Recent content by IceCreamMan

I absolutely love the gigantic influx of hotel space, and in an area that makes sense - for convention centre, arena, Stampede and 17th Avenue. This city badly needs more hotels/hotel rooms and hospitality space/amenities, and we need them tomorrow. This is a game-changing/standard-setting...

That is insane. I love this.

In addition to a hotel, 17th is also directly missing a 1000-2500 person music and performance venue IMO. Something like the History venue in Toronto would be a nice size for 17th (venue images here and here). Being able to go to a show on 17th after having dinner, and then walking to your hotel...

I've posted this in this thread several times, but I absolutely love this project. This is such a nice, simple design, classy and elegant, and perfect for its site context. Very European in nature. More of these types of projects in Calgary please.

As someone who has been to Tokyo a ton, me likey this project. A lot. I hope this actually gets built, I love this type of design/scale.

Man do we have a gorgeous skyline.

Often (well, many) times clients don't want to allocate any funding to the architect's design team or an external renderer for anything more than these done quickly in-house. It sucks, but not everyone places a premium or priority on getting fantastic external renderings done (as much as we want...

Woof. This design will not age well.

100%. I'll add to this; I have submitted on many government contracts, and a large chunk of them are pervasively set up in a way that in order to win them, you need the experience; but in order to get that experience, you need to win them. This creates a limited ecosystem where only few firms...

The pool was likely cut out as part of the value engineering phase. Must not have been financially feasible to include.

Two new interior renderings and a flythrough for this project now: https://www.sait.ca/about-sait/campus/facilities-services-and-maintenance/campus-centre-redevelopment-project

Came across this on LinkedIn from Cantiro, new renderings if people haven't seen this... I'm sure it's this tower: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cantirohomes_cantiroopportunityfund-cantiro-cantirocapital-activity-7257150281564528641-C2Hs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Crossing fingers that there are wood soffits or features somewhere on/in this building. Not only do I think it would look nice on this specific project, but wood is a warm, natural material that really should be used more across cold/corporate infrastructure across downtown overall.

I'm actually really, really liking this building. It's simple, but strangely smart and its pattered aesthetic visually integrates into the neighborhood. IMO, it really is the perfect building for this location.

'Disappointment' is a terrific word to describe this project. These look like ski lodges along a BC mountain, completely out of place. That location was absolutely prime.... what a missed opportunity for something more elevated/elegant in design, presence and density.