[Full Mountain]

I'm pretty sure that is the right view and image, if anyone should know it would be Ctrl!

I'm maintaining my thought that its at the wrong angle, judging from the buildings around it...the one tip should point south and the other more west...the view that is there now would be similar to if it was viewed from the NE not from the N or NW as it looks in the picture :shrug:

maybe i'm looking at it wrong is the break in the diagrid the tip or is it in the middle of the back of the building?

[You Need A Thneed]

I'm maintaining my thought that its at the wrong angle, judging from the buildings around it...the one tip should point south and the other more west...the view that is there now would be similar to if it was viewed from the NE not from the N or NW as it looks in the picture :shrug:

maybe i'm looking at it wrong is the break in the diagrid the tip or is it in the middle of the back of the building?

I think you're seeing it wrong, you can see the spine, and just barely see the west fingertip on CrtlAltDel's drawing, just like you will be able to when it's done.

[Full Mountain]

I think you're seeing it wrong, you can see the spine, and just barely see the west fingertip on CrtlAltDel's drawing, just like you will be able to when it's done.

so my bad...I was looking at the spine and thinking that it was the fingertip

[CtrlAltDel]

These drawings aren't 100% accurate, it would take me to too long to try to be dead on accurate for everything. It's meant as merely an example, and for enjoyment.

Criticism is appreciated though, makes me try a little harder for the next renderings!

[You Need A Thneed]

These drawings aren't 100% accurate, it would take me to too long to try to be dead on accurate for everything. It's meant as merely an example, and for enjoyment.

Criticism is appreciated though, makes me try a little harder for the next renderings!

Like I said, the drawings are very good. Obviously, you've drawn some of the buildings yourself and pasted them into the skyline - and they look like real buildings.

Keep doing them, as we all look forward to your next one.

[CtrlAltDel]

The latest...

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/3089/futuresouthtj1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Original image from Flickr. I can't remember the name, but I will credit if someone lets me know.

[Wooster]

That's excellent. That looks like a BIG city, holy crap. Amazing to think it'll look like that in 5-6 years from now.

You should repost it in the Canada section future skyline thread.

[skrish]

Excellent job as per usual. I love this angle, it really shows just how much all the development in the beltline will extend the skyline.

[CtrlAltDel]

Thanks guys. I really like this angle too, very unique. The Calgary Tower looks like it's shrinking, with all the surrounding highrises popping up.

I'll repost this in the Canada section Wooster, good idea.
Edit: Ah you beat me to it! :tup:

[Dafunk]

Hey CtrlAltDel

Amazing rendering btw, its great that we have such amazing and enthusiastic talent like yourself in this city! Flipping through old posts, what is that amazing "organic building" in the EauClair area all about? Will it actually be going up? Whats its story?
________
Ruckus (http://www.cyclechaos.com/wiki/Honda_Ruckus)

[Thinner6]

Great stuff. Hopefully the buildings themselves can do your renderings justice.

[Vascilli]

Let's see it happen. :D

[Bokimon]

The latest...

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/3089/futuresouthtj1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Original image from Flickr. I can't remember the name, but I will credit if someone lets me know.

AND THE GREATEST!



Man our skyline really does look like a city of metro or megalopolis size.
If we show this to regular people outside the country i bet they will think this is like Toronto or Chicago or San Francisco or something. Cities much much bigger than ours. We really are the king of skyline deception!! :righton:

[Innersoul1]

YOU ARE THE MAN!!!! Stunning as usual, but I wonder if anyone noticed that you tossed the Sprint Centre in as the NEW home of the Calgary Flames!

AWESOME!

[CtrlAltDel]

Good eye! I would LOVE to have Sprint Centre, or something similar for a new 'dome. After I saw your suggestion in the Calgary Arena thread I tucked it in the corner. :tup:

[Innersoul1]

Good eye! I would LOVE to have Sprint Centre, or something similar for a new 'dome. After I saw your suggestion in the Calgary Arena thread I tucked it in the corner. :tup:

YOU THE MAN COOL GUY! :banaride:

[craner]

:dancing:
AWESOME!
What a great sight to make my week.
From this angle the skyline has a gradual rising slope from west to east.

Great Job once again C-A-D.

[O-tacular]

Wow.

I love the gradual slope / strange symmetry of the skyline.
Truly amazing.

[Chinook Arch]

Sweet!

[CtrlAltDel]

Here is an aerial view, probably around 2030, after Fort Calgary and Stampede Park are redeveloped.

