Recent content by IanBray

I found the designer's inspiration for this exterior

This rendering is misleading. It should that this 12-13 storey building is surrounded by midrises when in reality it is surrounded by bungalows. Tallest building in the area is 4 stories. I don't know how Mount Royal hasn't gone to war over this.

Siding starting to go up. Hardy board & stick-on faux masonry i.e value engineered to death.

This is basically the type of design that Trinity Hills should have been filled with instead of the normal indistinguishable suburban density garbage design that they built.

Ya, it's a legacy/vanity project for successful Calgary businessman Bob Brawn (Alberta Business Hall of Fame). It looks to be a pretty cool project and includes a rooftop garden that will be accessible to the public. I have my popcorn ready to see the objection from Upper Mount Royal residents...

There is a website for this 12 storey bankview project which will be called The Daisy. https://www.engagedaisy14a.ca/ "The Daisy will deliver: Publicly accessible rooftop all-seasons garden '88 Olympics Interpretive Centre Not-for-profit office space Affordable, accessible housing New housing"

What is even crazier is that Truman self-build all of their projects. They don't sub it out to a high-rise builder like ITC. From building single family homes a decade ago (which they still build today) to the tallest building in Western Canada.

What about the run down apartment building next door. That is supposed to be part of the development. Anyone know what the plans are for it? Hopefully an Enzo type mid rise 😉

That brown stucco looks total dogshit. Way to ruin an otherwise pleasant design.

Yes, this is the building off of 16th Ave that I was talking about. It is about 10 years old and was of the first users of this cladding material that is so prevalent in Calgary now. It is hard to see in this image however it is very very faded and worn down with the sun. This is my fear for so...

Decent infill. This cladding material (white) is becoming the new spandrel. It's a pretty cheap material and doesn't age well. I will try to find the project, however there is a lime colored building on 16th Ave where this was used a decade ago and its pretty aged and faded from sun damaged...

It appears that they asked ChatGPT to create for them an "Indian art" image for a mural and ChatGPT's image included a west Indian man in the middle of what looks more like indigenous art lol....

Looks like Phase 2 might be soon? Remediation (likely asbestos removal prior to demo) and fenced off neighbour building. What’s also interesting is the last building on this block, the corner building is for sale? Hopefully the developer buys it and we get a phase 3 in the future.

Agreed. Trinity Hills architecture is pretty piss poor given the location.