[Halifax] Life Sciences Research Centre | 20 m | 5 fl | Completed

[-Harlington-]

gettin enough of this one aha:

[Halifax Hillbilly]

Originally Posted by someone123

Not sure it's possible since they are condos, but I wish the Summer Gardens lot were a little different. It seems unnecessary to do the tower-in-the-park thing right next to the Public Gardens. One could imagine some lowrise buildings along the street kind of like the old Garden Crest apartments one block away. Even a row of houses like what you see on Robie or Carlton would look great.

I agree, and the tower down the street next to Sacred Heart has the same issue. I think Summer Gardens entire lot is an underground parking structure with the garden and tower on top. I'm not sure how this plays into the possibility of putting something on top, but you've got to think the land is valuable.

[Dmajackson]

[Dmajackson]

From today;

[Dmajackson]

Most of the progress this month appears to have been on the northern (College) facade;

[Dmajackson]

Progress seems to be a bit slow on BioScience but it's getting there. The LSRI building is almost done it facade.

[Jonovision]

I didn't know they were gonna be connecting this with a pedway?!

[worldlyhaligonian]

It was initially an elevator going up the Tupper building, but this is much more attractive.

[worldlyhaligonian]

I had my doubts, but this is looking pretty damn good.

Density is going through the roof in the western part of downtown.

[someone123]

Parts of the cladding looks quite nice. I am impressed with all the new cladding materials being used these days (glass, metal, etc). They've come a long way over the past 20-30 years. The quality of new buildings in Halifax has also gone way, way up since the 90s.

[worldlyhaligonian]

So, where is the 19 story building that appears in the master plan going?

[worldlyhaligonian]

http://campusplan.dal.ca/Files/Report_Sept_2009.pdf

[Jonovision]

I believe it is to go right next to this building in the parking lot on the corner of Summer and University.

[Jonovision]

A couple more pics from today.

[Dmajackson]

From earlier;

[Dmajackson]

04/06/2010;

[worldlyhaligonian]

I don't really like the yellow... they should have done the whole thing in the metal cladding.

[someone123]

Yeah, the yellow cladding is hideous.

[Jonovision]

The yellow is really bad. I was hoping for some wood paneling myself.

[Dmajackson]

From yesterday;