Cancelled Calgary old Project Renderings

ctown.myth · #1 Posted **Mar 14, 2007, 6:14 AM**

Hey, I've been wondering if any people out there have any renderings of the old cancelled calgary projects back in the 80's? There's a lot of new people in the forum who would love to see the old drawings of FCII and the second Canterra tower...

Boris2k7 · #2 Posted **Mar 14, 2007, 6:33 AM**

Hi, I guess you are new enough here that you may have missed some of the so-called "end of thread" parties that we have every 2000 or so posts (though, honestly, a lot of regular forumers miss those as well). One of these parties contained a bunch of renderings.

I'll repost what I have:

Alberta Plaza

Bay Park Plaza

Eaton Centre

First Canadian Centre II

McIntyre Building

?

Victoria Square

? (from the 90's)

ctown.myth · #3 Posted **Mar 14, 2007, 7:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by Boris550

First Canadian Centre II

Was that supposed to be built as another tower altogether or was FCII a secondary tower to the taller one? Because now the word seems to be that FCII will be a whole new plaza...
Thanks for the postings...

Boris2k7 · #4 Posted **Mar 14, 2007, 7:07 AM**

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Originally Posted by ctown.myth

Was that supposed to be built as another tower altogether or was FCII a secondary tower to the taller one? Because now the word seems to be that FCII will be a whole new plaza...
Thanks for the postings...

It was going to be a taller twin to the already existing tower at 3rd Street and 7th Avenue (you can see it in the rendering). It was partially built and cancelled (the planters in the plaza that exist right now are actually the tops of the foundations). The new design for the tower should be coming out sometime soon.

The rendering is looking West if you are a little disoriented...

biggiebear · #5 Posted **Mar 14, 2007, 7:15 AM**

Thanks for those pics Boris, what a taller skyline we would have. But then again we wouldn't have this opportunity now to put architecturally superior buildings ie:The Bow, FCCII. My favourite one in the last grouping would have to be the Eaton Centre, a very imposing tower but classy. The TD tower that is there now is very nice and one of my favourites, but the original looked to be quite taller.

Xelebes · #6 Posted **Mar 14, 2007, 7:17 AM**

Alberta Plaza would have been damn impressive.

murman · #7 Posted **Mar 14, 2007, 2:47 PM**

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Alberta Plaza would have been damn impressive.

Except that I think Gaglardi was the developer, and the other product he built in the 70s was, well... he's of Sandman fame. Take what you will from that.

biggiebear · #8 Posted **Mar 14, 2007, 7:27 AM**

Is it me or doesn't the victoria park project look like the Exchange massing and very similar design cues as Keynote but with the same materials of Sun Life Plaza sitting in Stampede Stations spot, and the 2 tower project with the ? beside it Lausanne/Montreux anybody.

murman · #9 Posted **Mar 14, 2007, 2:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by Boris550

McIntyre Building

This project was massive in scale. The FAR was well into the 20s, and it was quite high (60+ storeys if I recall).

Coldrsx · #10 Posted **Mar 14, 2007, 3:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by murman

This project was massive in scale. The FAR was well into the 20s, and it was quite high (60+ storeys if I recall).

looks like bentall 5

murman · #11 Posted **Mar 14, 2007, 4:33 PM**

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looks like bentall 5

In colour it doesn't. B5 has more glass. Macintyre (sic?) had prominent white spandrels, iirc.

Distill3d · #12 Posted **Mar 14, 2007, 3:04 PM**

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I believe this one was to also be a consideration for Bay Park Plaza.

murman · #13 Posted **Mar 14, 2007, 4:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by Distill3d

I believe this one was to also be a consideration for Bay Park Plaza.

Nope. That's where TCPL / James Short is. You can see how the eventual James Short +15 apes the cicular element of the prior proposal...

Distill3d · #14 Posted **Mar 14, 2007, 4:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by murman

Nope. That's where TCPL / James Short is. You can see how the eventual James Short +15 apes the cicular element of the prior proposal...

right. but i thought i read that one to be called like Bay Park Plaza or something like that. could be wrong. i haven't picked up that book in a lonnng time.

Distill3d · #15 Posted **Mar 14, 2007, 3:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by Boris550

Victoria Square

hmm...a more modern looking version:

AUM · #16 Posted **Mar 14, 2007, 5:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by Distill3d

hmm...a more modern looking version:

Victoria Square

Wow...and I believe its the same firm that did both proposals...'regurgitation' must be a new trend in Architecture. Perhaps we can call it 'massaging'

Champion3 · #17 Posted **Mar 14, 2007, 6:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by Distill3d

hmm...a more modern looking version:
(Removed images of Keynote and Victoria Square to save bandwidth)

I've been saying that since Keynote first surfaced. Both projects are PetroCan Redux.

Distill3d · #18 Posted **Mar 14, 2007, 6:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by Champion3

I've been saying that since Keynote first surfaced. Both projects are PetroCan Redux.

LOL i don't disagree with you on that one.

jeffwhit · #19 Posted **Mar 14, 2007, 6:52 PM**

The addresses of most or all of these cancelled projects are printed in the book Calgary Architecture, The Boom Year which as I said, lives in the local history room of the central library (4th floor.) The call number is 720. 971233 GUI

YYCguys · #20 Posted **Mar 25, 2007, 2:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by Boris550

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Where was this one supposed to be? I'd like this one to be resurrected.

? (from the 90's)

This looks vaguely familiar. What project looks similar to this one?