[jlousa]

This one was previously approved and then delays and turned into a community park for the time being. Cressey is expected to progress with it shortly.

UDP minutes
2. 1304 Howe Street
DE: Rezoning Inquiry
Use: To rezone from DD to CD-1, to permit a residential tower with height of 300 feet (30 storeys) above a commercial/residential podium. Total FSR would be increased from 5.0 to 7.0 through transfer of heritage density. Important context is the study which is in progress for the removal of the Granville Loops and redevelopment of City-owned lands (proposed in 2002 Downtown Transportation Plan).
Zoning: DD
Application Status: Rezoning
Architect: IBI Group – HB Architects
Review: Second (First Review: May 9, 2007)
Delegation: Martin Bruckner (IBI/HB Architects), Drahan Petrovic (IBI/HB Architects), Jane Durante (Durante & Kruek), David Evans (Cressey)
Staff: Phil Mondor/Anita Molaro

EVALUATION: SUPPORT (6-0)

Introduction: Phil Mondor, Rezoning Planner, introduced the application for a site in the new area that is being developed in the Granville loops area which is at the north end of the Granville Street Bridge. The area is being rezoned from DD to CD-1.

Richard Johnson, Planner, gave a short presentation on the Granville Loops study area. He noted that the area is located in Area C of the Downtown Official Development Plan (ODP) but was not included in the ODP. The main objective is to provide an improved roadway connection and “gateway” to Vancouver.

Anita Molaro, Development Planner, using the context model, described the future development for the area. She noted that the proposal had not been supported at the previous Panel in May 2007. The Panel was concerned with the distribution of the mass and thought it should be more slender. Also the Panel had concerns with the parking access and public realm interface. In response the applicant has added some additional height to the building and reduced the floor plates. As well the applicant has sculpted and shaped the building for a more slender expression and has also relocated the parking and loading access. The podium set back has been increased by three feet for a total of nine feet and a continuous glass canopy has been added. The retail has been wrapped around the corner and the outdoor amenity space has been moved to the roof of the smaller building at Drake Street.

Advice from the Panel on this rezoning application is sought on the following:
Does the Panel support the urban design response developed for this site and its relationship within the surrounding context taking into consideration:

* Siting;
* overall form of development including tower form/massing/height and proposed density (7.0 FSR);
* public realm interface/street wall/scale and articulation:
* Howe/Drake/Rolston
* Site access; and
* Landscape.

Mr. Mondor, Mr. Johnson and Ms. Molaro took questions from the Panel.

Applicant’s Introductory Comments: Martin Bruckner, Architect, further described the proposal. He noted that the tower location was planned to have the minimum eighty foot separation from any future development on the adjoining site. In reshaping the tower, the applicant has increased the separation of the tower from the Best Western Hotel. Mr. Bruckner noted there is only one place that the parking ramp can be located on the site.

Drahan Petrovic, Architect, described the response to the different orientations. He noted that on the south-east façade two feet wide overhangs and balconies are planned and on the south-west façade there will be five feet wide overhands which will be either balconies or sun-shades.

Jane Durante, Landscape Architect, described the landscape plans noting the changes to the outdoor amenity space on the roof of the smaller building.

The applicant team took questions from the Panel.

Panel’s Consensus on Key Aspects Needing Improvement:

* Provide more active uses on Howe street, consider expanding the retail space and moving the fitness centre to another level;
* Consider design development to the parking access to reduce conflicts with pedestrians both crossing the plaza and entering the building; and
* Consider on-street loading to allow for parking access off Rolston.

Related Commentary: The Panel unanimously supported the proposal and commended the applicant on the significant improvements to the project, but continue to have significant concerns about the proposed ground floor uses

The Panel agreed that the tower siting was where it should be on the site, and the overall massing of the tower worked. Several Panel members thought the Granville Street facade was the most improved. However, several Panel members thought there still needed to be some design development to the project.

The Panel still had an issue with the public realm interface on Howe Street, and thought the fitness centre was not a good use on the ground floor as it did not animate the street. They thought the applicant was giving up a whole block with the design and that Howe Street could support retail or other active uses given the planned future residential in the neighbourhood. The panel had concerns, that the planned amenity space and parking ramp would create dead space along Howe Street.

Several Panel members thought the public realm interface at Rolston Street was well done and felt like a little residential community. The Panel agreed that shifting the exterior amenity space to the roof of the smaller building was a good move as it improves daylight access.

