Future Canadian Skylines

[dleung]

Vancouver 3d. I added about 1500m worth of fantasy proposals... I focused it all in one area where I think it'll have the best impact on the skyline.

Green: construction
Blue: proposed/approved
Yellow: fantasy

[vegeta_skyline]

Nice. But I gotta say, somebody sure likes spires and 'pointy hats'.

Originally Posted by yaletown_fella

It sucks how L tower will be so prominent.

What? Letme guess, your one of those hating on it after 2 floors of cladding. But you do realize that it won't look nearly that prominent when all the highrises south of the tracks are taken into consideration, right?

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by isaidso

I'd say that only half the buildings in core are worth saving. Regarding parks, I think Moss Park and Allan Gardens would have made a great downtown park if they were joined to form a giant park from Carlton down to Queen. It would mean bulldozing 2 long blocks of residential between the 2, but rezoning the perimeter of the new park for highrise residential would replace the housing stock lost (all be it condos), and give Toronto that big downtown park it lacks.

I disagree only half the buildings in the core are worth saving however, your "Central Park" plan is actually the most reasonable (still a waste) I've heard to this date.

[dleung]

Originally Posted by vegeta skyline

Nice. But I gotta say, somebody sure likes spires and 'pointy hats'.

I don't like decourative spires... those are antennae, and the messier the better. I don't like "hats" either; it implies a sloped, inaccessible surface, whereas I prefer "fins" that render rooftops more usable.

This is a dleung-approved fantasy tower for Vancouver, created in 5 minutes. It's 180m (measured to fins), and has 7000sf residential floorplates and 25,000sf office floorplates.

[vegeta_skyline]

Well that makes things clearer, they looked like hat's and spires from a distance.
I'll certainly concede that accessible rooftops protected with sloped fins are a good idea and provide a nice aesthetic but whats the deal with the messy antenna's, that a fetish of yours?

[dleung]

Yea i have a fetish for antennae... I'm a fan of high-tech aesthetics and Richard Rogers is my hero. But even if the the towers were as you thought they were, I still have a hard time understanding why it would be worse than a flat inaccessible roof. "pointy hats" is clearly a pejorative, and implies something tacked on, as opposed to part of the vertical expression.

To me, only the ones in the left image are "hats"

http://www.planetware.com

[whiteford]

please do the blue/green thing with Calgary. i would also love to see the too-scale comparison with Vancouver and Calgary. that would be very interesting to see.

[steveve]

Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

a view of the entertainment district with my model I made in sketchup.. (all white buildings are proposed/under construction/confirmed at that height and location but no design yet)

YESSSS!!!!!!!!! It's happening! holy that is a new downtown.

[suburbanite]

Are any of those buildings in the entertainment district going to be office towers?

[caltrane74]

One - Queen Richmond Centre

The Entertianment District will never be the same agian. When those condos go up, the wild craziness will end. No more fights, puking and shootouts on Richmond at 2am. No more hollering at honies walking down the sidewalk.

Big Changes coming....

[isaidso]

Originally Posted by steveve

YESSSS!!!!!!!!! It's happening! holy that is a new downtown.

Would be nice to have some height variation though. They're all roughly 100-150 m.

[caltrane74]

Don't forget the Warehouses add visual interest, so height is not that important.

[Ramako]

Originally Posted by suburbanite

Are any of those buildings in the entertainment district going to be office towers?

In addition to the Queen-Richmond Centre, several of those condos will have a few floors of office space at the bottom: Tableau, Peter Street Condos, The Bond.

There was also a vision for a large office tower in the middle of the cluster, but it's probably a long way out.

[Innsertnamehere]

the shorter building above the google earth logo is also the new globe an mail headquarters.

[steveve]

Originally Posted by isaidso

Would be nice to have some height variation though. They're all roughly 100-150 m.

true, but then again, you have the ritz, theater park, and those types of towers to mix up the bunch... but ya, in a sense, i can see the flat effect.

[Andrewjm3D]

A little deco/modernist condo/office tower I whipped up. 75 floors around 290m.

[vanman]

^ That would work in Chicago maybe but anywhere else would look hideous.

[Gresto]

^Disagree. I would love that in Toronto.

[Travis007]

Originally Posted by suburbanite

Are any of those buildings in the entertainment district going to be office towers?

The Queen Richmond Centre.

There's also word of a fairly large office project for the NW corner of King/Peter (current Shoppers Drug Mart) in the works by Allied REIT. Potential for up to 800,000 sq feet of office space.

[KamT]

Originally Posted by whiteford

please do the blue/green thing with Calgary. i would also love to see the too-scale comparison with Vancouver and Calgary. that would be very interesting to see.

Also, a Mississauga City Centre model would be great, especially since there is so much density being added to it recently + to come. MCC is going t be great in 10-15 years. Could you do please do a "blue/green" model with 'sauga too?