The Rolston | 76m | 23 fl | Completed - Page 2

dleung · #21 Posted **Mar 30, 2010, 4:14 AM**

I remember seeing an earlier version of this proposal, where the zig-zag feature was a bit more legit than just glue-on walls over a regular box.

Vancouver_Highrise · #22 Posted **Mar 30, 2010, 4:41 AM**

I like the design and the fact that there will be some nightlife under it! even if it is aimed for the "baby boomers". It will bring down a different crowd.

officedweller · #23 Posted **Mar 30, 2010, 7:02 PM**

What do you mean by "glue-on" walls?

It looks like the boxes will be cast in place concrete and will support the balconies (a bit like the concrete walls at Jameson House that support the curved fingers).

dleung · #24 Posted **Mar 31, 2010, 2:14 AM**

^^I mean the zig-zag is purely cosmetic. The massing behind it does not shift at all... see how the glass line goes straight down all the floors. It's just a dumb box.

LeftCoaster · #25 Posted **Mar 31, 2010, 3:19 AM**

dleung I'm pretty sure the zigzag features are actually balconies.

dleung · #26 Posted **Mar 31, 2010, 3:55 AM**

ROFL obviously. But the building VOLUME behind is is perfectly flat. Earlier renders show a staggered-box design. Now it's staggered balconies on a single flat box. I was never excited about the original design, but even then I knew that what was at least a "different" idea for Vancouver would never survive the DP stage without being completely neutered.

LeftCoaster · #27 Posted **Mar 31, 2010, 4:55 AM**

Ohh i see, you are saying the original "jenga style" building has been modified.

Yeah you are right it definitely has been changed too a standard building with think protrusions, as opposed to completely different floorplates the whole way up... I personally like this new style more tho, it just looks more like a finished product imo.

Hed Kandi · #28 Posted **Apr 19, 2010, 5:57 PM**

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jlousa · #29 Posted **Apr 20, 2010, 2:15 AM**

Please post link to orginal source of the article as per forum rules otherwise it will be deleted. Thanks

Yume-sama · #30 Posted **Apr 20, 2010, 2:18 AM**

They max out at 890 square feet? How quaint...

What to do with so much space!

cityguy · #31 Posted **May 31, 2010, 12:31 PM**

This tower looks great,very un-Vancouver like.

officedweller · #32 Posted **May 31, 2010, 11:16 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yume-sama

They max out at 890 square feet? How quaint...

Sounds like Yaletown Park

PROSTSHOCKER · #33 Posted **Nov 2, 2010, 4:57 PM**

IT BEGINS

But really, today I noticed scaffolding and a modest workforce of people either dismantling or prepping the building for demolition/deconstruction. The whole south side wall is gone and covered with a tarp

I was in the bus passing by it on Granville street bridge yet it was moving too fast for me to take a decent photo so for the visual benefit of you all I drew it instead.