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Very mid-century vibe. I like it.
I like it too, except for the too narrow kitchen/dining area. I'm not in love with the arched entrance, but it is striking.
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Recently noticed this building in Mount Pleasant and thought it was an interesting infill project - a 6-storey "backyard tower". Couldn't find much info (or actual images) of the project, but it was constructed on the rear half of a standard SFH lot in a mixed-residential/industrial part of the city: https://maps.app.goo.gl/VRAo63jTQSj6YoibA

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75.9 House by Bocci founder Omer Arbel: https://www.dezeen.com/2023/10/25/om...anadian-house/



















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Recently noticed this building in Mount Pleasant and thought it was an interesting infill project - a 6-storey "backyard tower". Couldn't find much info (or actual images) of the project, but it was constructed on the rear half of a standard SFH lot in a mixed-residential/industrial part of the city: https://maps.app.goo.gl/VRAo63jTQSj6YoibA

It's been noted in the Vancouver threads, and like all recent buildings in the city's central area, is on the Changing Vancouver blog.

It's a jewellery manufacturing building, with the showroom and office in the restored former house (that was removed from the site for construction, and then brought back and located on a new concrete footing). The bigger building behind is a new laboratory for AbCellera, a bio-tech company working with human antibodies. They're building an even bigger building next door. The area doesn't permit residential development, only a mix of office, industrial and some limited retail (associated with industrial operations). It's seen significant boost in development activity in the past few years, with a range of tenants and owners from manufacturing, (like this project), to gaming, movie special effects and animation, bio-tech and tech businesses like Hootsuite. There are also food manufacturers and several craft breweries.
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Canvas House in Toronto by Partisans: https://www.dezeen.com/2023/12/05/pa...ade-toronto/#/

Fairly unremarkable in form, but I like the sort of human-scaled, brick detailing that a lot of Toronto architects are doing these days, like Partisans, Batay-Csorba, Shim-Sutcliffe, Studio AC, HP, and so on.









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That last one is gorgeous!
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Zibi. The first shows the completed portions of both the Ottawa and Hull sides. The second is the Ottawa side, driving over the Chaudiere Bridge towards Gatineau.





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Zibi. The first shows the completed portions of both the Ottawa and Hull sides. The second is the Ottawa side, driving over the Chaudiere Bridge towards Gatineau.
This is quite a change! When it's all "done" it will be interesting to see a before/after comparison.

In the first photo, what's up with that dark grey structure in the foreground?

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This is quite a change! When it's all "done" it will be interesting to see a before/after comparison.

In the first photo, what's up with that dark grey structure in the foreground?
Shipping container sales centre with an observation deck. At least, I think that's what you're asking about.

Here's a Zibi promotional video for commercial tenants. Great shots of the area and surroundings.

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Shipping container sales centre with an observation deck.
For use as residential/commercial space?

The entire concept looks great. Hopefully the result is too!
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For use as residential/commercial space?

The entire concept looks great. Hopefully the result is too!
When is the tower under construction on the Ottawa side ready for occupancy? That will be a big population boost!
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Old Posted Jan 29, 2024, 3:27 PM
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For use as residential/commercial space?
Really just a sales centre and event space + that observation deck. The structure was always meant to be temporary. They are considering building a permeant one.

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When is the tower under construction on the Ottawa side ready for occupancy? That will be a big population boost!
Should be open now. In December, they were saying it would open "next month".

That tower has 19 Ottawa Community Housing apartments (Ottawa's social housing arm), 48 co-living units (think student housing for adults, where each person rents a bedroom and shares the kitchen and living room) and 140 traditional apartments. So we could estimate 300 or so people living there when it's fully occupied.

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https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local...rdable-housing
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A few Canadian projects have been featured on The Local Project recently (a notable Australian architecture/design publication). Interestingly, all on the East Coast:

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Cité Angus II

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A few Canadian projects have been featured on The Local Project recently (a notable Australian architecture/design publication). Interestingly, all on the East Coast:


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Interesting to see inside this house, which is in my neighbourhood, right here. The architect is genuinely a huge asset to the local architecture community, and his house is indeed striking-yet-elegant. I've been a bit reticent about it as a piece of urban architecture since it was built, though, since it really does feel like it eschews the neighbourhood around it. This video makes that even more clear, with the focus on indirect light, and the few normal windows looking out to the private rear patio instead of to the street.

In fairness to the architect, the street it's located on is one of the least scenic in the entire neighbourhood, with a sort of grubby back street vibe. I probably wouldn't want to gaze out at it either from my living-room window. Still, that's the street he chose to build on (and the relentless pace of gentrification means the view is not likely to be so rough-around-the-edges forever).
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The COBE-designed Maple House turned out exactly as promised:






West Don Lands development chugging along:





https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2024/04...-landing.55561
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