I've put in every possible development that will likely happen within the next 20 years. Of course, some buildings are stand-ins, but it gives a fairly accurate view of what can be expected.

Thanks to Wooster for double checking for me. Boris2k7 is MIA!

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/2618/aerial2030tp9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[You Need A Thneed]

^Awesome!

[Spring2008]

:stunned:

Your work is becoming amazingly detailed!

What a city!

[Bigtime]

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/2618/aerial2030tp9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Frakin' sploooooooooooooooooooge! :cheers: :tup: :banana:

This is the best yet! How do you deal with always raising your bar to yet another insane high?

[CtrlAltDel]

Hah, thanks guys! Bigtime: that's part of the fun!

[Bigtime]

I've made sure to quote your post CAD and post it over in the Canada section future skylines thread.

[Bigtime]

If there is one little thing that I could mention that Wooster missed, you could always throw in a couple of ~20 story stand-in towers at the hospital site in Mission.

[Wooster]

Wicked job once again. I'd say your last two have been your best. This is what makes it fun often to be on this site. Thanks for the effort.

:tup:

[Vascilli]

Where's the maglev lines? :haha:

Very good, make it a bit bigger, I've still got the stock Vista wallpaper. :slob:

Edit: My house will be the top floor of the Bow, you might want to add a tiny little deck onto it, and a pool.

[Ayreonaut]

Didn't notice the plane at first.

Thanks to Wooster for double checking for me. Boris2k7 is MIA!

I notice Boris online almost every day, he's just not posting. :shrug:

[CtrlAltDel]

Thanks Bigtime, forgot about those!

And I could have added the Maglev...ahh maybe if I get around to it. This size of picture was the largest I could get it from Imageshack.

I think Boris is focusing on school, but Wooster was kind enough to help out.

[skrish]

That is seriously amazing! I don't know if you can top this one, but I hope you do.

[kap384]

Amazing work! Have outdone yourself:tup:

[Colin]

I love how the rendering includes the Stampede so it's truly Calgary at its best!

[RicoLance21]

I cannot see SE LRT tracks in the pic.

[Bokimon]

I like the teepees at Stampede, how thoughtful..
Even Bridges Phase 3 is in, very nice.

Overall 10/10 I LOVE IT!!
Of course these are jobsites that we know of, what about others real dormant ones like Imperial Oil site (I really really like the Transbay Terminal fill in for Imperial Oil lot from one of the older renders you did)

[oiler-dude]

Any chance we can steal you for an Edmonton one? :P

Phenomenal work CAD.

[1ajs]

Hot dam ctraltdel

[JBinCalgary]

sick

[Witty Nickname]

Amazing ctraltdel!

[caltrane74]

Very Excellent Rendering...

... The Bow's dynamic profile changes the entire look of the Calgary Skyline!!

- Can't wait till more of these projects are completed.

[wild wild west]

That looks freaking AWESOME. Looks like it could easily be the downtown core for a 5-6 million metro. The best part is, a lot of it - including the biggest single building - is currently under construction!:cheers: :banana:

[Surrealplaces]

Very impressive Devin! A very accurate representation of the Bow. aside from the East Village, most of it is what we'll see in just the next couple of years.

Here is an aerial view, probably around 2030, after Fort Calgary and Stampede Park are redeveloped.

I've put in every possible development that will likely happen within the next 20 years. Of course, some buildings are stand-ins, but it gives a fairly accurate view of what can be expected.

Thanks to Wooster for double checking for me. Boris2k7 is MIA!

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/2618/aerial2030tp9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[CtrlAltDel]

Wow, thanks everyone! The nice comments are much appreciated.

There are some things I could add to the rendering, and new developments will keep coming out. I always say I'll update the renderings, but I'll probably just wait and do another one from another angle, only better!

Caltrane I agree, the Bow completely dominates the skyline, especially from this angle.

I would love to attempt an Edmonton rendering for my brothers to the north, I just don't know where everything goes. Perhaps if I had a diagram or map.

Thanks Bo! I'm sending you the high res, and you can see Imperial is in there, as well as a few developments you probably can't see with this terribly low res image.

Edit: Wow, almost 50,000 views!! I probably account for 45,000 of those, but still that's awesome!

[Eesome]

Great work! Luv these...

Quick question: What is this project? Can't find anything else on it...

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/5039/crescentheightscalgarylxm9.th.jpg (http://img408.imageshack.us/my.php?image=crescentheightscalgarylxm9.jpg)

[You Need A Thneed]

A very accurate representation of the Bow.