The Panel was concerned with the location of the loading bay with several Panel members suggesting the loading and parking ramps should be consolidated. One Panel member thought the parking access point was better suited off Rolston Street and thought the residents would get use to the one-way street. Most of the Panel supported not having an internal loading bay. One Panel member noted that the loading spaces would not work for the residential occupants and there would be a problem getting in and out of the elevators as the area is too constrained. Also moving and delivery trucks need to be nearer the elevators.

Some of the Panel had concerns with the entry plaza and thought the applicant needed to rethink the circulation in terms of how pedestrians and vehicles will access the site. Also the Panel thought the applicant needed to look at the buildings that will be developed to the south and how the plaza will be a natural pedestrian route to Pacific Boulevard, and this should not be compromised by the parking access

One Panel member thought the terracotta tiles should come down to the ground more but thought it looked nice at the entrance area. The Panel thought the canopy design was a huge improvement in forming a base for the building.

Several Panel members commented on the sustainability initiatives and thought the applicant had done a good job.

Applicant’s Response: Mr. Bruckner thanked the Panel stating that he appreciated their comments and that he had an idea as to how he would change the parking access.

Council report
http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/20080610/documents/p2.pdf

[jlousa]

A couple of renders can be found within the public art proposal.

http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/civicagencies/publicart/documents/part20110110ag.pdf

[SpikePhanta]

Hmm I'm liking the fact that it will include retail.

Also those are quite a few towers on the loops...



ehhh wrong thread... confusing :P

[golog]

Can someone edit the thread title to include the name 'Maddox' since that's probably how most people will refer to it now that it has been named on the hoarding & website?

[jlousa]

Looks like they've changed the address on this guy. New address will be 738 Rolston Crescent. Nothing really new in these, but figured there's no such thing as too much info.

Notification letter
http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/developmentservices/devapps/738rolstoncrescent/notiltr.pdf

Site Plan
http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/developmentservices/devapps/738rolstoncrescent/sitepl.pdf

N+E Elevations
http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/developmentservices/devapps/738rolstoncrescent/enelevations.pdf

S+W Elevations
http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/developmentservices/devapps/738rolstoncrescent/wselevations.pdf

Landscape Plan
http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/developmentservices/devapps/738rolstoncrescent/lscape.pdf

[SFUVancouver]

This passed the UDP last night. I was there for this one.

The coloured elements on the tower are terra cotta panels of the same type as the ones used on Bob Rennie's East development in Chinatown. The UDP was emphatic that the design of the tower was resting heavily on the proposed pattern and use of the terra cotta panels. There was also quite a bit of concern expressed about the viability of the small retail space at the corner of Howe and Drake. The UDP liked the change to all townhouses on Rolston instead of half townhouses and half loading dock. The vehicle cul de sac is temporary until the loops are removed and the future street takes its place.

[navazan]

joy of joys, another standard issue 30 floor rectangle! reach for the sky, vancouver...

[trofirhen]

joy of joys, another standard issue 30 floor rectangle! reach for the sky, vancouver...
:haha:
Precisely !! This is becoming a weird, obsessive, city syndrome. Do the View Corridors contribute to it? Seriously. / p.s: just looked at the renders. How original can we get !?!?

[dreambrother808]

We don't need a millionth post from you stating the exact same thing over and over again, Trofirhen.

This forum feels like it's stagnating with negative trolls.

[Jebby]

We don't need a millionth post from you stating the exact same thing over and over again, Trofirhen.

How else is he going to increase his post count?

[Phil McAvity]

I can't imagine why they would name a building in Vancouver after this guy (http://maddox.xmission.com/).

[trofirhen]

We don't need a millionth post from you stating the exact same thing over and over again, Trofirhen.

This forum feels like it's stagnating with negative trolls.

How else is he going to increase his post count?
:previous:
Excuse me. Perhaps I do repeat myself - or reinforce my opinions by quoting others - too much. Nevertheless, there are threads where members post with an even higher frequency when something interests them.

There's that old thing called "freedom of expression," and if my posts bother you, then I am sorry, but the best solution is just to skip them.

Also, I am not trying to increase my post count. There are no "Popsicle Pete" awards here. And sarcastic little jabs only indicate a lack of manners and a thin skin. Thank you.

[LeftCoaster]

I don't know why people have a problem with the height here... its just a mid sized residential building on a small plot of land in a nondescript part of the city. Not every building should be shooting for 500+ feet.

