This is a huge and awesome project for our city, so I think it definitely deserves its own thread.
A render of the incredible project...
Here is the progress of the project as of yesterday...
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Mohkínstsis — 1.6 million people at the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, 400 high-rises, a 300-metre SE to NW climb, over 1000 kilometres of pathways, with 20% of the urban area as parkland.
Yeah, this is the one project that I'm most excited to see turn out. Can't wait for the exterior terracotta cladding especially.
The only thing I dislike is how they gave it such a generic name. I wish they kept the Cantos in there to give it a little more of a branded stamp for the long-term.
Haha wow! I love how the firm we got came in last place on that SSP poll. The original version of this was shit, compared to what we have now, so I understand. This is going to be a killer project, and with the New Central Library only a block away, this could be quite the high-design little area of the city!
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Mohkínstsis — 1.6 million people at the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, 400 high-rises, a 300-metre SE to NW climb, over 1000 kilometres of pathways, with 20% of the urban area as parkland.
The only thing I dislike is how they gave it such a generic name. I wish they kept the Cantos in there to give it a little more of a branded stamp for the long-term.
Let's all just start calling it Cantos and make it catch on.
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Originally Posted by Blue_Cypress
It should only be a few weeks until structural steel work begins. First week of may probably.
Great to hear, can't wait to see the shape come together.
Potential here with the design, and I like that this one happened mostly from private donations, but still have higher expectations for the Central Library.
Big budget, international starchitect, tie-ins to Stephen Ave, lrt capsule, flexibility in floor plate size/design due to the nature of the building, potential mixing of uses. Hoping we get something a bit outrageous here.
Yeah for sure. The Library has a budget well over $100 million larger than the NMC I think.
As far as naming goes, I'd rather it be called the Canadian National Music Centre, but as an alternative, National Music Centre is fine. A more simple and direct name like this conveys its importance and uniqueness a bit better.
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Mohkínstsis — 1.6 million people at the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, 400 high-rises, a 300-metre SE to NW climb, over 1000 kilometres of pathways, with 20% of the urban area as parkland.
Potential here with the design, and I like that this one happened mostly from private donations, but still have higher expectations for the Central Library.
Big budget, international starchitect, tie-ins to Stephen Ave, lrt capsule, flexibility in floor plate size/design due to the nature of the building, potential mixing of uses. Hoping we get something a bit outrageous here.
$75 million for this came from government. $25 from each level I think.
Mohkínstsis — 1.6 million people at the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, 400 high-rises, a 300-metre SE to NW climb, over 1000 kilometres of pathways, with 20% of the urban area as parkland.
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