Maybe I'm just being nitpicky - as the Bow in this Picture looks great - but the Bow isn't accurate in that there are 12 "sections" of floors between the horizontals in the diagrid shown. There will be only 10 - with six floors in each section. The top section has two double high mechanical floors, so only 4 floors in that section, and the bottom section has only 5 floors, as the ground floor and the mezzanine floor together take up the spaace of 3 floors.

This brings the total number of floors to the 57 total. (I know the press releases and the info on this site say 58 - but perhaps they don't count the 13th floor or something - there are only 57)

[Innersoul1]

Killer work man!! This trumps all of the past one! Solid work as usual!

[Ruckus]

Truly inspirational :yes:

[craner]

Excellence as usual C-A-D. Please keep them coming - I love studying these renderings, exciting indeed.:psycho:
For the new Flames arena did you steal an existing structure or come up with your own ?

[ummagumma66]

Great work! Luv these...

Quick question: What is this project? Can't find anything else on it...

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/5039/crescentheightscalgarylxm9.th.jpg (http://img408.imageshack.us/my.php?image=crescentheightscalgarylxm9.jpg)

its the rumored "organic" building

[Calgarian]

In-sane!

[CtrlAltDel]

Thanks guys! And thanks to Centre City Talk (http://www.centrecitytalk.com/my_weblog/2009/02/calgary-in-2030.html#more) for the shout out!

Excellence as usual C-A-D. Please keep them coming - I love studying these renderings, exciting indeed.:psycho:
For the new Flames arena did you steal an existing structure or come up with your own ?

The arena is based on the Sprint Centre in Kansas City. Something modern, and fairly simple.

YNAT: Correct, the Bow isn't 100% accurate, but neither is any other building in the rendering. It would take simply to long to get every building exactly how it's supposed to look. It does give me something to strive for for the next doodle however.

I'm starting to work on an Edmonton rendering, which I'll post in the Edmonton thread when I'm finished with it.

[Bigtime]

I'm starting to work on an Edmonton rendering, which I'll post in the Edmonton thread when I'm finished with it.

So that would take you like what, 20 minutes? :haha: Zing!

[CtrlAltDel]

Well since I'm not as familiar with the Edmonton projects, it could take me 40. ;)

[Innersoul1]

Well since I'm not as familiar with the Edmonton projects, it could take me 40. ;)

CAD has officially taken on the dark side! LOL

[Coldrsx]

So that would take you like what, 20 minutes? :haha: Zing!

or roughly 1/3 the amount of time to redo the skyline with multiple holes/capped parking lots in calgary

[Bigtime]

If you really want to go nuts with the Edmonton rendering you should have a version showing the Muni airport still open, and one with urban infill if they closed it down to redevelopment!

[Bigtime]

or roughly 1/3 the amount of time to redo the skyline with multiple holes/capped parking lots in calgary

Touche, nicely done.

But seriously we aren't that bad for holes in the ground right now! :tup:

[Coldrsx]

If you really want to go nuts with the Edmonton rendering you should have a version showing the Muni airport still open, and one with urban infill if they closed it down to redevelopment!

why you gotta taunt us...

[feepa]

If you really want to go nuts with the Edmonton rendering you should have a version showing the Muni airport still open, and one with urban infill if they closed it down to redevelopment!

I'd really love to see this!

[Bigtime]

why you gotta taunt us...

Oh we've been taunted just as much with seeing all the developments that are not going ahead anytime soon in that latest rendering from CAD. Suffer with us!

I'd really love to see this!

See I'm not the only one that thinks it would be an awesome idea! :tup:

[CtrlAltDel]

If you really want to go nuts with the Edmonton rendering you should have a version showing the Muni airport still open, and one with urban infill if they closed it down to redevelopment!

Hey that's a great idea...sort of like what could be...

I will probably need a double checker, Coldrsx or Feepa?

[Coldrsx]

^feepa 1st, i am quite poor with Quality control and busy race car driving

[Spring2008]

So that would take you like what, 20 minutes? :haha: Zing!

If there aren't any volunteers I'm sure even I can manage to put together a future skyline drawing of Ed. Just get any old skyline shot between 1990-2009 add an office building, two white condos, and about a dozen but ugly red/yellow/brown condos!

[IntotheWest]

Hey CtrlAltDel - I haven't been on here since August I think...but, had to come on to say nice job on the top rendering on the first page.

Just watching the global news, and Gord Gilles was showing this "future skyline" picture, and going through some of the details...I figured it was yours.

Nice work!

