[Dylan Leblanc]

Here's a 28 storey tower in the suburbs of Victoria that has been on-hold for a year and a half. :(

http://gingert.net/images/finlayson/finlayson07.jpg


And a 14 storey down the street that is also on-hold.

http://gingert.net/images/finlayson/finlayson09.jpg


My pix

[Matrix19]

Quebec City :
New Federal building under construction

http://a.imagehost.org/0704/P1010265.jpg

http://h.imagehost.org/0566/P1010317.jpg

[ZeDgE]

The Core from last weekend. Man.. I love this place, can't wait till its completed.

Up.
http://members.shaw.ca/zedge/Calgary/May%202010/2010-05-08%2012.41.34.jpg

West
http://members.shaw.ca/zedge/Calgary/May%202010/2010-05-08%2012.43.06.jpg

East
http://members.shaw.ca/zedge/Calgary/May%202010/2010-05-08%2012.43.14.jpg

[caltrane74]

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga-3a/20100516067.jpg

Lumaire condo, Burano in the foreground. By jasonzed at SSC.

[1ajs]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044/4634760322_3637a3ecc8_o.jpg

[Dylan Leblanc]

cool pix guys!

[vid]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4005/4638528778_2114c3c323_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vidioman/4638528778/)

Once this building is gone, the land will be transferred to the province and construction on the Thunder Bay District Consolidated Courthouse will begin in autumn. The construction of a hotel and two condominiums, all seven storeys, will begin at roughly the same time. There is another seven storey condo building proposed in the suburbs, but I haven't checked up on that. Renderings of the courthouse won't be published until autumn.

[caltrane74]

by Jasonzed at SSC

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga/20100521a006.jpg

[caltrane74]

by me

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/4787/sany1013.jpg

[caltrane74]

looking for cranes...

by me

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/4987/sany1020.jpg

[caltrane74]

by me

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/8326/sany1042.jpg

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/2930/sany1045.jpg

[WhipperSnapper]

Looks like One Bedford turned out okay. Hopefully sone of the old retail tenants return for the sake of the UofT crowd.

[SFUVancouver]

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/6403/harbourgreenthreemay282.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, May 28th, 2010.

This photo was taken from the accessible part of the Vancouver Convention Centre green roof, which slopes up from Harbour Green Park to the inaccessible 6 acre living roof of the convention centre. It's looking pretty good after only two years of growth.

[Jimby]

The Talisman Sports Centre is getting a new fabric roof. It was snowing and raining when I shot this pic last evening.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4003/4651312948_61d3e4659d_b.jpg

[Dylan Leblanc]

Here is the old Hudson's Bay Company department store in Victoria which is undergoing renovation and conversion to retail. The restored facade has recently been uncovered.


http://gingert.net/images/hudson-2010.05.27-01.jpg


http://gingert.net/images/hudson-2010.05.27-02.jpg


http://gingert.net/images/hudson-2010.05.27-04.jpg


http://gingert.net/images/hudson-2010.05.27-03.jpg


Pix from - http://www.vibrantvictoria.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=1200&page=54

[Matrix19]

Quebec city - Complexe Jules Dallaire
screenshots from a video on youtube :

http://a.imagehost.org/0644/ozone2.jpg


Quebec city - Complexe Jules Dallaire / Update :
First tower completed 17 story

The second tower is for the next year and should be between 17 to 27 floors (including condos)

--------------------------
Photos from flickr

25 mars 2010 by M. Beaulne (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mblne1/)
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/4462683365_9b72aff12f_b.jpg

--

28 mai 2010 by -AX- (http://www.flickr.com/photos/axelrd/)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3399/4647931516_9dfb9ee51c_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4642050467_58bc36bdce_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4642050599_3342b84dd0_o.jpg

[Nicko999]

It turned out better than I personally expected.:tup:

[Jimby]

EAP

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/4657855762_8a31013e70_b.jpg

Bow

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4657570908_35e52f370e_b.jpg

[Jimby]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4662008405_6db35b9861_b.jpg

[caltrane74]

by me

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/5916/sany0967.jpg

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/8664/sany0966.jpg

[caltrane74]

Shangrila Toronto by me.. Witheffex!!!

