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I wonder how buildings like this and the Metropolitan that are clad in white will look after a couple of years. When I was in Vancouver, BC over the holidays, it seemed like a lot of the buildings needed a good power wash to get all of the mildew/mold/moss off of it. Granted, I think they have more rain than we do, but it will be interesting to see what the upkeep will be like to keep the buildings looking white.
i really want to like these towers, and even the symmetry from the river could be compelling, but i think there is just too much going on. the materials and forms just collide with little grace - and you would hope those moves would help the ill proportions, but i think they make it even worse. for certain these buildings suffer from bad pearl district proportion - fat and short - bad combinations when compounded by trying to pull off so much in the form. i hope the site work will be as interesting as promised - the water surrounding the base, and stormwater collection could be very cool!. i think projects in general are slowing down and losing momentum b/c of the current condition with mezzanine financing, and the lender institutions in general. hopefully things will pick up before they reach a complete stop! Encore, 937, Riverscape, 3720, Cyan all seem to be in a hurt.
crow, you've really hit on the head what I couldn't put in words.
These things are just a hodgepodge of textures, lines and curves.
I didn't mind them as they went up, but with the cladding and overhangs and stuff, it just seems like a visual mess.
It's no lovejoy yet, but for a waterfront tower....
I agree with crow, although from what I can tell the glassy river side will be somewhat more compelling (kind of what Dougall is saying?).
Don't forget that, if it wasn't for the ongoing dispute between the two wings of the Naito family, this would have been four similarly-themed towers instead of two. That would have been awful, especially considering the unbroken stretch of condos between the Steel and Broadway bridges and the new ones north of the Fremont. Of course, that parking lot next to Albers would have been gone...
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