News   Apr 03, 2020
 6.2K     1 
News   Apr 02, 2020
 7.7K     3 
News   Apr 02, 2020
 4.6K     0 

Search results

  1. M

    Kit at Kensington | 50m | 15s | Jemm Properties | LOLA

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

    River Club | 56m | 15s | Urban Capital | DIALOG

    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...
  3. M

    Nest | 40.23m | 15s | Cairo Development | Casola Koppe

    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.
  4. M

    Vibe | 51m | 13s | Slokker | Giannone Petricone

    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...
  5. M

    1405 - 4th Street | 77m | 24s | GWL | Arcadis

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

    Palliser One | 122m | 27s

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

    Stampede Hotel | 45m | 12s | Truman | NORR

    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...
  8. M

    Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

    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...
  9. M

    Stampede Hotel | 45m | 12s | Truman | NORR

    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.
  10. M

    Stampede Hotel | 45m | 12s | Truman | NORR

    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.
  11. M

    The Loft | 44m | 11s | Institutional Mortgage Capital

    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...
  12. M

    Stampede Hotel | 45m | 12s | Truman | NORR

    there are gondola people moving public transit systems out there
  13. M

    Stampede Hotel | 45m | 12s | Truman | NORR

    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.
  14. M

    Crown Surplus | 20.36m | 6s | KN

    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.
  15. M

    Plaza | 109m | 33s | Cantiro | GEC

    It's a boxy spandrel glass tower with red spandrel panels being a plus. It will still comes down to the aesthetic quality of the window wall. Units are on the small side but, not terribly tight. That doesn't include the large one bedroom corner penthouses. Efficient layouts with every bedroom...
  16. M

    Nest | 40.23m | 15s | Cairo Development | Casola Koppe

    The first one matches the structure. The second one is alot more palatable. This is your building if you're into black and white . I have been long hoping for the trend to go away.
  17. M

    Nest | 40.23m | 15s | Cairo Development | Casola Koppe

    Can we go by the renderings? The massing has changed. The articulated front facade is now a flat facade on a box.
  18. M

    Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

    There's too much money vs an honest job for harsher penalties to discourage people to get in the business if the demand remains and also supply is in Canada. Keeping it out of Canada when a coffee can of Fentanyl is equal to a cube van of other drugs feels like an impossible endeavour.
  19. M

    General Construction Updates

    I would call most if not all of these designs contemporary. Replacing the Hardie Board with corresponding brick colours wouldn't change the architectural style. Glazed lime brick would look awesome. The lentils and cornices are contemporary in design and could be a practical reason to include...
  20. M

    4th Street Lofts | 115m | 29s | Western Securities | Gibbs Gage

    Fair amount of choice. E and F swap kitchen and living room.

Back
Top