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/2177/sany0946.jpg

ICE - Gettinghawt!!!!!!

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/8108/sany0971.jpg

The Rigging is Beginning !!!

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/5928/sany0969.jpg

Zm1ogy8pLFk

[caltrane74]

Lotsa bitching here. 5 June 2010: back to reality:

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/492/dsc08709.jpg

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/8881/dsc08711ri.jpg

MV5 from urbandreamer at SSC

[WhipperSnapper]

You barely see the different coloured accents (at least for now). Be cool to see entire buildings clad in red, purple, and yellow at least from street level. The unit owners may have a different opinion.

[caltrane74]

I thought the coloured accents were on the tower itself.

[WhipperSnapper]

do you not see them in that photo?

[caltrane74]

No, so far it looks like a typical Toronto green condo. - Nothing very cherry or bright about it. Although I will admit the glass is way above par. Very nice.

[1ajs]

just after construction fences go up to start work on a new daycare enter and heritage house restoration of the 2nd oldest and oldest 2 story house in winnipeg i wake up to depressing news that some dick set fire to it again gah what a eye sore and depressing mess this poor house has become :( so much history


http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1283/4678128805_a16b5bf479_b.jpg

http://www.pointdouglas.com/plugins/p17_image_gallery/images/537.jpg

[caltrane74]

oh geez, I see the accents now...

duh..

can't believe I missed that.

Very timid.. goodloard.

[Jimby]

Peace Bridge designed by Santiago Calatrava under construction across the Bow river, and Casel condos in the distance.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4680924545_787ac50550_b.jpg


Bow river and The Bow

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4017/4680956979_244989c6a8_b.jpg

[Cambridgite]

Thought this deserved its own post.

Barrelyards, Uptown Waterloo...soil clearing is well underway.

Definitely click on this link. This thing rivals some of the projects in Toronto and Vancouver in terms of scale.

http://www.auburndev.com/index.php?cID=126

Phase 1 includes a hotel, condos, and apartment buildings (total of 1006 units of residential over the whole project). The twin office towers come later (currently, a lot of new office inventory is coming onto the market across the region).

http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac273/leaffan431/The%20BarrelYards/BY41.jpg
http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac273/leaffan431/The%20BarrelYards/BY42.jpg

(Source: RangersFan of www..com)

[Cambridgite]

Some more projects across the tri-cities include:

Arrow Lofts, downtown Kitchener

For a long time, not much of anything was happening with this project and there were a lot of issues with soil contamination, followed by the recession.

Now, there is significant renovation underway and an underground parking garage is being built beside the building.

What you see here is just Phase 1. Phase 2 will include a 16 storey condominium.

A sales centre is expected to be established in the fall.

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Kitchener/Arrow%20Lofts/ArrowLofts-May312010-4.jpg

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Kitchener/Arrow%20Lofts/ArrowLofts-May312010-5.jpg

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Kitchener/Arrow%20Lofts/ArrowLofts-May312010-6.jpg

(Source: UrbanWaterloo at www..com)



Balsillie School of International Affairs, Uptown Waterloo

http://media.therecord.topscms.com/images/f5/9b/7f0c754046b38b9ed4537bf65e30.jpeg
http://news.therecord.com/article/468598[/B][/CENTER]

http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac273/leaffan431/Balsillie%20school%20of%20international%20affairs/JB88.jpg

http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac273/leaffan431/Balsillie%20school%20of%20international%20affairs/JB89.jpg

http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac273/leaffan431/Balsillie%20school%20of%20international%20affairs/JB810.jpg

(Source: RangersFan at www..com)


Waterloo Region Consolidated Courthouse, downtown Kitchener.

No renderings available, which is odd for such a large construction project.

