Ugly Canada 2 (Only architecture, planning and design faux pas)

[Wigs]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Baydo-re-me-fa-sol...

Bay-do-take-me-soul

I thought this was a Google sketchup rendering superimposed on the actual site for a second. Nope! That's the actual completed project




O-tacular, I knew a guy that lived in one of the taller commie blocks you posted.
After seeing his apartment with one of the worst views from his balcony I was very thankful to live just north of downtown in Renfrew in a human scale sized 4 storey building by comparison.

[O-tacular]

I also thought it was a Sketchup model at first. It’s so bad it creates an optical illusion of artificiality. It’s the uncanny valley of ugliness.

Your poor friend must have had a depressing view. The west end of DT is still drab but now features contemporary flourishes of cartoon NYC condo architecture.

[theman23]

Originally Posted by Truenorth00

We actually looked at those. You know what's an aesthetically nicer development? Hendrick's Farm down the street. My wife and I particularly love these:


I wish we had more developers who genuinely cared about urbanism. They'd build less ugly stuff too.

A former co worker actually moved back home and bought in this development. I don't think it'll ever be more than a little exurban town square, but its certainly got a nice cohesive style to it. Not sure about the price - I'm fairly certain you can get a lot of nice houses in some pretty good Ottawa neighborhoods in this range, but they'll probably have less of a headache buying a new house pretending to be old than an actual old house.

[O-tacular]

Liminal space vibes in every rendering of Baydo towers:

[Echoes]

I'm sure you'll all be shocked to learn that Baydo's engineering and construction practices are as sound as their design chops:

1 person hospitalized after partial collapse of Saskatoon building, say police

Surely they'll be sued and/or fined into oblivion eventually? Right? Right? (I have to hold out hope for this as a Saskatonian captive to their abominations.)

[MolsonExport]

Is Baydo Mexican for soul-sucking?

[GeneralLeeTPHLS]

Maybe they'll be the solution to the housing shortage, just build commie blocks en-masse in new settlements across Canada.

[O-tacular]

Another office to residential beauty from Calgary:







https://calgary.skyrisecities.com/fo...x-group.37951/

Cidex is the spandrel king!

[Architype]

^ Porta-potty blue is a nice colour.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Architype

^ Porta-potty blue is a nice colour.

Calgary already has a giant blue porta potty condo building:





The coiled turd in front of the bunker podium suits it perfectly!



The back side is even worse!

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.0400...8192?entry=ttu

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.0389...8192?entry=ttu

[phone]

Originally Posted by GeneralLeeTPHLS

Maybe they'll be the solution to the housing shortage, just build commie blocks en-masse in new settlements across Canada.

They'll have to figure out how to take less than 5 years to build each one if that's their plan

[MolsonExport]

I was in Niagara Falls this past weekend. This tower was very near my hotel (I stayed at the Embassy Suites, next door).

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

I was in Niagara Falls this past weekend. This tower was very near my hotel (I stayed at the Embassy Suites, next door).

Was it still playing the Halloween theme?

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[MolsonExport]

^alas, I was with extended family, and couldn't get away long enough to trek half a block down to Castle Dracula (which, according to online reviews, is a terrible experience).



Speaking of ugly,

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