CALGARY | Kings on 4th | ?Ft ?M | 47 Floors

Surrealplaces · #1 Posted: **Dec 26, 2012, 10:16 PM**

http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=64042

Kings on 4th: Lacaille/S2

kings 1 by Calgary Renders, on Flickr

colemonkee · #2 Posted: **Dec 27, 2012, 5:21 AM**

Looks like this one incorporates the facade of a historic building?

Jimby · #3 Posted: **Dec 27, 2012, 5:25 AM**

No, it is a faux historic facade to make it look like 3 buildings. This proposal is getting a little stale as it has been around for 4 or 5 years with no forward traction.

Redkey · #4 Posted: **Dec 27, 2012, 5:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

Looks like this one incorporates the facade of a historic building?

It looks like it, but this is getting built on a parking lot.

nickheer · #5 Posted: **Dec 27, 2012, 5:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

Looks like this one incorporates the facade of a historic building?

No, there doesn't appear to be a historical building on that site. Looks like it'll just be a faux-historical base, unless I'm looking at Street View all wrong.

Looks nice, though I dislike the skewers on top. They look a bit fussy in the rendering.

colemonkee · #6 Posted: **Dec 27, 2012, 5:58 AM**

Hmmmm, if it's a fauxstorical facade, send this bad boy back to the drawing board.

Redkey · #7 Posted: **Dec 27, 2012, 3:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

Hmmmm, if it's a fauxstorical facade, send this bad boy back to the drawing board.

Why? Calgary doesn't have that many pre-war buildings. Its tallest is barely over 50m. I think if done right this will look great

Design-mind · #8 Posted: **Dec 27, 2012, 5:52 PM**

They have exterior and interior renderings up on their website for those interested.

http://www.kingsonfourth.com

shakman · #9 Posted: **Dec 27, 2012, 8:04 PM**

There is another thread for this proposal:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=130967

Deepstar · #10 Posted: **Dec 27, 2012, 8:06 PM**

I like this one fr the most part, just don't like that hotel portion with the fake historical look.

TallBob · #11 Posted: **Dec 28, 2012, 7:07 AM**

I like this one! Better than 3EC. Hope it ends up taller, if it gets built!

Allan83 · #12 Posted: **Dec 28, 2012, 11:45 AM**

To my unrefined eye (tmue), I like this one too. The masonry part doesn’t read as fake historical to me, and I like the way it goes with the two other styles.

Design-mind · #13 Posted: **Jan 5, 2013, 7:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by Redkey

It looks like it, but this is getting built on a parking lot.

There is no historical building on this site. They are just making it look like they are incorporating one. Right now the lot has a convenience store and a strip mall with a few restaurants. It is far from construction stage as tenants are still occupying the existing building.

Surrealplaces · #14 Posted: **Jan 15, 2013, 4:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by Allan83

To my unrefined eye (tmue), I like this one too. The masonry part doesn’t read as fake historical to me, and I like the way it goes with the two other styles.

Unfortunately it is fake historical. That's the only part of the building I don't care for.