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Kitchener/Waterloo%20Region%20Consolidated%20Courthouse/WaterlooRegionConsolidatedCourth-28.jpg

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Kitchener/Waterloo%20Region%20Consolidated%20Courthouse/WaterlooRegionConsolidatedCourth-29.jpg[/

(source: UrbanWaterloo at www..com)



Waterscape Condominiums, downtown Cambridge (Galt)

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Cambridge/Waterscape/Waterscape-June42010-1.jpg

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Cambridge/Waterscape/Waterscape-June42010-2.jpg

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Cambridge/Waterscape/Waterscape-June42010-3a.jpg

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Cambridge/Waterscape/Waterscape-June42010-4.jpg

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Cambridge/Waterscape/Waterscape-June42010-7.jpg

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Cambridge/Waterscape/Waterscape-June42010-8.jpg

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Cambridge/Waterscape/Waterscape-June42010-9.jpg

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Cambridge/Waterscape/Waterscape-June42010-10.jpg

(source: UrbanWaterloo at www..com)

[vanman]

A prelude to Shangri la Toronto?
(West Pender Place)
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/6439/westpenderplacep1june32.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, June 3rd, 2010.

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/8030/westpenderplacep2june32.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, June 3rd, 2010.

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/1580/westpenderplacep3june32.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, June 3rd, 2010.

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/9518/westpenderplacep4june32.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, June 3rd, 2010.

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/2/westpenderplacep5june32.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, June 3rd, 2010.

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/6950/westpenderplacep6june32.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, June 3rd, 2010.

Jameson House really coming into its own.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/4673586920_24b32e814a_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/4673586920_24b32e814a_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/4673586802_c282a6c3b7_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/4673586802_c282a6c3b7_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4673586952_3ae908e2a9_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4673586952_3ae908e2a9_b.jpg

Photos by me.

Some assorted Burnaby projects
Perspectives
http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/7307/perspectivesjune32010p1.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, June 3rd, 2010.

Affinity
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/2105/affinityjune32010p12002.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, June 3rd, 2010.

Motif
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/7715/motifjune32010p1200301.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, June 3rd, 2010.

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/9595/motifp2june32010p120029.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, June 3rd, 2010.

Citi
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/7021/citip2june32010p1200292.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, June 3rd, 2010.

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/8158/citijune32010p1200303.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, June 3rd, 2010.

[caltrane74]

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/6950/westpenderplacep6june32.jpg


THIS TOWER IS ONFYR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I luvthis! bring it here!! please and thank you...

[WhipperSnapper]

Dont get me wrong, the tower is great however, I hope Shangri-la Toronto is on another level compared to this. I'm not keen on the random spandrel glass. It doesn't seem to work here. I'm also not a fan of curtain wall/ window-wall blends on a four sided lot. It just adds another unnecessary layer and rarely do they compliment each other. Use one or the other. The concrete core is a little weird too.

[vanman]

^ I agree with you about the glazing.

As for the concrete cores, I'm guessing it has to do with the extreme narrowness of the site that can only fully be appreciated from the air:
http://imgur.com/tiR8F.jpg

They could have been easily hidden but the plan is for them to be illuminated by LEDs which could turn out very cool:

The solid cores at the two towers will be animated by the introduction of a random horizontal pattern in the concrete achieved by a series of reveals. It is planned to further activate the patterned core walls with an LED cove lighting system running the height of the building that will further accentuate the texture of this wall. It is being considered that this lighting system may be further developed to react to external inputs that will result in changing the colour and pattern of the light and that this may become the project’s public art contribution.
http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/planning/dpboard/2007/PDF/1499WestPenderSt-DE411520.pdf

[SpongeG]

oops

KKIZk4qAqKU

GvWRKojULbo

[1ajs]

that is a fail for sure. u nock ur street facing walls down first avoiding stuff like this

reminds me a of afail i was witnes to 2 yrs ago
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2033/2459017949_2d0e3658a7_o.jpg

[WhipperSnapper]

As for the concrete cores, I'm guessing it has to do with the extreme narrowness of the site that can only fully be appreciated from the air:

That is one narrow site. The LED sounds interesting as well as I do like the horizontal bands.


The two collapses is ridiculous and demo sites extending onto public sidewalks happen all the time here.

[Dylan Leblanc]

Wasn't it the demolition of the Uptown theatre in TO that turned out tragic?

[1ajs]

the one here dylan came within seonds of killing a dude

[caltrane74]

Haha.. I saw that collaspe on the news this morning...awesome. Unless you're a pedestrian getting killedt by falling concrete.


MV5 THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT HAS FOREVER CHANGED!!!

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/2280/sany1012.jpg

by me

[yyzer]

The entrance and courtyard of the Chicago condo (Mississauga) have been opened over the last few days, and there are a few people living in the tower now....here are pics from the courtyard...

courtyard with tower on the right....

