5905** Posted **Sep 19, 2018, 1:22 AM**

^ it's so bad!!! (the building not the pic...)

caltrane74 · #**5906** Posted **Sep 19, 2018, 3:51 AM**

well... its almost finished so no more updates.

btw. not on top 10 list.

GeneralLea · #**5907** Posted **Sep 19, 2018, 3:54 AM**

If people have moved in then yes, this can be considered completed...but as far as I'm concerned, this is still under construction, albeit it's likely off the list by now. (I posted this because it was...I conform to the original post)

caltrane74 · #**5908** Posted **Sep 19, 2018, 3:57 AM**

too short for the list

488 University is #10

GeneralLea · #**5909** Posted **Sep 19, 2018, 3:58 AM**

Mybad, although this list will be quite confusing in a few weeks if left as is.

Nouvellecosse · #**5910** Posted **Sep 19, 2018, 4:17 AM**

Well i like it. It doesn't look very refined or polished but that stretch of Yonge isn't really suited to refined, polished, or understated designs imo. It's funky, vibrant, and playful which is quite appropriate. The main thing that detracts from it for me is that the size, shape and materials is too similar to its neighbour. Its neighbour should either be very different looking or they should be spaced apart more. If Karma was replaced by a building of about 100m it would have worked better. I love seeing highrises packed closely together, but more in terms of stretches of 50-100m buildings flanking 150-250m+ buildings. Layers.

Coldrsx · #**5911** Posted **Sep 19, 2018, 6:57 PM**

David Staples: How Tony Franceschini and Stantec reached for the sky
DAVID STAPLES, EDMONTON JOURNAL

We’ve all got our eyes on the sky as the new Stantec skyscraper reaches ever-greater heights on its way to topping out at 69 storeys and 251 metres by the end of the year, making it Canada’s tallest building outside of Toronto.

Tony Franceschini, a key player at Stantec for four decades, takes special pride in the new Stantec Tower. It represents a pinnacle for Edmonton and for Stantec, the remarkable Edmonton company founded in 1954 that has become a global leader in design and engineering.

Making the building so tall was done with a purpose, Franceschini said. “It’s not like you’re showing off, but it’s more like you’re making a statement: We are here. We have arrived. We are a global company and the city should be proud, the company should be proud and the employees should be proud that we have that.”

https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/...ed-for-the-sky

O-tacular · #**5912** Posted **Sep 19, 2018, 10:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

David Staples: How Tony Franceschini and Stantec reached for the sky
DAVID STAPLES, EDMONTON JOURNAL

We’ve all got our eyes on the sky as the new Stantec skyscraper reaches ever-greater heights on its way to topping out at 69 storeys and 251 metres by the end of the year, making it Canada’s tallest building outside of Toronto.

Tony Franceschini, a key player at Stantec for four decades, takes special pride in the new Stantec Tower. It represents a pinnacle for Edmonton and for Stantec, the remarkable Edmonton company founded in 1954 that has become a global leader in design and engineering.

Making the building so tall was done with a purpose, Franceschini said. “It’s not like you’re showing off, but it’s more like you’re making a statement: We are here. We have arrived. We are a global company and the city should be proud, the company should be proud and the employees should be proud that we have that.”

https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/...ed-for-the-sky

Stantec doesn't look like a proud building to me. It looks like a tower value engineered to be as tall as possible and cost the least amount of money to build.

Black Star · #**5913** Posted **Sep 19, 2018, 10:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

Stantec doesn't look like a proud building to me. It looks like a tower value engineered to be as tall as possible and cost the least amount of money to build.

I rather like it....it's not a 10. But definitely not to bad.

O-tacular · #**5914** Posted **Sep 19, 2018, 10:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by Black Star

I rather like it....it's not a 10. But definitely not to bad.

By the tone of that article it's an international showpiece.

Vixx · #**5915** Posted **Sep 19, 2018, 11:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

By the tone of that article it's an international showpiece.

I agree with Blackstar that it is definitely not a 10/10 tower, but the main reason why that article is so boisterous is because this is the most significant project in decades in a city that stalled development wise for a very long time.