[Halifax] The Doyle | ??m | 7 fl | Completed

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The precast panels have started going up.

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[hired_goons]

thanks Jonovision for these excellent updates

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You're welcome

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[Keith P.]

Originally Posted by someone123

Imagine how much better the area might have been if the old buildings were preserved and the Doyle block went in behind the library.

That would be rather difficult since John Savage gave the land to Dal in the mid-1990s.

[ScovaNotian]

Does anyone recall how the cladding material was described in the planning application? The precast doesn't look bad, but it doesn't look like what's in the renderings either.

[Ziobrop]

Originally Posted by ScovaNotian

Does anyone recall how the cladding material was described in the planning application? The precast doesn't look bad, but it doesn't look like what's in the renderings either.

yep. thats a sad looking beige. the renderings were white, and much better looking IMHO.
bleh. i was hoping this would turn out better then i thought - nope. its worse.

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[mleblanc]

Originally Posted by Ziobrop

yep. thats a sad looking beige. the renderings were white, and much better looking IMHO.
bleh. i was hoping this would turn out better then i thought - nope. its worse.

The white did look nice, sad that it didn't quite turn out that way - I'm still holding out for this one though. It's actually coming together nicely. Excited to see how the glass looks on the upper floors

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[Dmajackson]

Halifax Developments Blog (Photo by David Jackson)

[RoshanMcG]

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[beyeas]

From some views I don't mind this building. But when I see that last one (looking diagonally across Queen) all I can think of is how poorly that compares to how the previous building addressed that corner. It is a far cry from the original in terms of detailing etc. Old one had presence, especially given the details, whereas the new one is just a big sharp building corner that does nothing to address what is a high traffic pedestrian area.

[Jstaleness]

Originally Posted by RoshanMcG

You could look at this angle in a few years and I bet many would guess the building on the left is newer.

[Keith P.]

I think it's too early to judge this one yet just based upon the panels that are there right now. A lot will be determined how they handle the street-level details.