Calgary: Oscar, What's the consensus

[Xelebes]

Let's just say that I wouldn't choose to move in. Unless of course the price was begging.

[Kevin_foster]

You're really going to send this to the architect?

I think jeffwhit summed up my feelings

[Western Spaghetti]

This is totally laughable.

Do we know who the architect is? They were overpaid whoever it was.

[skrish]

The sailboat makes a return. Didn't this rendering come out a while ago?

[dubiousmike]

I made two buildings like that in the toilet this morning.

[unibrain]

There is absolutely nothing interesting with that building.

It's so bland... and then they throw on a headpiece. The podium is disproportional to the rest of the tower..

With it's short stumpy size (density limitation due to the size of the site), they should at least do something that spans the width of podium rather than having it set back so much.. Do a mini-boomerrang..

[Habanero]

This is the ugliest stupidest building I've sen in a while.

Are you serious about planning to send the results to the developer?

[m0nkyman]

I wouldn't wish that building on Toronto.

[Mark Bench]

Originally Posted by feepa

11 floors of mediocrity. This gets its own Poll? Please...

So why are you the only one so far (and probably the only 1 period) who voted it as a "great looking project"???? Seems strange if you think it's mediocre.

[Rob D]

Originally Posted by Mark Bench

So why are you the only one so far (and probably the only 1 period) who voted it as a "great looking project"???? Seems strange if you think it's mediocre.

Interesting.....

[Boris2k7]

As it stands, this is one horrifying abortion of a building. And it's sad because even though it is awful as it stands, the building could be saved with even the slightest of changes.

1) Make that podium symmetrical.
2) Get rid of the strips of grass in front of the building. Have enough space for trees and such but otherwise build up as close the curb as possible.
3) For the love of whatever deity you happen to believe in, get rid of that fence!
4) At at least 5 or 6 floors... hell, even double the heigh of the building. It's far enough from the river that shadowing shouldn't be an issue
5) Get rid of the retarded roof element. Having a simple, round cover for the mechanical stuff is better than this.
6) I hope I'm not the only person who sees those balconies on the right actually overlapping the glass?!? And the other side doesn't? What the hell is going on there?

[dubiousmike]

Originally Posted by Boris550

6) I hope I'm not the only person who sees those balconies on the right actually overlapping the glass?!? And the other side doesn't? What the hell is going on there?

Jesus, I didn't notice that.

Must be somebody's first time using AutoCAD.

[m0nkyman]

1) Make that podium symmetrical.

Nope. That thing is not salveagable as a podium. What the frack is that blue thing above the door? Notice the way that the brick gets bleached once it hits the horizontal strip? There is no detail that doesn't give me pain.
2) Get rid of the strips of grass in front of the building. Have enough space for trees and such but otherwise build up as close the curb as possible.
Or, put in a sidewalk? Picture this puppy in March with no sidewalk.
3) For the love of whatever deity you happen to believe in, get rid of that fence!
Yep. Or build a bigger one to keep the neighbours from burning this thing to the ground.
4) At at least 5 or 6 floors... hell, even double the heigh of the building. It's far enough from the river that shadowing shouldn't be an issue
I have no idea where this is supposed to be situated. I assumed in an industrial park in the suburbs.
5) Get rid of the retarded roof element. Having a simple, round cover for the mechanical stuff is better than this.
The roof element is the only part of this design that is the slightest bit interesting. Start with the roof element and design something that it suits.
6) I hope I'm not the only person who sees those balconies on the right actually overlapping the glass?!? And the other side doesn't? What the hell is going on there?[/QUOTE] I'm guessing piss poor draftsmanship.

[Boris2k7]

^ It's in the west part of Eau Claire, closer to the Bow River but not so close that that height can't be increased...

Here's what the site looks like (the only picture I have at this time):



Sorry if anyone notices my cranky mood tonight. I'm still fuming about how incompetent Calgary Transit is, and why I should ever have to stand around (yes, stand, because the bastards won't put more than 3 of those fricken metal benches in the bus shelter, which is BTW the only part of the station that is heated, even though more people are actually down on the platform freezing their asses off when it is cold.) and wait over 40 minutes for a fucking bus? You idiots, perhaps instead of running 4 buses around the entire Deep SW, you could actually make them feeder buses like they are supposed to be and cut the routes in in half while maintaining the same damn coverage, number of buses and drivers, and double the frequency? Grrrrrrrrr...

But I will leave the rest of that rant to another thread at a different time...

[m0nkyman]

Originally Posted by Boris550

^ It's in the west part of Eau Claire, closer to the Bow River but not so close that that height can't be increased...

Eau Claire? Can I change my vote to match Feepa's?

Calgary would never ever be able to make fun of mediocre Edmonton architecture if that gets built in Eau Claire!

[Wooster]

Originally Posted by jeffwhit

who's developing this abortion?

That pretty much sums it up.

Stephen Ave. This certainly is worth sending to the developer and architect. Perhaps the planner responsible at city hall, and Druh Farrell the alderman. druh.farrell@calgary.ca

[sync]

fucking awful.

there is no way we can let this thing get built.

when is the protest march?

[Beazley66]

Triple f-
Like a bad paperweight you can by on 14st NYC.
Is this some form of lurid joke?
But, I have to say, I love the entrance............
" ah ha! ho ho... a track in the snow... what are those tracks and where do they go?"

[trueviking]

i love it...the architectural feature on the roof reflects some of the current thinking of santiago calatrava....the trees on the roof are similar to some of the work being produced in vancouver by Richard Henriquez.....the strong classic styling of the plinth (base) refelcts calgary's history, reminding us of when the glenbow reservoir once produced some of the finest architectural sandstone in north america....the canopy over the daringly asymetrical front doors presents a functional and visually strong message of entry.

all in all, my comments would be that the architect is bringing sexy back.

[sync]

Lol