Vancouver Convention Centre Expansion Project | Completed - Page 40

Smooth · #**781** Posted **Mar 30, 2009, 7:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Newspaper ads in the paper about an open house for the public on April 4 & 5, 2009.

There might be a few of us meeting to go to the open house... in case anyone else is interested in going.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...34#post4167334

Delirium · #**782** Posted **Mar 30, 2009, 3:18 PM**

thanks for the pics zivan65.

this looks like crap. reminds of an Expo 86' leftover or something. it would have been much nicer and softer if they used wood (or elements of). they could have sliced it in half too. seems rather large and obtrusive.

wrenegade · #**783** Posted **Mar 30, 2009, 5:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by zivan56

I love this shot

Thanks for the photos!

osirisboy · #**784** Posted **Mar 30, 2009, 7:04 PM**

does anyone know why they are installing a hideous street light on top of the convention centre roof? you can clearly see it on the webcam

heres the link (hope it works)

http://live8.truelook.com/face/sqfac...imagemap.h=169

Delirium · #**785** Posted **Mar 30, 2009, 7:51 PM**

^ good eye. here's a screenshot

i have no freakin' clue. that's so bizarre. maybe it's temporary? or it's some sort of art component kinda like how there's random art on the roof of the art gallery ?

SpongeG · #**786** Posted **Mar 30, 2009, 9:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by Delirium

thanks for the pics zivan65.

this looks like crap. reminds of an Expo 86' leftover or something. it would have been much nicer and softer if they used wood (or elements of). they could have sliced it in half too. seems rather large and obtrusive.

i love it

very euro

Canadian Mind · #**787** Posted **Mar 30, 2009, 10:12 PM**

Looks very 80s, though unlike most shit from the 80s, it isn't beige, nor will it likely turn beige with age.

vanman · #**788** Posted **Mar 30, 2009, 10:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by osirisboy

does anyone know why they are installing a hideous street light on top of the convention centre roof? you can clearly see it on the webcam

heres the link (hope it works)

http://live8.truelook.com/face/sqfac...imagemap.h=169

That looks fucking retarded.

zivan56 · #**789** Posted **Mar 30, 2009, 10:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by awvan

I love this shot

Thanks for the photos!

Yep...I took it through an insanely high chain linked fence (it was around 3-4m I think), so I tried my best to blend the link into the tree.

I don't think the welcome thing looks too bad...it kind of fits in with the look of Canada Place. However, I agree it isn't really fitting in with the rest of the city.

SpongeG · #**790** Posted **Mar 30, 2009, 10:29 PM**

hopefully it has light effects at night

something like the elevators at metrotown

officedweller · #**791** Posted **Mar 30, 2009, 10:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by osirisboy

does anyone know why they are installing a hideous street light on top of the convention centre roof? you can clearly see it on the webcam

Must be for the convention hookers...

raggedy13 · #**792** Posted **Mar 31, 2009, 2:00 AM**

If you check out the webcam now you can see it ain't no ordinary streetlight. I don't really have a clue what it will look like or be able to do when installation is finished though. I'm quite curious now.

mr.x · #**793** Posted **Mar 31, 2009, 2:03 AM**

sorta looking like the lamp is puking milk. I'm assuming it's public art.

Canadian Mind · #**794** Posted **Mar 31, 2009, 2:09 AM**

It's a fucking space alien.

vanman · #**795** Posted **Mar 31, 2009, 2:14 AM**

Great. It looks even more retarded now. They should have just stuck the upside down church up there if they wanted public art. And for "public" art it's not very public, considering that the average person can only see it from an overhead webcam. Ah I guess I should just stfu until it's finished.

Hed Kandi · #**796** Posted **Mar 31, 2009, 4:09 AM**

..

mr.x · #**797** Posted **Mar 31, 2009, 4:10 AM**

^ well, actually if you zoom out it's quite visible from street level. The art is located on the south side of the facility, placed where the roof dips down and becomes flat - and that also happens to be the main entrance.

SpongeG · #**798** Posted **Mar 31, 2009, 4:18 AM**

it sort of looks like a kitchen sink faucet watering the green roof

Kodii · #**799** Posted **Mar 31, 2009, 6:03 AM**

Uuum... wtf?

mr.x · #**800** Posted **Mar 31, 2009, 6:15 AM**

^ lmao, nice reaction.