[CtrlAltDel]

Hey long time no see! Thank you sir. I sent it this afternoon, I didn't know they'd use it this evening, so I missed it. However, it's on the Global Calgary website. (http://www.globaltv.com/globaltv/calgary/microsites/Calgary2030.html)

[frinkprof]

They have the video on the website now.

http://www.globaltv.com/globaltv/calgary/video/index.html

Go to "Early News" and Feb. 27th. The segement is at 15:12. Gord Gillies got your name wrong though. He credited "Dale Henry."

[Wooster]

Nice job Devin! you're famous.

[Bokimon]

yah man, great job having your work on the news!

[Bokimon]

let me add to this,
haha Gord Gilles looked quite excited about the speculated new ice rink.
The Agricultural pavillion at the Grand Stand should of been included which is a key item to the stampede expansion and development.

I also feel that 2030, I dont know if that is going a little far? Definitely not 2012 0r 2015 but maybe 2020?

[DavidKuitunen]

let me add to this,
haha Gord Gilles looked quite excited about the speculated new ice rink.
The Agricultural pavillion at the Grand Stand should of been included which is a key item to the stampede expansion and development.

I also feel that 2030, I dont know if that is going a little far? Definitely not 2012 0r 2015 but maybe 2020?

A lot of city planners I've talked to say East Village will be realistically completed in 15 - 20 years, but who knows? With the economic conditions I doubt we'll be seeing the next phases in multi phase projects going forward in in months(or years) to come.

[Wooster]

Large scale redevelopments like East Village always take longer than people thing. Battery Park City in New York, a similar type effort has taken the better part of 30 years to become more or less fully realized. Bridges has also taken about twice as long as people thought it would at the onset of the project.

That said, there will be lots of activity in EV in the years to come. CMLC has exactly the right approach. The timing will probably work out well for them as they will be finishing remediation and streetscaping (in down times when costs are lower) and starting to sell land by the end of this year or early next year. A year or so of design and approvals of projects before marketing and they should be coming on stream at just about the right time (18-24 months from now).

Imagine if developers were trying to market projects right now - it would be going nowhere.

[craner]

Congrats C-A-D, well deserved, even Gillies was excited.

I remember a "future" rendering done 30 years ago from almost the exact same vantage point. It had the 64 storey B of M, Arci towers (now Petro Canada), Esso plaza (now 5th Ave Place), Pan Canadian (now Encana place), Sun Life triplets, and many others that were all "in the future" 30 years ago. I wished I had kept it to compare. Any other "old timers" out there remember this ??


http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/2618/aerial2030tp9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[CtrlAltDel]

Thanks for the link Frink. Too bad about the wrong name! Ah well, thanks guys!

[Calalb]

Congrats C-A-D, well deserved, even Gillies was excited.

I remember a "future" rendering done 30 years ago from almost the exact same vantage point. It had the 64 storey B of M, Arci towers (now Petro Canada), Esso plaza (now 5th Ave Place), Pan Canadian (now Encana place), Sun Life triplets, and many others that were all "in the future" 30 years ago. I wished I had kept it to compare. Any other "old timers" out there remember this ??

I do vaguely remember seeing something similar to what you are describing. I thought this old Calgary Herald article would be of interest... (Too bad its so yellow.) Alot of those "future" skyscrapers never saw the light of day!

Calgary of the future 1980.

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q148/cgyboomer/cgy1980.jpg

[craner]

I do vaguely remember seeing something similar to what you are describing. I thought this old Calgary Herald article would be of interest... (Too bad its so yellow.) Alot of those "future" skyscrapers never saw the light of day!

Calgary of the future 1980.

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q148/cgyboomer/cgy1980.jpg

Very interesting - thanks for posting this. The real skyline in 1980 was actually more impressive than this projection.
I'm sure the rendering I saw would have been produced around 1979-1980.
:cheers:

[CtrlAltDel]

Nice, thanks for that Calalb! The skyline in 1980 turned out better than that future image.

Here is an old rendering I did that shows what could have been, had all the big proposals from the '80s gone through, including the original design for Banker's Hall. I also threw in the Bow for comparison.

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/9382/whatcouldhavebeensg7.jpg

[freeweed]

From Global:

You can check out more of Devin's drawings at his website Skyscraper Page.com

Since when did you take ownership? :D

[Jay in Cowtown]

including the original design for Banker's Hall.

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/9382/whatcouldhavebeensg7.jpg

which one was the original design for Banker's... or do I want to know?

