EDM: The Oliver

feepa · #1 Posted **Jun 11, 2007, 5:58 PM**

The Oliver
Developer: Architect: CW Tse Architects and ISL Engineering and Landscape Architecture. Location: 10024 110 Street. Number of Floors: 14

Rate it 10 really good, 1 really bad.

ExcaliburKid · #2 Posted **Jun 11, 2007, 6:00 PM**

Podium stinks, otherwise I like.

Coldrsx · #3 Posted **Jun 11, 2007, 6:14 PM**

i gave it an 8...i quite like this.

240glt · #4 Posted **Jun 11, 2007, 6:17 PM**

8 for me too. I like it.

Who's the douche who gave this a 1 ?

HomeInMyShoes · #5 Posted **Jun 11, 2007, 6:26 PM**

I have to say disappointing without townhomes for the podium. It's such a quiet street with a nice feel that it's an ideal place for townhomes. If the rendering colours are accurate then the red versus green glass is harkening back to what? The tower that must not be named? The tower itself is nice, but it's a miss overall for me for what that area could be.

Kevin_foster · #6 Posted **Jun 11, 2007, 7:04 PM**

To be blunt - Podium sucks donkeys ballocks. The tower, however, is quite nice.

Good to see something different for a change. Finally a nonstandard curtain wall! wooo!!

The penthouse will be kickass..

Coldrsx · #7 Posted **Jun 11, 2007, 7:19 PM**

to each their own, but other than townhouses (WHICH SHOULD BE HERE PEOPLE), it is nice.

newfangled · #8 Posted **Jun 11, 2007, 7:45 PM**

What is that podium? Is it supposed to be two stories of commercial?

That's a really strange spot for it, considering that it's on a narrow one-way street that is all residential, and which is far enough from Jasper to be out-of-the-way, but not far enough away that it's serving a different market?

Are they planning it to be a little professional building for architects, dentists, lawyers...? I can't see much retail interest in that location.

CanadianCentaur · #9 Posted **Jun 11, 2007, 7:48 PM**

The tower looks pretty nice, but the podium clashes like crazy.

Coldrsx · #10 Posted **Jun 11, 2007, 7:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by newfangled

What is that podium? Is it supposed to be two stories of commercial?

That's a really strange spot for it, considering that it's on a narrow one-way street that is all residential, and which is far enough from Jasper to be out-of-the-way, but not far enough away that it's serving a different market?

Are they planning it to be a little professional building for architects, dentists, lawyers...? I can't see much retail interest in that location.

no retail there kids...this will likely be amenity space.

Coldrsx · #11 Posted **Jun 11, 2007, 7:50 PM**

im not saying im the architectural demi-god, but anyone who did this should be ashamed of themselves with regards to being on this site:

1 2 7.14%
2 2 7.14%
3 0 0%
4 2 7.14%
5 2 7.14%

newfangled · #12 Posted **Jun 11, 2007, 8:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

no retail there kids...this will likely be amenity space.

Cold, are you just guessing that, or has it been confirmed somewhere?

Because on two floors that would be like 10000~15000sqft of space, which is a ton of common space.

Coldrsx · #13 Posted **Jun 11, 2007, 8:27 PM**

^not really...

-lobby
-garbage/recycling
-parking entrance/exit + potential main floor parking
-utility room

there WONT be retail...potentially some office i suppose, but nothing like a Mac's.

I cant recall zoning for this, but i think RA9 which allows but does request main floor anything like an RMU would.

The Chemist · #14 Posted **Jun 11, 2007, 8:58 PM**

Meh. Looks sort of like Oscar sans the weird ass roof element. Thumbs down from me.

ExcaliburKid · #15 Posted **Jun 11, 2007, 9:02 PM**

^Sorry guy, nothing is so bad that it can be compared to Oscar. Except Panache.

Coldrsx · #16 Posted **Jun 11, 2007, 9:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by The Chemist

Meh. Looks sort of like Oscar sans the weird ass roof element. Thumbs down from me.

you guys are on fucking crack

Coldrsx · #17 Posted **Jun 11, 2007, 9:06 PM**

this is a very good project based on this rendering....material will be key as always, but people who think this is a poor development really need compare this to other projects.

articulation - check
interesting look - check
simple yet modern - check
curtain wall - check
decent street level interaction - check
decent setback -check

sometimes i wonder why i bother.

vaportrail · #18 Posted **Jun 11, 2007, 9:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

this is a very good project based on this rendering....material will be key as always, but people who think this is a poor development really need compare this to other projects.
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sometimes i wonder why i bother.

You tell 'em, Cold! You tell the world!

murman · #19 Posted **Jun 11, 2007, 9:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

this is a very good project based on this rendering....material will be key as always, but people who think this is a poor development really need compare this to other projects.

articulation - check
interesting look - check
simple yet modern - check
curtain wall - check
decent street level interaction - check
decent setback -check

sometimes i wonder why i bother.

Cold... you have to agree that the podium bears no relation to the tower, and vice versa. The Santa's Village colour motif doesn't help, either.

Coldrsx · #20 Posted **Jun 11, 2007, 9:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by murman

Cold... you have to agree that the podium bears no relation to the tower, and vice versa. The Santa's Village colour motif doesn't help, either.

unlike ICON, ARRIVA, etc...which are doing heritage contrasting podiums, this one is doing it for aesthetic appeal. I dont see what the rhubarb is all about here.

walks to find comparables...