I can't imagine why they would name a building in Vancouver after this guy (http://maddox.xmission.com/).

I can't imagine why you wouldn't.

[Built Form]

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f58/hirtus1/P1020249.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f58/hirtus1/P1020231.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f58/hirtus1/P1020233.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f58/hirtus1/P1020235.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f58/hirtus1/P1020222.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f58/hirtus1/P1020234.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f58/hirtus1/P1020248.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f58/hirtus1/P1020224.jpg
All pics by Built Form

I not feelin' the terra cotta colours but I do like the shorter building on Drake.

[Prometheus]

Thank you for your photographs. Not just these ones, but all the others as well.

[logan5]

I don't know why people have a problem with the height here... its just a mid sized residential building on a small plot of land in a nondescript part of the city. Not every building should be shooting for 500+ feet.


Don't economies of scale work in favor of taller buildings?

[officedweller]

Nice, thanks for posting.

The colour palette reminds me of Harbour Green 1, as well as Grace and Genesis.

The mechanical penthouse should at least be clad in a rust-coloured lattice (if not terra-cotta), like the at grade on the Howe Street frontage. It would complete the look.

[trofirhen]

I have to sometimes quit my knee-jerk negative reaction to a number of buildings. I looked again at this and thought "hmm nothing super-special, but ...."

"If that had been built (and even in that style it almost could have been, minus the modern trappings of course) - one of the "big guys" of the early to mid 1960s.
It probably would have got illustrated newspaper covering in the builds / real estate part.

Only Beach Towers, Imperial, and a couple of others approached that height or volume.
In about 1967 - correct me if I'm wrong - came Denman Place: pretty big for its time. There had since 1960 or before been the Georgian Towers, say no more.
And then, of course, the immortals: Hotel Vancouver, Marine Building, Dominion Building ...+ + +

If now, we want to build a bit passé, but respectable, there is no damage done. Maybe not super-creative but it is like weaving into the established tapestry of the city.

[Some guy]

Is it just me, or does this building look a lot like Beasley?

[SFUVancouver]

Thanks for the photos Built Form. They really illustrate why the execution of the terra cotta panels will be so important to the building.

[flight_from_kamakura]

wow, thanks for the photos, emcee. height looks good going by the maquette here, and second the remarks on the terra cotta cladding, though think the design will finally push me to write that paper on path dependency in building design, with this building/vancouver as paradigmatic cases. surprised no balconies, like the henriquez trees on roof

[phesto]

Not bad. The spires seem a little tacked on.

At the very least, Cressey tends to follow through such that the final product looks okay. (see Elan on Seymour and Donovan)

[officedweller]

I got a postacrd advertisement for the Maddox in the mail the other day - the render looked awful (pics above make it look much better). In particular, the short midrise at Drake looks bad in the render (and looks very utilitarian/institutional in the pics above).

Here's a render from the website:

http://maddoxdowntown.com/sites/default/files/architecture/architecture-left-1.jpg
http://maddoxdowntown.com/sites/default/files/architecture/architecture-left-1.jpg

http://maddoxdowntown.com/form/architecture

[squeezied]

http://www.maddoxdowntown.com/form/floorplans

hmmm no floor 4, 14, 24 or 34... but theres a floor 13!

The crazyness has got to stop...

[wrenegade]

Update thread title to "Approved"? (cause it is, construction is expected to start in July).

[SpongeG]

article or sales pitch from teh sun

A new look in the 'City of Glass'

Cressey's Maddox project will break from the template with its terra cotta-tiled structure

Special To The Sun May 14, 2011


Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/look+City+Glass/4784543/story.html#ixzz1MMQCmD00

[urbandreamer]

I'm rather into colours, which is what much of Canada needs in dreary rain or snow...thus I've chosen this project as my latest RenderPornStar (http://twitter.com/#!/RenderPornStar)!

What is a RenderPornStar? It's my new architecture/renderings awards. Vancouver is now on the map--hope to see more great architecture/renderings from the city I love!

[phesto]

Drove by last night and it looks like site prep has started.

[Built Form]

Moving quickly here.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f58/hirtus1/P1030888.jpg
pic by Built Form

[SFUVancouver]

Good to see excavation start on this one. Thanks for the photo.

[entheosfog]

Diggin' away:
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/8062/img4494y.jpg

[entheosfog]

Early excavation stages still:
http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/2059/img4975.jpg

[hummingbird]

Hopefully they will make an appearance here now that they have a condo development named after Maddox.....so cute if he actually lives in a unit there in the future!!