[jeffwhit]

^^The gold tower and the silver one to its left, I believe.

[bob1954]

4-5 buildings taller than the Bow would have been OK!!

[Canterra]

I remember a "future" rendering done 30 years ago from almost the exact same vantage point. It had the 64 storey B of M, Arci towers (now Petro Canada), Esso plaza (now 5th Ave Place), Pan Canadian (now Encana place), Sun Life triplets, and many others that were all "in the future" 30 years ago. I wished I had kept it to compare. Any other "old timers" out there remember this ??


It was done by William Brownridge for Knowlton Realty in 1979. I will post it in a bit.

Sorry for the crappy quality.

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o183/brodie99/IMG_0330.jpg

[craner]

It was done by William Brownridge for Knowlton Realty in 1979. I will post it in a bit.
:previous:
:banana: THAT'S THE ONE I WAS LOOKING FOR:banana:
Thanks so much for finding and posting (very satisfying to see it again - even if it is blurry).

[craner]

Nice, thanks for that Calalb! The skyline in 1980 turned out better than that future image.

Here is an old rendering I did that shows what could have been, had all the big proposals from the '80s gone through, including the original design for Banker's Hall. I also threw in the Bow for comparison.

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/9382/whatcouldhavebeensg7.jpg

Thanks also CAD - very cool.
Man I wish Calgary could break the 70 storey barrier (or even the 60 storey):(

[bob1954]

Too many shadow-nazis, and ill conceived do-gooders for 800' to 900' to happen. Conservative design, architects and companies play a big part in what gets built also. Look at what the bow and few others could have been!!

[craner]

:shuffle: I need a new rendering to cheer me up C-A-D (maybe a twilight view).

[Boris2k7]

Move this to sticky as well plz?

[wild wild west]

Thanks also CAD - very cool.
Man I wish Calgary could break the 70 storey barrier (or even the 60 storey):(

I don't get too broken up over it...I've always considered 50 storeys to be the line that separates the men from the boys. After that it's all about the quality - and I'd take a 58-storey Bow over a 72-storey FCP or a 68-storey Scotia Plaza any day.

Besides, I'm from Ottawa, and compared to there Calgary is freaking Coruscant.

[bob1954]

Well there's nothing wrong with the 58 story Bow (as bulky as it is), but what the hell is wrong with a 60-70 story building or 2 or 3? Answer; Nothing wrong with it at all!

[Fmarotte]

You're doing an awesome job with those rendering CtrlAltDel.

[metroXpress]

That's an amazing skyline there!

[Doug_Cgy]

Thanks also CAD - very cool.
Man I wish Calgary could break the 70 storey barrier (or even the 60 storey):(

I prefer not to worry about the number of storeys...Its the height that really makes a difference. Shangri La in Vancouver has 60 storeys, but isn't even as tall as Bankers Hall.

[devonb]

I prefer not to worry about the number of storeys...Its the height that really makes a difference. Shangri La in Vancouver has 60 storeys, but isn't even as tall as Bankers Hall.

Actually, Shangri-la is 13 ft taller than Bankers Hall, but I agree with your point.

[Doug_Cgy]

Actually, Shangri-la is 13 ft taller than Bankers Hall, but I agree with your point.

I stand corrected!! Thanks for the update...Lets replace "Bankers Hal"l with "PCC" then:cool:

[craner]

Actually, Shangri-la is 13 ft taller than Bankers Hall, but I agree with your point.

Well - if you include SRL's "spire" which doesn't appear on the diagrams that I could see.
Roof height they are almost exactly equal (SRL=196.9m & BH=197m).
According to this website anyway.:)

For the record I also agree with Doug's point about the actual height being more important than the # of storeys.

[Doug_Cgy]

Thanks Craner!!!

[Thinner6]

Awesome work, just wanted to say yet again.

[canucklehead2]

I've got a question... On Wikipedia it lists the Alberta Boots site, as a high-rise proposal but I've never heard of the project or seen any renderings... Could somebody clear this up? Thanks...

[Jimby]

I've got a question... On Wikipedia it lists the Alberta Boots site, as a high-rise proposal but I've never heard of the project or seen any renderings... Could somebody clear this up? Thanks...

It is listed on page one of the construction thread under "Mixed Use Projects".
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=166639

[Champion3]

Calgary City News' Twitter Feed (http://twitter.com/CalgaryCityNews) is using a background image that looks familiar. Is that CtrlAltDel's work? Do they have permission?

[Vascilli]

Direct link:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_background_images/3075131/skylinefuturesouth.jpg