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Given the rate of vertical expansion Calgary has experienced in the past decade, it's no surprise that the streets and vistas are looking noticeably different across the city. Words do little to tell the story; images highlight the true scale of growth that has grappled Calgary and hurled it to the zenith of the continent's most impressive skylines.
In the not-too-distant past of 2004, office towers dominated the downtown landscape. The same could be said for virtually all North American city centres, which largely had their souls ripped out in the post-war exodus of residents to the peachy suburbs. But with downtowns on the rebound, and millennials enthralled by the conveniences of an urban lifestyle, residential developments are becoming more commonplace in the core.
The Bow and Brookfield Place are the biggest newcomers to firmly plant themselves in the skyline, the former taking away Suncor Energy Centre's reign as the tallest building in the city, and the latter then recently claiming that title. The swooping roofline and spire of the 2010-built Centennial Place, designed by architects WZMH and Gibbs Gage, has created a strong counterpoint to the gridded Postmodernist qualities of Devon Tower.
The 38-storey Jamieson Place was completed in 2009, but has since been mostly obscured from this angle by the City Centre complex. Meanwhile, the multi-phased Parkside development is introducing a slew of mid-rises to the riverfront, with their terraced massing visually building up to the skyscrapers behind it.
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