Recent content by maestro

Tons of people are moving to the city. There will be more people on the street in any case. These units aren't cheaper. They're just smaller. I don't care for them as they quickly grow beyond niche with Canada's population growth demographics.

Anything planned for those floor to ceiling windows? Peep show sitting out on the balcony.

I mean to come up with this design's vernacular doesn't require originality. There's existing inspirations all over the country. The setbacks on the sides take all the grace out of it. It looks clunky instead of vertical. DIALOG took a mid century minimalist vernacular and ruined it with...

76 units. Average is 5.5 units per floor. I haven't seen the units but, it feels like too many units for the function to punch above its weight.

Regardless how long the East Village is taking to be built out, it's a still a fraction of the time these buildings will be standing. Anything being built is shortsighted. It's not about personal design preference. It's complete indifference to design. That kinda hurts in a community like this...

This tower is too ugly to pass for gentrification. So much going on with the exterior and yet has zero flair.

A community balcony and lounge is a necessity when there aren't private balconies.

I can't see any success in selling 5 star condos here. It'll be decades before the area loses its isolation. Spa/ wellness resorts are very popular right now. Private athletic clubs continue to do well. These are other luxury functions that compliment luxury accomodations and are attractions...

Toronto builds 70 storey scrapers across the street from tract housing. It is all big on transitioning height from medium to high rise down to single family. This terraced design...

I thought you meant the near five star hotels in the city when you said " true five star". The JW Marriott in Edmonton looks the part. It's tall and glassy. It's not a true 5 star property.

This is ideal as some brand's 5 star collection of independent hotels. A medium rise Ritz-Carlton by the Stampede grounds would be disappointing.

They didn't alter the brick facade by covering it with aluminium composite/ spandrel glass or drilling holes through it for venting. That already puts it in the upper echelon of office conversions. I'm not totally sold on the new glazing. The mullions and spandrel colours are right. It's not a...

there are gondola people moving public transit systems out there

Does the industrial laundry include an underground Meth lab? Like in the show, laundry gets outsourced nowadays. If this rendering is going to be built than I expect a second phase with a slightly taller tower for the price and the number of units. Nice tower. The podium could use more windows.

The hidden parking is still a lost opportunity for landscaping which becomes more and more valued with denser builds. Lamb is above average when it comes to design. Quality is another matter. Not among the worse. At best, average.