[CtrlAltDel]

A shot from the south, looking north. 225 Sixth, the new proposed tallest is there, with a few others:
http://imageshack.us/a/img233/3885/skylinesouth2018.jpg


A closer view from the south, with the 6 biggest towers in the city:
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/3460/beltlineviewfuture.jpg


A view from the North, overlooking the Bow.
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/4605/calgaryfutureskylinenor.jpg

Just for fun, what it could look like looking up at 225 Sixth complex, Suncor and the Bow.
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/5287/calgarysfuturecore.jpg

[Rob D]

WOW! These are fantastic CtrlAltDel.:tup:

[JerryK]

I have saved those picture:tup: WOW, Good job.:whip:

[JBinCalgary]

:worship: those are amazing :slob:

[Distill3d]

dammn!!!

the Tower pano however is kinda missing the Urban Campus project. aside from that wow :worship:

[JBinCalgary]

and riverfront pointe. that was the only other one i could think of as well as 222 riverfront

[401_King]

cool pics! Cspot keeps growing!

[Jarrod]

That's pretty awesome!

[CtrlAltDel]

Pano updated with Riverfronte Pointe and Opus CPA. Once some good renderings come out for Digital Campus and the Stampede expansions I'll update it.

[JBinCalgary]

very nice.

[Calgarian]

WOW! Cool thread. Most of that should be underway this summer.

[queetz@home]

Awesome awesome awesome!!! This is amazing! I can't wait for all those buildings to be built! Calgary rules!!!! :tup:

[Arriviste]

God Dang.

[Hardhatdan]

Very nice, looks so sharp...but please oh please I hope that montreax disaster doesnt get built!

[Bokimon]

Very nicely done! I have saved all of them onto my hardrive it will be a good way to compare how things will actually look once alot of these projects are done.
Keep it up! That Tower pano is just awesome, must of taken a good chunk of your time to get it all set and done.

[unibrain]

CrtlAltDel, you've really outdone yourself this time. This photo is beyond belief. How long did it take you to do that, and where did you get the panoramic from?

What's the building next to Riverfront Pointe? Are the Kai Towers in there? I think I see them in there, but it looks like one tower. 999? hehehe

It's amazing to compare the downtown core, and the beltline panning 360degrees.. it really puts a dampening on the east end though.. what could have been.. But I guess redevelopment in the East Village will have lots of potential though.

[CtrlAltDel]

Thanks! It's not the cleanest stitch job, but it gets the point across. It's probably about 15 pictures from the net combined, and I do it in most of my free time. Ask IntoTheWest how easy it is to get obsessed with this stuff!
Kai is in there, but it's so small and obscured I think it looks like one.

The Opus towers are in there, but they're just a creation until the official renderings are released. I was going to do the same for Exchange, but it would be so much bigger and obvious.

[Calgarian]

You should post this in the photos thread or something.

[Surrealplaces]

Awesome work CtrlAltDel. I can't wait to see these projects get built. The best part is that most of those are already u/c or will be soon.

great work :tup:

[AUM]

That is great work. Thanks for that CtrlALtDel!

[Paradisio]

AMAZING pics, Thank you!:tup:

[caltrane74]

very nice...i'm hard. :blush:

[JBinCalgary]

thanks for sharing that :(

[caltrane74]

haha..

[ctown.myth]

This might be a stupid question, but is the tower behind Scotia Center FCCII, or City Center or some other project altogether?

[JBinCalgary]

that is correct. that is think is the unofficial rendering

[CtrlAltDel]

very nice...i'm hard. :blush:
:haha:
Thanks for the nice compliments. It'll be interesting years from now to compare. I'm kinda curious as to what rendering(s) people like more. Looking over Stampede from the south has definitely gotten the most exposure, as well as the last picture.
I also created these, as a "what could have been" for Encana. 1 is the original proposed height of 68 storeys(?), 2 and 3 are slightly altered roofs. Personally I prefer the original proposed height, but I'll take what we have now in a pinch.
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/8703/encanacomparobm8.jpg
And this is looking down Centre Street, with the original proposed height and continued framework on top to increase height (some people had mentioned it had originally had some design elements on top).
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/3957/cs1aw4.jpg

These are just for fun.