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/4698061093_f597defb56_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4698696822_9256958f6b_b.jpg

still a lot of work to do....
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4004/4698697258_5f560172a9_b.jpg

One Park Tower across the way....

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4024/4698697718_11132329f0_b.jpg

[Dylan Leblanc]

Cool. Mississauga it really doing incredible things these days. Or not.

j/k! thanks for the pics! :)

[Dylan Leblanc]

I heard some noise outside so I turned around to look, and oh my there is work going on in the vacent lot next to where I work. A 12 storey office building is proposed here.

http://gingert.net/images/wetlandsnomore-2010.06.14.jpg


Last week the marsh that had formed in the hole left by the previous building on the site was drained. Bye-bye eco-system!

http://vibrantvictoria.ca/pictures/Concert-lot-June-09b-2010.jpg


This is Victoria, btw. You can tell by all the colourful buildings.

[Dmajackson]

And some people think Halifax isn't growing ... (Link provided to original post for more photos/credit);

19 Portland Street (5 floors):
credit: Jonovision

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/jonovision/IMG_3749.jpg?t=1276307892

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/jonovision/IMG_3773.jpg?t=1276307972 (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=145096&page=4)

King's Wharf (two 14 floors):
Credit: Jonovision

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/jonovision/IMG_3759.jpg?t=1276308033 (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=139715&page=25)

Waterfront Power Station (various):
credit: me

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1290/4670247281_7afdc5e35a_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4051/4670875670_97fa31d29e_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4063/4670257923_693b64dfde_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/4670880570_5a6b536849_b.jpg (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=153811&page=13)

Seaport Farmer's Market (2 floors):
credit: me

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4066/4700355264_c94ed831e0_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044/4699727149_ce3fe3af3c_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4699732579_bdc5e3b954_b.jpg (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=141442&page=7)

Life Sciences Research Institute/Biosciences (two 5 floors):
credit: me

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/4693348973_fbf21db06b_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/4693981756_b75b1aecc2_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4693351801_68828a35ef_b.jpg (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=139985&page=5)

The Trillium (19 floors):
credit: me

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/4694029516_4450491a1f_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/4694035398_00c9b87c34_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4017/4694039614_c8b2c85c1d_b.jpg (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=139791&page=43)

6955 Bayers (9 floors):
credit: me

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4695331828_1cfc2e0a33_b.jpg (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=166013&page=4)

Dalhousie Offices (4 floors):
credit: Jonovision

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/jonovision/IMG_3806.jpg?t=1276390067

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/jonovision/IMG_3807.jpg?t=1276390092 (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=144892&page=4)

5552 Kaye (7 floors):
credit: me

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/4695328660_f883003b0f_b.jpg (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=153037&page=11)

Hollis @ Morris (10 floors):
Credit: me

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4007/4693367751_8b58b8b9e6_b.jpg (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=152199&page=14)

[caltrane74]

ICE Excavation by Jasonzed at SSC


http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Mississauga/20100612123.jpg

[Jimby]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4710355829_a3425aec03_b.jpg


photo by me using Nikon and iPhoto and Picnik

[1ajs]

Royal bank building rehab
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4051/4707875401_40565e63ae_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4708508024_600b8578a6_b.jpghttp://farm5.static.flickr.com/4051/4710439193_b3df17c66d_b.jpg

[caltrane74]

Bloor Street Rebuilding by me

http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/8308/sany1129.jpg

[Calgarian]

New glass bridge in the Core mall in downtown Calgary. This project just keeps getting better.

The CORE

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/8985/image822.jpg (http://img149.imageshack.us/i/image822.jpg/)

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/1145/image823.jpg (http://img192.imageshack.us/i/image823.jpg/)

[caltrane74]

by me

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/5177/sany1126.jpg

[Cambridgite]

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Waterloo/SAM_0529.jpg

Source: UrbanWaterloo of www..com

The crane on the left was just installed today. It's building the new luxury hotel as part of the Barrelyards development.

http://www.decadegroup.ca/images/domain1.jpg

Which is part of this development.

Once this is done, it will, on it's own, be the #1 skyline for Waterloo region.

