Envie [256 Rideau St] | 2x85m | 2x29f | Completed - Page 19

ponyboycurtis · #**361** Posted **Aug 11, 2022, 4:23 PM**

We can also mark this one as complete.

I like the vertical neon light bands at the ground level. The main entrance is kinda weird with that white marble though. A total clashing material with the rest of the building??? I don't get it.

The neon lights at the top and bottom are pretty sweet though. The Rideau face of the building is also kind of neat even if is stamped right next to CP. That oddball 3 degree offset is a cool niche detail you have to look twice to see.

We just need another stamped tower next to it to get rid of that god awful eastern face.

OTSkyline · #**362** Posted **Aug 12, 2022, 1:45 PM**

I also really don't understand that random neon green patch at the top. Like... what??

Harley613 · #**363** Posted **Aug 12, 2022, 2:11 PM**

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I also really don't understand that random neon green patch at the top. Like... what??

That patch and the red patches at Loop drive me completely nuts. Only in Ottawa, I tell you... It's like developers demand the cheapest designs possible from the architects, and the architects get so frustrated that they add a random weird last minute flourish just to say 'F&#K You' and see if it gets rubber stamped.

ponyboycurtis · #**364** Posted **Aug 20, 2022, 5:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by Harley613

That patch and the red patches at Loop drive me completely nuts. Only in Ottawa, I tell you... It's like developers demand the cheapest designs possible from the architects, and the architects get so frustrated that they add a random weird last minute flourish just to say 'F&#K You' and see if it gets rubber stamped.

It's weird I agree. I dig the little angle on the roofline and funky lights at the top though.

I'm looking forward to seeing the ground floor when it isn't half taken up by construction office.

The polished chrome and light strips look great at night. The white marble also looks better at night than it does during the day. We just need to slap another 85m 27 floor building next to it and get rid of that awful panelled wall.

J.OT13 · #**365** Posted **Oct 31, 2022, 12:53 PM**

Cross-post, love what they did on the top floor of Envie.

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Lots of cranes in that image

OTownandDown · #**366** Posted **May 17, 2023, 8:55 PM**

Found these backside pictures of Envie, finally! Not quite 'low down' enough, but I'm impressed there is sunlight:

Found these on Realtor for Claridge Plaza:
https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/2...awa-sandy-hill

lol, what a bedroom window view! Honestly should be illegal:

waterloowarrior · #**367** Posted **May 18, 2023, 5:08 PM**

Harley613 · #**368** Posted **May 18, 2023, 5:19 PM**

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I thought of Rear Window the moment I saw the post

J.OT13 · #**369** Posted **May 19, 2023, 12:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by OTownandDown

Found these backside pictures of Envie, finally! Not quite 'low down' enough, but I'm impressed there is sunlight:

Found these on Realtor for Claridge Plaza:
https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/2...awa-sandy-hill

More light than I thought they could ever get, but they did wait for the optimal time of day to take the picture.