[Calgarian]

the last one would have looked cool. The tapered roofs look like crap IMO, the flat roof works.

[JBinCalgary]

i too like the third one. the second would have been cool as well

[skrish]

When I was in finance class this afternoon, I saw a guy on his laptop showing your new pano to his buddy. These renderings are everywhere.

[JAH]

very nice job.. wow Calgarys gonna look crazy in a few years.. I'm jealous

[CtrlAltDel]

That's great! I'm glad people like them, it generates some excitement for the average Calgarian who aren't skyscraper nuts like us. :)

[tokama]

That shot coming up centre street and seeing the Bow is really good. They are all great CtrlAltDel.

EDIT: The futuristic cars were an especially cool touch.

[JBinCalgary]

how the heck do you do all these?

[nasdaq]

When I was in finance class this afternoon, I saw a guy on his laptop showing your new pano to his buddy. These renderings are everywhere.

heh, that was me. Small world.

[skrish]

heh, that was me. Small world.

:haha: I'll be sure to say hi next time.

[bob1954]

Rhat third renderring of the Bow with the framework, actually looks neet, looks like it belongs on the building! Plus it gives alittle more heght without throwing off any of those terrible shadows!! They could actually do that type of "top" another 40-50' and would be pretty impressive!

[Calgarian]

I got all of these emailed to me today, these renderings are becoming quite popular.

[JBinCalgary]

maybe some newscast will catch wind of these

[Innersoul1]

WOW Nice work! I actually do like the tapered ones, especially the third. Looks really cool, although I imagine that it would affect the panoramic views from the top.

I too dig the onle looking down centre street. I like that design element. Provides the illusion of height without stressing the shadow naziz :hell:

[Wooster]

really awesome! keep em coming!

[Calgarian]

Any luck with the Cancelled Projects rendering? would be interesting to compare.

[vanman]

Wow , Calgary is going to look sweet.

BTW CrtlAltDel, what would it take for you to do a Vancouver rendering?:D

[CtrlAltDel]

Updated the Pano with Exchange, based on the 3 tower working sketch.
Johnny, I'm slowly chipping away it.
Vanman, I attempted a Vancouver rendering, but I had no idea where these buildings went. I'd love to do it, but Boris and ZZebian made excellent references for the Calgary projects, so it was easy. I'm interested in Edmonton too, but again I don't have a map. And Toronto has their own awesome renderers. ;)
BTW, that Centre Street shot has bits of Palliser and Livingston, as well as a woman on the bridge looking at EnCana.
I seriously have way too much time on my hands...

[Innersoul1]

Very Nice How much? :banana:

Super impressive. I see that you now have Arriva on both ends of the Pano, nice ones. What is the proposed height of the Exchange? It is just massive, I don't suppose that will start anytime soon.

[LeftCoaster]

Wow that third rendering of the Bow looks much better than the current plans in my opinoin... It seems much more creative, and the first thing I thought when I looked at it was a saddle, very representive of the history of Calgary.

Edit: I second vanman's question, what would it take for you to do a quality Vancouver representation... its been a while since someone did one, and I have no photoshop skill whatsoever

[IntotheWest]

Awesome work CtrlAltDel - always, always, appreciated here! And yes, I know how much effort it takes to do this - which makes it even more impressive!

EDIT: Yes, I agree that the extended framework on top of the Bow would've been quite cool...is this too difficult to do in Calgary for some reason? I thought there was at least one other Foster building that did do this?

