1160 Main Street East | ? | 7 fl | Complete

[johnnyhamont]

Originally Posted by johnnyhamont

I think it's the material and the weird shade of beige that accompanies the red on this building that turns me off.

The red is a weird shade of red, and it really clashes with the grey and beige


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[Hawrylyshyn]

Remind me of the student residence at 1686 Main St W

[ShavedParmesanCheese]

Only the best Waterloo student res architects for this one eh?

[PaperSun]

Omg that colour is absolutely hideous

[SFUVancouver]

Ouch. Was someone not using accurate colour calibration on their architectural software? Were the material samples even correct? I just have difficulty imaging that when tens of millions of dollars are being committed to the project, the development team reviewed the colour scheme and said "approved".

[ScreamingViking]

I guess we can be grateful that it's not taller. Perhaps larger buildings to the east (@ Ottawa street) and west (Dollarama property) will eventually help block it from view.

But for a while, especially heading eastward down Main, it's going to stick out and resemble layers of puke.

[matt602]

Oh yeah, this ones gonna age well...

[StEC]

Yikes that does not look good at all, hopefully the insides will be much nicer!?

[Chronamut]

I'd comment, but everyone else has already said it so beautifully lol..

This literally looks like it was built out of lego.

[atnor]

All too Hamilton…

[ScreamingViking]

Got a better look at this today in daylight and realized it appears to be stucco.

So on the bright side, I suppose it could be re-painted. On the not-so-bright side, it's stucco.

[johnnyhamont]

Construction nearing completion here:


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[TheRitsman]

At least it can be reclad in 30 years....

Glad to see some density near Ottawa though and some new commercial space.

[HamiltonBoyInToronto]

Much better than the video store/parking lot that was there before , however, the materials and colours make this look very dated and drab , honestly, even a colour chnage from the yellows and reds would have done wonders for the look of this place

[TheRitsman]

The insides are god awful too. I don't know if anyone has seen them.

[Berklon]

Originally Posted by HamiltonBoyInToronto

...honestly, even a colour chnage from the yellows and reds would have done wonders for the look of this place

Agreed. I appreciate them trying to give it a different look, but that colour scheme was the wrong choice. I'd rather they just do different variations of grey than this.

[NortheastWind]

Originally Posted by matt602

Oh yeah, this ones gonna age well...

Based on the comments I assume you're being sarcastic. However, I think it WILL age well. As it discolours and gets a layer of dirt, the brightness will fade and it'll blend in with the old brick structures.

[matt602]

Originally Posted by NortheastWind

Based on the comments I assume you're being sarcastic. However, I think it WILL age well. As it discolours and gets a layer of dirt, the brightness will fade and it'll blend in with the old brick structures.

I was being sarcastic but I didn't consider that either. I also noticed that it does look a little nicer in person last week.

[ScreamingViking]

Originally Posted by NortheastWind

Based on the comments I assume you're being sarcastic. However, I think it WILL age well. As it discolours and gets a layer of dirt, the brightness will fade and it'll blend in with the old brick structures.

A patina, of sorts.

The more I go past it, the less I tend to think about it... at some point, "it just is" will be my opinion. But I think it will age a whole lot better when it's eventually obscured from the east by buildings at the corner of Main and Ottawa, and from the west by something at The Delta.

[LikeHamilton]

The Delta Lofts

https://www.thedeltalofts.com/