(see link below for photos)
http://www.auburndev.com/index.php?cID=126

The crane on the right is the Balsillie School of International Affairs...a new post-secondary campus in the uptown core.

http://media.therecord.topscms.com/images/f5/9b/7f0c754046b38b9ed4537bf65e30.jpeg

[WhipperSnapper]

New glass bridge in the Core mall in downtown Calgary. This project just keeps getting better.

just awesome

[Jimby]

Sturgess designed house with a steel structure, on the escarpment in Parkhill overlooking Stanley Park, the Elbow river valley and the Rockies beyond.


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4713158643_f3801821bb_b.jpg

[Traynor]

For all you steel lovers out there, the new Ottawa convention center is off the charts! These pics don't show the scale of it. Standing on the street and looking up, it's a beast! (Look at the size of those workers in there!)

(All photos taken by me today on my iPhone)

When finished the front of this will look like a giant crystal egg.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1386/4722177654_1194fbc33a_b.jpg

This is only half of the building. The rest goes back to the left a hundred or more feet.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1047/4721525787_d47a18c074_b.jpg

Close up of one section. Look at the size if the worker and the steel columns!
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1153/4722222292_115e381593_b.jpg

Giant Panorama
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1022/4722176824_c89657aeb5_b.jpg
(Pano created from 12 pics from my iPhone and processed by Autostitch www.autostitch.net )

[Dylan Leblanc]

cool pics!

[Traynor]

^ Thanks Dylan.

I also found a webcam for the construction site of the new Ottawa Convention Center. Here's a screen capture taken at 7pm this evening. The Crystal EGG form of the building is taking shape.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1367/4722747806_a4c3a1daac_b.jpg
(Courtesy PCL Webcam http://ottawaconventioncentre.com/en/media-centre/construction-webcam )

The OCC thread is found here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=140072

[Cambridgite]

I'm very excited to see how that Ottawa Convention Center turns out. Anyone have a render?

Speaking of renderings of large public sector buildings, the rendering for the Waterloo Regional Consolidated Courthouse was just released yesterday.

Artist's conceptual rendering of the courthouse exterior: Frederick & Duke
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Kitchener/Waterloo%20Region%20Consolidated%20Courthouse/WRCCCourthouseExterior.jpg

Artist's conceptual rendering of the courthouse atrium
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Kitchener/Waterloo%20Region%20Consolidated%20Courthouse/WRCCAtrium.jpg


Local politicians getting their photo op.

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Kitchener/Waterloo%20Region%20Consolidated%20Courthouse/WaterlooRegionConsolidatedCourth-46.jpg

Pics of construction site.

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Kitchener/Waterloo%20Region%20Consolidated%20Courthouse/WaterlooRegionConsolidatedCourth-48.jpg

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Kitchener/Waterloo%20Region%20Consolidated%20Courthouse/WaterlooRegionConsolidatedCourth-49.jpg

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Kitchener/Waterloo%20Region%20Consolidated%20Courthouse/WaterlooRegionConsolidatedCourth-50.jpg

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Kitchener/Waterloo%20Region%20Consolidated%20Courthouse/WaterlooRegionConsolidatedCourth-51.jpg

(photos by UrbanWaterloo of www..com)

http://www..com/showthread.php/28-Waterloo-Region-Consolidated-Courthouse-%7C-28-m-%7C-7-fl-%7C-U-C-(Completion-March-2013)/page8

[Cambridgite]

Balsillie School of International Affairs

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb210/Cambridgite/Uptown%20Waterloo/Barrelyards002.jpg

Barrelyards luxury hotel beginning construction

Will be joined by:

-two 11 storey office buildings, linked by an atrium, with retail at base
-12 storey apartment building
-18 storey apartment building
-21 storey apartment building
-two 25 condominium towers with retail at base

With 1006 residential units, this place will be a town onto itself!

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb210/Cambridgite/Uptown%20Waterloo/Barrelyards001.jpg

(Pics by me)


66 Weber St. E

New development approved in downtown Kitchener

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Kitchener/dts-10-117-Page73.jpg

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Kitchener/dts-10-117-Page75.jpg http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Kitchener/dts-10-117-Page77.jpg

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Kitchener/dts-10-117-Page22.jpg

The corner across from the construction site (new courthouse shown in above post) is where the apartment building is going.