[JBinCalgary]

i see you have added in exchange. this area is going to be pretty dense when all comes together.
hopefully exchange gets going. its been 3 years already
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/8182/futurepano1rb2.jpg

[Innersoul1]

I really love how you get the relection of the Calgary tower in the renderings. That is quality! :tup:

[freeweed]

BTW, that Centre Street shot has bits of Palliser and Livingston, as well as a woman on the bridge looking at EnCana.
I seriously have way too much time on my hands...

I also think the cars in that shot aren't real (yet); the leftmost one looks suspicously like this concept car shaped like a fish that I saw mentioned on Discovery a while back. Nice touch if so!

I wish more talented people had too much time on their hands.

Continuing the observations, some of these pics have been circulating through the office spam lately. I've even been sent some from colleagues at other companies who I hardly ever talk to, but know that I keep an eye on development. I don't have the heart to email back "yeah, um, I saw them 3 months ago when the original artist posted them to a forum I hang out on". :D

[Calgarian]

Are the Union Square buildings going to be lined up on 1st or 13th? It looks like they are pouring piles along 13th, besides there definitely isn't room for 2 buildings to go right beside the Crazy Horse.

EDIT: nevermind, looking at the Union website I see that the buildings will straddle the Crazy Horse.

for anyone that is interested.
http://www.unioncondos.com/pdf/siteplan.pdf

[JBinCalgary]

crazy horse was a sweet bar

[Calgarian]

Never went, did it close just before the construction started, or before?

I am curious how it will be incorporated into the podium.

[JBinCalgary]

not sure, i havent been there in 4 years

[SteveP]

Wouldn't it be cool to see some of the proposed or u/c buildings in this view?.......;)

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/7531/aarriva2rs6.jpg

[JBinCalgary]

that view is going to fill up shortly

[ctown.myth]

Hey, CtrlAltDel, what's the new towers in your pano shot? (I know, I know, I'm kinda behind...)

[b13]

I'm really happy for Calgary that their getting all this construction but all I jhope is that with all this office construction that residential willl happen as well. Also I hope Calgary won't do the same mistakes as Toronto in the early 90's. Calgary needs to make sure that they don't over stock the office market with to much space and run up the vacancy rate in to the 20+% like Toronto did!

[Calgarian]

Well I think our vacancy rate is hovering around 0.5% right now, so we will need a LOT of buildings to do that.

[ctown.myth]

Well I think our vacancy rate is hovering around 0.5% right now, so we will need a LOT of buildings to do that.

We have vacancy in our office buildings? One would think that since all the boom in boomtown, we would find ourselves ridiculously short on any type of vacant space...

[JBinCalgary]

.5 is microscopic on the world scale

[CtrlAltDel]

ctown, the new towers in that pano are based on the 3 tower sketch of the Exchange, possibly ~60 floors. When the real renderings are released I will replace it. It just kind of gives an idea of how much the south view could be blocked from the tower.

[JBinCalgary]

i really hope the exchange gets is ass in gear, its been 3 years and counting since the original design

[b13]

^ is this nexhange busilding for the Calgary stock exchange?

[CtrlAltDel]

Updated pictures with new Penny Lane Design.

[nasdaq]

^ is this nexhange busilding for the Calgary stock exchange?

No, its a residential complex being built next to Keynote on Centre street. The name of the project is "The Exchange"

http://www.poonmckenzie.com/images/the_exchange/duotone/the_exchange1.jpg

[ctown.myth]

It's kind of ridiculous how much time that developers take in putting up the buildings...it's only going to cost them more in the long run, it would be much cheaper if you build it ASAP after it gets approved.

[JBinCalgary]

only in a perfect world

[Innersoul1]

The rederings with PLT are nice! good job mate! Maybe you could do one comparing what it would look like with the original? :)

[craner]

These renderings are just totally awesome, thank you for doing them. I used to try and do the same thing years ago with a pencil and paper but of course that can't give you what these renderings you've done do. A total 3D view of Calgary's future.

