The Georgia | 157m | 48 fl | Completed

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by martinishaker

The Georgia is big for Vancouver, but look at it next to the Bow
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?memberID=6631

Originally Posted by Yume-sama

lol the Bow is indeed a BIG Beautiful woman~

From just about anywhere it can be seen it's quite... overpowering.

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Size isn't everything ... (er, well, sometimes it is, but that's another issue, er...)
What I mean, seriously, is that The Bow is indeed a MAGNIFICENT building, and stands out boldly on the undulating high prairie Calgary Skyline.

But would a building THAT big look right in downtown Vancouver? Beautiful and Magnificent as The Bow is- and it is - it would somehow overpower everything here and thus put the symmetry of the Vancouver CBD out of whack totally, IMHO.

[Hed Kandi]

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[Phil McAvity]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Pics by me today:

Wow, nice shot OD.

There isn't even a slight reflection of you or anything else in the room with that pic. Not only that but the window washers at the TD building are obviously on their game too because the windows are so clear this shot looks like it could have been taken outside.

[trofirhen]

Still five more floors to go? Then the glass cladding .... this is going to be THE centrepiece of the cbd for quite some time, I think. Height, density, pizazz ..... I'm full of anticipation, even from across the planet.

[SpongeG]

Originally Posted by Phil McAvity

Wow, nice shot OD.

There isn't even a slight reflection of you or anything else in the room with that pic. Not only that but the window washers at the TD building are obviously on their game too because the windows are so clear this shot looks like it could have been taken outside.

u can rid of the window look using photoshop not sure if that he did but it can be done

nice pic it adds so much height there its great

[Lover Fighter]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I gather this will be Vancouver (and BC)'s second tallest when completed?

[ckkelley]

Yes. Number Two.

156m - 517ft.

[martinishaker]

Depends on One Wall
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=1

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by Phil McAvity

Wow, nice shot OD.

There isn't even a slight reflection of you or anything else in the room with that pic. Not only that but the window washers at the TD building are obviously on their game too because the windows are so clear this shot looks like it could have been taken outside.

Could have been the time of day - less light bouncing around. I don't even think I turned off the boardroom lights for that shot (and it was just with the pocket camera (Pentax Optio))

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I was thinking there were just 3 floors to go. i.e. 10 floors above the "kink" where the facade angles inwards.

[Some guy]

Does anyone have or can anyone take a pic showing Georgia in the skyline? I wanna see how much of an effect this has had so far.
Please and Thank you.

[martinishaker]

Numinous webcam
http://www.numinous.ca/Webcam%20Page.htm

[entheosfog]

Here's a few shots of it from my travels around downtown yesterday:

[officedweller]

Thanks.

You can really see in those shots how the upper balconies poke out farther and counter the angling back of the facade.

[Prometheus]

Originally Posted by officedweller

I was thinking there were just 3 floors to go. i.e. 10 floors above the "kink" where the facade angles inwards.

But if you look closely on the renders, there appears to be 11 floors above the bend. Thus, if the renders are correct, there are 4 floors to go, plus a 3-floor-high roof feature. So, in effect, there are 7 more floors to go, height wise.

[Locked In]

It looks like the pre-cast is being installed today on the Howe Street facade - my photo:


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[itinerant]

Originally Posted by Locked In

It looks like the pre-cast is being installed today on the Howe Street facade

They started yesterday, and are making good progress upwards. You may not be able to tell in that photo, but the lobby glass on Howe Street facade has been installed too. You may also see that there are tabs installed on the masonry wall all the way up that will be used to attach an extension of the horizontal grille between each floor by another meter.

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by Prometheus

But if you look closely on the renders, there appears to be 11 floors above the bend. Thus, if the renders are correct, there are 4 floors to go, plus a 3-floor-high roof feature. So, in effect, there are 7 more floors to go, height wise.

Yeah, you're right.

[dleung]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Hopefully there will be some sort of differentiation between the angled facades and the straight facades, as the angled facades depend on that to make them stand out.

I agree. Anything to minimize the readability of the secondary geometries. I already resent the fact that there's multiple "pieces" of tower being mashed together. They really should have tucked back the non-sloped parts of the tower to bring out the sloped part.

[Locked In]

Curtain wall is starting to climb the south side of the tower. My BB photos, today:



Pre-cast cladding on Howe:

[SFUVancouver]

Taken by SFUVancouver, December 9th, 2010.