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Kitchener/66WeberStreetEastKitchener-June2220.jpg

(All pics of 66 Weber provided by UrbanWaterloo of www..com)

Not really sure how I feel about this one. The design is blah. It adds a bit of density to the area, which doesn't hurt. I'm just glad it's on the edge of downtown, not on a prominent corner.

[yyzer]

nifty excavation shot of Parc Nuvo, 36 storey condo underway in Etobicoke (west end of Toronto), posted on UT by Tridelwebmaster....

http://tridel.com/parcnuvo/images/20100620-parcnuvo-construction.jpg

[O-Town Hockey]

Here's are a couple renders of the above-pictured Ottawa Convention Centre:

http://ottawaconventioncentre.com/_files/images/main/developmentUpdate.jpg

http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2008/10/02/ot-081002-ottawa-congress-centre.jpg

[yyzer]

Very Nice!......

[Jimby]

a new project:
http://www.livelumino.com
Manchester district south of downtown

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1112/4724037182_ef748ae6ee_b.jpg

[Traynor]

Super-Colossal-Update of the Ottawa Convention Centre. I took these today with my point and shoot Olympus, hoping to get better detail than my iPhone.

The panos were all created using Autostitch found at www.autostitch.net

First a pano taken from the same spot the above renders would be from:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1067/4733978376_39b06a372d_b.jpg

Now a close up with a canal tour boat passing by.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1366/4733340161_9dc92a760e_b.jpg

From the Laurier Bridge, looking toward the MacKenzie King Bridge and showing the O.C.C's proximity to Parliament Hill and the Peace Tower on the left. (The Chateau Laurier hotel is center, behind the OCC in this picture.)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1145/4733336895_616ebcfc89_b.jpg

Close up of that shot:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1015/4733337943_d7a8f00a41_b.jpg

Closer still. This time from the MacKenzie King Bridge. Note the framing for the glazing is moving along quite nicely.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1069/4733338903_963c8cd087_b.jpg

Close up of the guys working on installing the framework for the curved front glazing. These photos don't show the mass and scale of this building. The first floor ceiling, which they are working near, will be 70 feet (21 meters) over your head.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1357/4733980740_2f8e7567b9_b.jpg

Here is the North end of the "Egg" shaped front of the building being worked on. Get a load of the size of the steel beams and columns compared to that worker!!!!!

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1235/4733342493_f76d4da51b_b.jpg

Look at the interior of this part of the OCC. Can you get a sense of the scale of that one beam? There is a man in the cherry picker in the foreground and that is a staircase on the interior next to the beam. It must be 7 feet high!

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1131/4733343537_b955c556b8_b.jpg

Top to bottom pano from the MacKenzie King Bridge.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1365/4733343801_91a48e31e4_b.jpg

Finally, a 25 image pano from the street below the facade. (Colonel By Drive)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1364/4733979726_786772d85b_b.jpg

[SFUVancouver]

Jameson House as seen from Cordova Street
http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/9630/jamesonhousefarawayjune.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, June 25th, 2010.

They were flying out the curving balcony forms.
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9326/jamesonhouseflyingformj.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, June 25th, 2010.

From street level.
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/5188/jamesonhousefrombelowju.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, June 25th, 2010.

A view of just how much the balconies cantilever.
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/2715/jamesonhousecantileverj.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, June 25th, 2010.

[Jimby]

window painting for Stampede with the Bow and Stampede flags in the reflection

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1140/4734149348_e307ff8f47_b.jpg

[1ajs]

tripy...
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs041.ash2/35402_404807488197_116619878197_4366492_685179_n.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3039/2943395604_1692d11e79_o.jpg

[citizen j]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4710355829_a3425aec03_b.jpg


photo by me using Nikon and iPhoto and Picnik

Nice shot down Centre St. That thing is a monster! (In a good way). It really does an amazing job of redistributing the E/W balance of the CBD.

[1ajs]

winnipegs new air terminal
video from winnipeg sun
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid9410923001?bctid=102857284001

[Jimby]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4080/4755735821_3a66ea9f0e_b.jpg

[Dylan Leblanc]

great photos everyone!!