[Built Form]

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f58/hirtus1/P1040496.jpg
pic by Built Form

[Locked In]

Excavation update - my photo (https://picasaweb.google.com/104250476900282174023/SummerFall2011#5685016517932788802), today:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-j1mtbd9GnQM/TuU8Zw2crEI/AAAAAAAAEf0/xFqm54u9f6Y/s900/IMG-20111211-00048.jpg

[Locked In]

Excavation update - my photo (https://picasaweb.google.com/104250476900282174023/SummerFall2011#5695492822588830146) from yesterday (sorry for the terrible quality):

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-F_DSVYlUd1w/Twp0i88xscI/AAAAAAAAEgk/koW_NuySE5c/s720/IMG-20120107-00082.jpg

[osirisboy]

Crane is now up

[Prometheus]

Thanks for the update.

[Jimbo604]

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w376/jimbo604/maddox3.jpg

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w376/jimbo604/maddox2.jpg

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w376/jimbo604/maddox1.jpg
photocredit: me

Crane installed today. Let the construction begin!

[Prometheus]

Drake Street is really active. Salt, Maddox and The Rolston are already happening, and 1265-1281 Howe Street, Burrard Gateway and 1300-1320 Richards Street are in the works.

[Locked In]

^ Plus Amacon's project 'The Harwood' where Drake meets Burrard - busy street!

[Pinion]

This project is making it much harder to find parking near La Bodega, therefore I don't like it.

[osirisboy]

dont worry its days are numbered then you wont have to worry about parking :)

[Built Form]

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f58/hirtus1/P1050868.jpg
pic by Built Form

[phesto]

Apparently Maddox is now 50% sold...

[Locked In]

My photo (https://picasaweb.google.com/104250476900282174023/2012#5716262606558849570), today:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QEx_Tm0aCjA/T1Q-jfrJ6iI/AAAAAAAAElw/Ytaj-xpT67Y/s900/IMG-20120304-00129.jpg

[Jimbo604]

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w376/jimbo604/Fri%20Apr%2027%202012/IMG_1528.jpg
Photo credit: me

[officedweller]

Thanks for all the updates.

[SFUVancouver]

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/3967/maddoxmay232012p1280675.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, May 23rd, 2012.

[Jimbo604]

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w376/jimbo604/2012-05-24%20Thr%20May%202/IMG_1665.jpg
Photo credit: me

[Built Form]

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f58/hirtus1/P1070247.jpg
pic by Built Form

[SFUVancouver]

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/1646/maddoxjune92012p1280979.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, June 9th, 2012.

[Vanurbanista]

Maddox is now starting to move from underground parking to above ground living quarters. Would the change its official status from "proposed to "under construction"? And at the same time change the total from 17 to 18 structures in Vancouver UC?

[SFUVancouver]

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/8251/maddoxp1290267.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, June 25th, 2012.

[Jimbo604]

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w376/jimbo604/2012-09-14%20Fri%20Sep/IMG_1917.jpg
Photo credit: me

Build is now a couple floors above ground level.

[vanman]

Update by YellowFever




http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/downtown%202/IMG_6755.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/downtown%202/IMG_6768.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/downtown%202/IMG_6771.jpg

[Locked In]

My photo (https://picasaweb.google.com/104250476900282174023/2012#5798979311398787986), today:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gPP9Zzyky4U/UHoc9ZvDm5I/AAAAAAAAEtk/5s0DIUs9Y7M/s1000/IMG-20121013-00261.jpg

[vanman]

Update from SSC by Yellowfever

This one also going up fast.


http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/downtown%202/IMG_7381.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/downtown%202/IMG_7382.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/downtown%202/IMG_7383.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/downtown%202/IMG_7384.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/downtown%202/IMG_7393.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/downtown%202/IMG_7397.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/downtown%202/IMG_7401.jpg

[Klazu]

This project is gaining height fast. I think they are already working on the 11th floor! No gladding visible just yet.

[osirisboy]

Cladding going up and spandrel is same colour as mark and rolston. Is there someone at city hall making the developers use this hideous colour or what?

[Klazu]

That's bad news. How can it be that the renders can't be trusted at all when it comes to the color of the glass? :(

http://vuosiamaailmalla.fi/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/maddox_render.jpg

[osirisboy]

There were spots where the "terra-cotta" panels I'm guessing are going. So it's not all sea foam spandrel


But I agree how does this happen? When it's fsr or height we all know what that is before the shovel hits the ground it seems. But when it comes to colour of materials why are we always in the dark until it shows up on the building?

