Canada's 10 Tallest U/C - Page 91

Daveography · #**1801** Posted **Jul 30, 2015, 7:51 PM**

^ Relative to its height it is.

Stantec site today:

steveve · #**1802** Posted **Jul 31, 2015, 2:19 AM**

I don't classify One Bloor as 'skinny' either, but rather 'slim'. Skinny buildings for me include 1 King West, RCMI, Theatre Park, 432 Park, etc.

ssiguy · #**1803** Posted **Jul 31, 2015, 2:44 AM**

You think those are thin then come out to Vancouver.

Of course you get use to them but when I go back east and see the buildings and then return you realize just how incredibly skinny Vancouver buildings are.

Daveography · #**1804** Posted **Jul 31, 2015, 2:50 PM**

Stantec (& "Ice District") megapanos:

(Full size - 112 megapixels)

(Full size - 63 megapixels)

TorontoDrew · #**1805** Posted **Jul 31, 2015, 3:37 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by ssiguy

You think those are thin then come out to Vancouver.

Of course you get use to them but when I go back east and see the buildings and then return you realize just how incredibly skinny Vancouver buildings are.

And shorter.

caltrane74 · #**1806** Posted **Aug 2, 2015, 12:13 PM**

huWell yeah, I think from a distance One Bloor looks pretty slim, but actually it is the second biggest condo in the city after Aura and it is going to (along with the One) define the intersection of Yonge-Bloor. Trust me I can't wait for these two hulking skyscrapers to frame the intersection on Yonge. From any distance they will have a very slim ratio.

www.adrianholmesphotography.ca

Mla · #**1807** Posted **Aug 5, 2015, 12:46 AM**

Edmonton

New Stantec tower (250.8m) renderings

TallBob · #**1808** Posted **Aug 5, 2015, 3:35 AM**

^^ Stantec.... Very nice!

Biff · #**1809** Posted **Aug 5, 2015, 2:17 PM**

That last one is an amazing rendering. Edmonton's downtown focal point has just shifted.

esquire · #**1810** Posted **Aug 5, 2015, 2:34 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Biff

That last one is an amazing rendering. Edmonton's downtown focal point has just shifted.

Yeah, usually we see the initial renderings being the nicest ones and then it's often a question of how much the design gets scaled back... but if anything, this round of revised drawings for the new ICE district towers is a real improvement.

Looks good!

Chadillaccc · #**1811** Posted **Aug 6, 2015, 3:31 AM**

Brookfield Place - 247 meters - 56 storeys

The curve of the corners is starting to get quite pronounced...

Canadian Giants by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

DSC_6964 by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

DSC_6965 by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Telus Sky - 222 meters - 59 storeys

Nearing the bottom of the excavation pit...

IMG_7463[1] by EvolvingNow, on Flickr

Photo by Googspecial (SSP) on imgur

Black Star · #**1812** Posted **Aug 6, 2015, 4:01 AM**

Rounded corners on Brookfield Place are sweet.

TorontoDrew · #**1813** Posted **Aug 6, 2015, 2:05 PM**

Ya, a little jealous of that tower. If only BA 2 had done that.

caltrane74 · #**1814** Posted **Aug 6, 2015, 3:13 PM**

Yeah, but BA2 is a throwaway tower. Not really tall enough(196 m) for a design change to make a big impact.

The twin tower thing with its big brother(218m), EY Tower (188m) and INDX (178m) will have a cool compounding effect in the Financial District. Certainly an area that needed an update in addition to getting beefed up.

caltrane74 · #**1815** Posted **Aug 7, 2015, 5:21 AM**

10 YorkStruggles to get above ground - 224 meters

WhipperSnapper · #**1816** Posted **Aug 7, 2015, 5:33 AM**

196 metres may not be the tallest but, it does make an impact. The big brother is the one I could do without too. I'm not impressed by EY Tower either. It includes the usual token gestures to whoo audiences but just comes across as lobsided.

Never liked curved corners, in which case, I prefer that 196 metre throwaway.

Innsertnamehere · #**1817** Posted **Aug 7, 2015, 11:18 AM**

Rounded corners would have ruined BA2. It goes for simplicity, adding corners would ruin that. KPMG tried for a sort of modern internationalist style there.

caltrane74 · #**1818** Posted **Aug 7, 2015, 3:30 PM**

Harbourplaza - (2 Towers) - 224/m/236m

TorontoDrew · #**1819** Posted **Aug 7, 2015, 5:08 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

Rounded corners would have ruined BA2. It goes for simplicity, adding corners would ruin that. KPMG tried for a sort of modern internationalist style there.

It's hard to ruin a box with zero detail. They took BA1 and dumbed it down to something with no style at all. It's a bit of an insult to most of the towers in the core except for Trump. I wonder how much farther down in style they can take BA3.

^^ As for not liking rounded corners, pretty much anything I say you(WS) say the opposite. I love it when I can dictate another forumers opinion so easily just because they've decided long ago to contradict everything I say. You seem to like the rounded corners on the Edmonton tower. LOLOL too funny.

Chadillaccc · #**1820** Posted **Aug 7, 2015, 6:13 PM**

I dunno, it could have used some interest but at least the cladding of BA2 is very high quality.