[Jimby]

Talisman Centre's fabric roof replacement - $30 million or more?

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4137/4755729879_a6e6db648a_b.jpg

[SpongeG]

winnipegs new air terminal
video from winnipeg sun
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid9410923001?bctid=102857284001

looks good - dumb question but can you get direct flights to europe from winnipeg?

[Nicko999]

looks good - dumb question but can you get direct flights to europe from winnipeg?

No, only to Iceland.

[RTD]

No, only to Iceland.

A few of those routes are only gas-up stops in Iceland, which continue on to London, so yes, you can get direct flights to Europe from Winnipeg :)

In addition, with the expanded terminal capacity, more non-stop US and International destinations, including Europe will likely be added with the increase in passenger traffic.

[caltrane74]

Jamison House is da SHIT!!
- I totally luv that thing!!



ok.. I was walking around Liberty Village yesterday and I found this. No clue what it is or how tall it is.. just interesting photo.

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/4752/sany1359.jpg

[caltrane74]

MV5 underconstruction by me

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4093/4760455157_414007a798_b.jpg

[MTLskyline]

Le Hotel St-Martin in Montreal is now finished and open.


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4762840674_3791a4b247.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4136/4762836706_670a888b69.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4115/4762840668_dd4873e288_b.jpg

http://mtlurb.com/forums/showthread.php?p=91754#post91754

[Metro-One]

MV5 underconstruction by me

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4093/4760455157_414007a798_b.jpg

Really like this pic, I love a busy city scene!

[caltrane74]

I didn't realize how busy looking king street is from this angle, until I took the picture.

interesting stuff...

[Dylan Leblanc]

Victoria


947 Fort

http://gingert.net/images/victoria-2010.07.05-06.jpg


834 Johnson

http://gingert.net/images/victoria-2010.07.05-02.jpg


Recent infill behind a heritage building.

http://gingert.net/images/victoria-2010.07.05-05.jpg


BC Ferries HQ

http://gingert.net/images/victoria-2010.07.05-01.jpg


My pix :frog:

[Cambridgite]

Update Crane is up for the Waterloo Regional Consolidated Courthouse!

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Kitchener/Waterloo%20Region%20Consolidated%20Courthouse/WaterlooRegionConsolidatedCourth-57.jpg

Streetview: Duke & Queen
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Kitchener/Waterloo%20Region%20Consolidated%20Courthouse/WaterlooRegionConsolidatedCourth-58.jpg

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Kitchener/Waterloo%20Region%20Consolidated%20Courthouse/WaterlooRegionConsolidatedCourth-62.jpg

Rendering of final product

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/UrbanWaterloo/Kitchener/Waterloo%20Region%20Consolidated%20Courthouse/WRCCCourthouseExterior.jpg

Souce: UrbanWaterloo from http://www..com/showthread.php/28-Waterloo-Region-Consolidated-Courthouse-%7C-28-m-%7C-7-fl-%7C-Completion-March-2013/page10

[1ajs]

patterson global foods school of culinary arts red river colledge redevelopment of union tower




http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4767500675_baf34c9955_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4142/4768139864_d55b16b07c_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/4768109004_322060d787_b.jpg

[Jimby]

:previous: nice to see a beautiful old building with a new lease on life.

[caltrane74]

by me

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/9435/sany1472.jpg

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/5149/sany1456.jpg

[1ajs]

:previous: nice to see a beautiful old building with a new lease on life.
indeed and to think it was canadas tallest at one time

[Jimby]

indeed and to think it was canadas tallest at one time

That's interesting to know, thanks!


The Core glass roof from the 3rd floor at Holt Renfrew looking east. The glass roof spans 2 streets and more than 2 city blocks. When the whole shopping centre and Devonian Gardens are done it should look amazing.


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4094/4775184119_27d21d1cb8_b.jpg


The consumers who will be keeping the Core mall prosperous will be cubicled here during the day:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4120/4775061895_08a9d7c736_b.jpg

[Dylan Leblanc]

What a life: "you shall labour in our towers, and consume in our malls, then die"

[caltrane74]

Here is a picture of MV5. The picture is by Mo-tage at UT taken with his new camera

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4102/4777858125_da218e70af_b.jpg

[caltrane74]

by me - Boutique Condos

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/1105/sany1523k.jpg

[dleung]

BC Ferries HQ

http://gingert.net/images/victoria-2010.07.05-01.jpg

My pix :frog:

Wow, I didn't expect Victoria to build sth like that... looks like it belongs in Berlin :)

[caltrane74]

by me

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/7751/sany1520.jpg

[caltrane74]

by me

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/9600/sany1557.jpg

MV5 - at the NEDERLAND ESPANA game..

