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Old Posted: Dec 22, 2010, 5:21 PM
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This pile of shit has made an appearance on this forum before..



City Centre building in Ottawa, by Steve Brandon, Flickr.
LOL!!!

I've seen that building before, in real life. I couldn't tell whether it was apartments, an office buildings, insane asylum, homeless shelter, bunker, etc.

What the hell is it?
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a mall office building bassed on the name
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Old Posted: Dec 22, 2010, 5:31 PM
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It's an industrial mall / distribution centre with manufacturing style offices attached. As ugly as it is I have a fondness for the place, and it could probably be converted to loft style live/work spaces or something like that. That was done to a building of similar vintage in Etobicoke.
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You can't beat buildings with a steel deck cladding!






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Old Posted: Dec 22, 2010, 6:13 PM
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What's going on with the overhaul of Fenwick anyway? Has it been approved yet?

i believe it is still proposed but how can anyone not approve changing that big ugly, aha
although it is halifax
heres the thread for it if your intrested:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...=175869&page=8
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Iqaluit aquatic centre with Iqaluit High School in the distance.
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Some Montreal uglies

Concordias Mconnell library building



Le Chatel is kinda ugly



Place du Canada



Terrasse Outremont



I used to live in this one



La Citadelle

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Darko, you got 'em all ! What a collection of Montreal uglies. Fortunately, the women of Ste Catherine in summer more than make up for it.


The Ugly F. Hell Building, Concordia University
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Oh yeah, I forgot about the Hell building.
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Old Posted: Dec 22, 2010, 8:25 PM
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Yeah, Montreal is definitely a study in contrasts. Most cities in Canada have these abominations, but they don't stand out as much as in Montreal - because Montreal has so many other nice things to compare with.

Is QC like this as well?
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view towers, victoria bc AKA crack towers to us locals, the new teal green and white paint is an eye sore of a cheap reno but the cracked and chipping paint before it I guess wasa worse



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My least favourite building in Windsor:




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Wait a minute. Foster totally ripped off this design for Jamison House! Busted.
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Oh yeah, I forgot about the Hell building.
You also forgot the big O,Turcot interchange,complex Desjardin,the Rogers building on Mcgill college,the CBC building,place Bonaventure and on and on ....
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"Armoury Villa", Halifax

(Photo credit: user Dmajackson)

It wouldn't be as notably GODAWFUL if it wasn't on such a prominent intersection, facing the Commons and the Armoury to the south. But we never had high expectations after the rendering was released.


(Bing maps and "Solid Homes")

Also not a fan of the massive parking garages and and interchange that kill off downtown to the north, or the casino that looks like a suburban warehouse and a mosque mated.


(Bing maps)

I don't mind many of the buildings mentioned in the thread so far, including Fenwick.

I think Flar's omnipresent McMansions win.
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(multiplied by 1000 times every city in Canada)
Yeah, I see those kinds of houses in Northern Ontario everywhere.
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(multiplied by 1000 times every city in Canada)
The corinthian columns add a nice touch.
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Old Posted: Dec 22, 2010, 10:18 PM
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Edmonton's contributions:

1) Peregrine point:


2) The Venetian condo:


Both from google maps
The Venetian is one of the worst projects I've seen in recent memory. Is it basically just stucco on a woodframe? If so maybe someone should hire an arsonist.
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It's steel truss & Q deck with tilt up panels. Construction wise I don't think it's that bad.

It is however particularly ugly.
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Old Posted: Dec 22, 2010, 10:26 PM
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Wait a minute. Foster totally ripped off this design for Jamison House! Busted.
From my perepheral vision I thought it was Jamieson house!!!
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