[SFUVancouver]

Simple answer: most high-rise residential glass has a high iron content, which makes it somewhat green. When you put white or light coloured spandrel panels, blinds, or curtains behind greenish glass they will also look greenish.

[osirisboy]

Hmmm yes I see your point but Black or dark grey spandrel would still look way better

[SpongeG]

glass is pretty hard to render as well

[officedweller]

Pic by me yesterday

http://imageshack.us/a/img211/4163/img20121124006762.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/211/img20121124006762.jpg/)

Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)

[entheosfog]

http://imageshack.us/a/img69/6981/img1071pn.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img854/764/img1085hc.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img23/4654/img1078rq.jpg

[Klazu]

Almost half way!

[Built Form]

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f58/hirtus1/DSCN0190_zpsd27dbef4.jpg

Maddox and Rolston

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f58/hirtus1/DSCN0191_zps0e84c3ef.jpg
pics by Built Form

[Jebby]

Rolston looks great, Maddox looks disgusting.

[officedweller]

I think the white and gray spandrel panels on Maddox are the locations where the terra cotta panels will be mounted later.

[Sir Conga]

Media Manipulation? (http://whispersfromtheedgeoftherainforest.blogspot.ca/2013/02/media-manipulation-you-decide.html)

Whispers from the edge of the rainforest, a local real-estate blog suspects a local marketing firm of some dubious PR.

There is also a more-recent follow up post on said blog.

This was posted to reddit.com by user "proudbedwetter", and should perhaps be taken with a grain of salt.

I'm not sure if this is the best place to post this, but Maddox was in the story.

[Jimbo604]

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w376/jimbo604/2012-02-13%20Feb%20Wed/IMG_0279_zpsff76bbde.jpg
Photo credit: me

[officedweller]

Media Manipulation? (http://whispersfromtheedgeoftherainforest.blogspot.ca/2013/02/media-manipulation-you-decide.html)

Whispers from the edge of the rainforest, a local real-estate blog suspects a local marketing firm of some dubious PR.

There is also a more-recent follow up post on said blog.

This was posted to reddit.com by user "proudbedwetter", and should perhaps be taken with a grain of salt.

I'm not sure if this is the best place to post this, but Maddox was in the story.

You betcha!
Hopefully there will be some sanctions imposed on the agents.

A Vancouver real estate marketing company is apologizing for having two employees pose as prospective homebuyers in televised news segments on a supposed spike in sales around the Lunar New Year.

The two young women – presented as house-hunting sisters, whose parents would be in town from China for the New Year to help them purchase a condo – are in fact an administrative assistant and a sales assistant with MAC Marketing Solutions, president Cameron McNeill confirmed to The Globe and Mail.


http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/real-estate-firm-confesses-after-employees-pose-as-buyers-in-news-stories/article8688210/

[hollywoodnorth]

here is a video story on the MAC FRAUD >>

http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/BC/ID/2335266634/

[whatnext]

here is a video story on the MAC FRAUD >>

http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/BC/ID/2335266634/

If the market was as strong as MacNeill was suggesting on CTV tonight, they wouldn't have had to resort to such subterfuge.

[TwoFace]

If the market was as strong as MacNeill was suggesting on CTV tonight, they wouldn't have had to resort to such subterfuge.

Just giving the media what they want :D if people are really buying based on some TV story then I wish them luck when they reach adulthood.

Nothing really new here, another way is to pre-sell a % of the building to "family and friends" or in English ... take the best units off the market for a future markup and generate demand.

[entheosfog]

http://imageshack.us/a/img5/3317/img1475kh.jpg

[Klazu]

Driving to the city over Granville Bridge today I noticed that The Maddox is now as tall as The Rollston. There is no doubt that they will top this building in no more than two months!! The exciting thing will be to see how the "terra cotta" panels will look like once they start going up...

[officedweller]

It'll be interesting to see if the terra cotta panels will be textured.
The Cinema Tower in TO has terra cotta panels on its parkade and loooks great:

http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthread.php/4966-Cinema-Tower-(21-31-Widmer-St-Daniels-43s-Kirkor)/page44

[Jebby]

It'll be interesting to see if the terra cotta panels will be textured.
The Cinema Tower in TO has terra cotta panels on its parkade and loooks great:

http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthread.php/4966-Cinema-Tower-(21-31-Widmer-St-Daniels-43s-Kirkor)/page44

If the panels on Maddox look half as good as those I'll change my mind about this tower. I just wish they were able to a wall of them near the base like on that tower in Toronto.