[WhipperSnapper]

wow ... amazing renderings ... very 3Dimensional

excessive future density with everyone going for the max (12 FAR?)

[Surrealplaces]

Great job CtrlAltDel! Good job on adding in the new PLT.

[JBinCalgary]

plt looks good, great job again

[IntotheWest]

CtrlAltDel - Great work with the newer PLT design!!

[Calgarian]

i really hope the exchange gets is ass in gear, its been 3 years and counting since the original design

It has actually been a little over a year. The design work on a project like this takes a couple years to get right so the DP can be applied for and released in short order. The designers are working with the city, the client, and the community to ensure that the design will satisfy everybody, and that there will be no snags once they are ready to go. The DP is underway i believe, and should be in at the city this summer (i hope anyway).

[bob1954]

That renderring of "Exchange" is fantastic!! I hope they go with a two tower project, then there might be a chance of having a 70 story and a 55-60 story tower in the same developement!

[JBinCalgary]

^ its nice to dream!
that would be sweeet

[Calgarian]

I think the 3 tower option will be the one that they go with. Could still be 60 storeys!!

[skrish]

I didn't even notice the update to the pano. Exchange is huge.

[sync]

PLT actually looks pretty good there in the "looking north..." picture.

[Thinner6]

Devin, you should post that newest rendering on the front page.

[CtrlAltDel]

Done.
Thanks for reminding me!

[Calgarian]

That newest rendering looks amazing!! SAIT has one awesome view.

[IntotheWest]

Wow - that last one does look great - best one yet. So, the FCC2, has the rendering been released somewhere, or is that your own creation?

[Bigtime]

crazy horse was a sweet bar


Quoting this for the absolute truth, it was always a blast to go to. Although the last time I had been was probably 3 years ago.

[Distill3d]

that area with Bankers Hall, PLT, FCC2, Dome/Home Oil, and all is gonna be one sunless area. this may seem like an odd question but, what is the wind gonna be like down there?

[Calgarian]

probably the same as it is now?

[ctown.myth]

that area with Bankers Hall, PLT, FCC2, Dome/Home Oil, and all is gonna be one sunless area. this may seem like an odd question but, what is the wind gonna be like down there?

The wind won't change much, but the large problem would be the fact that it is one large sunless area; so it would be safe to assume that it's gonna get pretty cold in the winter around there.

[alpain]

We have vacancy in our office buildings? One would think that since all the boom in boomtown, we would find ourselves ridiculously short on any type of vacant space...

We have done a few firsts at our oil/energy service company lately, delivered jobs we have had to do to apartment rooms downtown.. So far I have seen at least 4 of the smaller startups with under 5 people and such working out of apartments downtown because they cant find any office space/cheap enough office space. I never realized it was getting that bad.

[MolsonExport]

These are some wicked renderings. I am frankly quite jealous of Calgary.

[CtrlAltDel]

Thanks for the nice comments. Here is an evening view from a similar angle.
http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/617/futurenightpanoha5.jpg

[skrish]

That's one of the best yet CtrlAltDel.

[Rob D]

I agree with skrish.....Great work Devin:tup:

[Calgarian]

That's probably the best one you've done so far.

[Just Build It]

Beautiful pano! Great work Devin.

[Distill3d]

awesome work!! makes us look like a respectable city!!

[ctown.myth]

I think I just drooled...

[JBinCalgary]

great job

[CtrlAltDel]

Thanks, I wasn't going to do any more skyline renderings until a significant new building or rendering was released. But who could resist that picture.
Also, check out condogallery.ca, and you will see my panorama. ZZebian is going to do some cool stuff with it soon!

[Bokimon]

Saw it at the website, didn't he mention that some of the projects which you have put in, you could actually click on it in the pano to get linked to another page? That would be sweet.

Oh and as usual nice job wiht that nightime look, I notice in the pano that PLT is the new design.