CALGARY | Eighth Ave Place II | 581' / 177.1m | 41 floors
 

Cranes have been erected. The podium was already built when the original tower was constructed, so there is no digging for this one.


[tower on left]

From Ricolance in the Calgary construction thread

poor guys in the other tower are going to loos their mountain views

Yeah. I almost prefer they didn't build it at all..... we have enough twin towers!

These have always sorta reminded me of the original Wilshire Grand development in LA before they went to a single tower design, but these two are much closer in height.

Definitely good looking buildings though.

I like them :cool:

I like the idea of these two towers, but think they would look better if the second tower was rotated 180 degrees so that both their roofs were sloping in the same direction. To me that would look better than them facing each other.

I think this one works best having them face opposite directions. Would be cool if they were on opposing sides of the road or something.

Agreed. Makes the twins much more palatable. Especially when lined up with Husky and Bankers.

I feel this one is going to go up pretty fast! :D

Yeah, without a podium to build, it should really fly.

Yep, the first tower went up at a very quick pace.

That is not how Calgarians think! I remember Josh White or Jordan W once told me about this proposed building that would block the views of some wealthy residents. But unlike the usual whiny Westside Vancouver residents that we are all familiar with when it comes to building something that would "block views", these people demanded the developers that they "BUILD IT TALLER!!!". True story.... ;)

It should indeed. There is another building in Calgary that just recently started construction from the already built podium and it's already up around the 10 floors mark.

That financial district area is going be quite the urban canyon soon.

There are a couple of good urban canyons going right now. 6th ave and 8th ave are pretty solid canyons. 9th ave and 4th ave... are also solid.

this is the one set of twins in calgary that actually is pleasing to the eyes. i love this set and i also love the way they face to opposite directions. they are meant to resemble the tops of the rocky mountains and facing the other way as they do only helps with the effect. i have tried to find a good angle that ties them in with the mountains ever since moving here about 2 and a half months ago but seeing them with the mountain backdrop is next to impossible because of the bankers hall towers. when up in the calgary tower and for that matter, most of the near bye office towers, you will be able to see the desired effect that i speak of. nice towers imo.

Most recent update pic of this one

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EAP by Incremental Photo, on Flickr

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Skyscraper And Crane by LostMyHeadache: Absolutely Free *, on Flickr

sorry double post.