Oh thank god it's not metal. Should have an old school appearance to it like 2075 Comox
I'm not sure. I live very close and walking by I see no texture whatsoever, and frankly thought these were metal panels. They are very smooth and look like metal to me.
From their letter: “the design in our original rezoning application. Instead of brick, which is not typically considered to be part of the West End vernacular as pointed out at UDP”
Huh?!
And yes it looks like sheet metal, is sheet metal the vernacular of the west end?
I haven't seen the panels but maybe they got value engineered to metal
But they can’t just change it if it was approved to be something else. Wouldn’t that defeat the whole point of the udp and make them even more irrelevant
I haven't seen the panels but maybe they got value engineered to metal
Wouldn't metal cost more than fibre cement? I think they would be more durable. There's an angled grey pattern on the second Burrard Place tower too. Perhaps it's something recently available on aluminum panels?
Wouldn't metal cost more than fibre cement? I think they would be more durable. There's an angled grey pattern on the second Burrard Place tower too. Perhaps it's something recently available on aluminum panels?
It seems like Alucobond (who does most of the metal panels) has a new system where they can do any pattern designs. They also have new wood/concrete finishes.
3 shades?! Oh boy that'll be busy - and in the interest of freedom to design one's own buildings I wish them luck and would never desire to dictate how they design their building!
3 shades?! Oh boy that'll be busy - and in the interest of freedom to design one's own buildings I wish them luck and would never desire to dictate how they design their building!
So far the colour is predominantly the dark grey with occasional light grey and even less white added for dimension. It's not unlike the rendering showing the textured concrete panels a few posts above. It looks quite good especially with the darker tinted glass.
Solid colored stripes would have been nice.
These may end up looking like a 'dazzle' pattern like on WWII ships.
The textured cement triangle design:
Quote:
Inspired by the endangered white-headed woodpecker, Harwood’s design features a color gradient from dark to light and textured balcony and slab edges that reflect light like feathers.
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