[Coldrsx]

Collapse of a building under demo/new phased construction onto Edmonton's main street, Jasper Avenue, yesterday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enkqjNfWB9U

[Traynor]

Ottawa Convention Centre Update by me and my iPhone. All Panos were created using Autostich found here http://cvlab.epfl.ch/~brown/autostitch/autostitch.html

(Please excuse the blurry edges of some of the pics....There was a piece of fluff from my pocket on the lens! That'll teach me to clean my pockets! LOL)

First from the Laurier Bridge, showing the Centre and its environs, including the Rideau Canal, Chateau Laurier Hotel and the Parliament buildings.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4118/4794739936_3129183521_b.jpg

Vertical Pano showing the scalloped edges of the "Top-of-a-Tulip-Petal-Lying-On-Its-Side" motif of the exterior glass.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4093/4794107083_2fec58329e_b.jpg

Vertical Pano showing the progress of the framing for exterior glazing. Also, seen is the interior light-well that will span 3 floors of interior space.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4073/4794107595_15d5681b1b_b.jpg

Close-up of the interior light-well.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4139/4794108693_8f6da854e4_b.jpg

Vertical Pano showing the progress of the framing for the exterior glazing. They have completed half of the second level now. Also the Hotel Chateau Laurier in the background.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4077/4794740390_0f34c80513_b.jpg

[Cambridgite]

Sources tell me that this development is 70% sold and the demolition of the houses and 3 storey industrial building on site have started today. Shovels should be in the ground in no time!! :)

144 Park
Uptown Waterloo
Website: www.144park.ca
Developer: Mady Development Corporation (www.madycorp.com)
Site Plan: August 14, 2008 (http://www.city.waterloo.on.ca/Portals/57ad7180-c5e7-49f5-b282-c6475cdb7ee7/DS_DEVAPPROV_documents/Z08-05Allen.pdf)

http://www.madycorp.com/graphics/144park1.jpg
http://www.madycorp.com/144park.html

Source: UrbanWaterloo from www..com

[SFUVancouver]

I happened to have my camera with me today and I took some photos of some u/c buildings in the northern part of Vancouver's downtown core.

Harbour Green Three from the Conventrion Centre.
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/4537/harbourgreenthreeno1jul.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, July 16th, 2010.

Harbour Green Three from Harbour Green Park.
http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/9008/harbourgreenthreeno2jul.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, July 16th, 2010.

Harbour Green Three from Harbour Green Park.
http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/3505/harbourgreenthreeno3jul.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, July 16th, 2010.

West Pender Place from the Seawall.
http://img807.imageshack.us/img807/5460/westpenderplaceno1july1.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, July 16th, 2010.

West Pender Place from Nicola and Hastings.
http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/319/westpenderplaceno2july1.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, July 16th, 2010.

West Pender Place glazing.
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/9290/westpenderplaceno3july1.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, July 16th, 2010.

West Pender Place from Pender and Broughton.
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/5047/westpenderplaceno4july1.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, July 16th, 2010.

Jameson House from Burrard and Pender.
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/5508/jamesonhousefromburrard.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, July 16th, 2010.

Hotel Georgia Tower from Georgia and Howe Street.
http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/4327/hotelgeorgiatowerno1jul.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, July 16th, 2010.

Hotel Georiga Tower again. Awesome.
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/6171/hotelgeorgiatowerno2jul.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, July 16th, 2010.

[Dylan Leblanc]

Residential renovation and vertical addition to old buildings on Yates Street in Victoria.

http://gingert.net/images/victoria-yatesstreet-2010.07.19.jpg

[Dylan Leblanc]

Wow, I didn't expect Victoria to build sth like that... looks like it belongs in Berlin :)

What does "sth" mean?

[caltrane74]

by me


http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/7079/sany1793.jpg