[Bankview]

It'll be interesting to see if the terra cotta panels will be textured.
The Cinema Tower in TO has terra cotta panels on its parkade and loooks great:

http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthread.php/4966-Cinema-Tower-(21-31-Widmer-St-Daniels-43s-Kirkor)/page44

If my memory serves me correctly, the 'terra cotta panels' on the Cinema Tower parkade are simply textured precast concrete with a stain applied so they resemble true terracotta.

I hope Maddox doesn't wind up with anything like that...

[officedweller]

Ah, thanks for the heads up.
As long as the finish looks good (textured), I thing either wold look good.

I just hope they don't look like raw floor tiles.

I just wish they were able to a wall of them near the base like on that tower in Toronto.

It's screening an above ground parkade - but it adds a scuptural quality absent in many Vancouver buildings.
Telus Garden podium will have onyx cladding - it may be interesting.

[Jebby]

It's screening an above ground parkade - but it adds a scuptural quality absent in many Vancouver buildings.
Telus Garden podium will have onyx cladding - it may be interesting.

I'm glad Telus Gardens will have that cladding. It adds so much substance and, as you say, sculptural quality, to the base of a tower.

[Jimbo604]

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w376/jimbo604/2013-03-14%20Mar%20Thr/IMG_1971_zps8919d252.jpg
Photo credit: me

[Klazu]

First terra cotta panels going up on the southwest corner of the building. Didn't have camera with me, but with quick look they looked fine.

[PopYourColla]

phone photo i took of the terra cotta spandrel.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a142/Slangdaddy/IMG_20130322_121611.jpg

[officedweller]

Nice! Thanks.

I wonder if they intended the diagonal shading?

[SFUVancouver]

That looks great!

[osirisboy]

Nice! Thanks.

I wonder if they intended the diagonal shading?

I think it is. It was the same on the other side

[copernic22]

Doesn't look bad so far.
http://imageshack.us/a/img248/2284/41313050.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img29/9388/66910358.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img856/9974/82050256.jpg

[Jebby]

Are the panels supposed to be differently colored or is it just the light?

[osirisboy]

Supposed to be

[wrenegade]

I'm impressed. It's definitely different and certainly preferable to the usual blue/green spandrel.

[officedweller]

Pic by me Saturday, April 6th:

http://imageshack.us/a/img195/3438/img2013040600858.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/195/img2013040600858.jpg/)

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[Chadillaccc]

Why do no Vancouverites (except like one or two) ever post these awesome construction updates on the Canada section? Obviously it would be nice to see something other than Toronto, and as Vancouver is the only metro area in the country that even comes near Toronto's level of construction (about half), I'm sure the rest of Canada would love to see these awesome updates...

[Pinion]

Not a fan of multi-coloured panels, especially terracotta ones.

Why do no Vancouverites (except like one or two) ever post these awesome construction updates on the Canada section? Obviously it would be nice to see something other than Toronto, and as Vancouver is the only metro area in the country that even comes near Toronto's level of construction (about half), I'm sure the rest of Canada would love to see these awesome updates...

I've posted around 10 times in the Canada section and every post has been ignored except for one, where you replied. Almost seems like there's resentment towards Vancouverites.

[Jebby]

Not a fan of multi-coloured panels, especially terracotta ones.


They should have all been the same color.

[Chadillaccc]

Not a fan of multi-coloured panels, especially terracotta ones.



I've posted around 10 times in the Canada section and every post has been ignored except for one, where you replied. Almost seems like there's resentment towards Vancouverites.

Oh, sorry to hear that :/ Well, a few people respond to the skyline pics when they're posted. I didn't realize there was so little interest in seeing construction updates. Every time I see a quotable construction update here I post it on the Canada section. It's hard to do though, cause most updates are already quoted from Yellow Fever, and I don't know how to do double quotes... I'm not even sure how people feel about me quoting their updates to the Canada section to begin with :S

[LeftCoaster]

Go nuts, someone's gotta do it!

I'd love it if there were more Vancouverites in the Canada section but they tend to stay away. twofold reason i would imagine, one is the community here is very active and healthy and the other is that the Canada section can be a bit of a quagmire and a hostile place.