Copenhagen | 35m | 10s | Copenhagen | Casola Koppe

[Mountain Man]

You guys need to remember that the developer drives a lot of this, Architects try to do something nice when possible, but developers drive the direction of the project as much or more than Architects do.

 

[Surrealplaces]

This is one of those times when I want the the city to push back on design when getting it approved. If this was being proposed in most other places in the city, I wouldn't care, but in the core of the city, especially along main corridors, I'd like to see the city push back when a developer cheaps out.

 

[Mountain Man]

Pushback would be good, the design is definitely underwhelming. I assume this will go to UDRP and they will push for higher quality, not sure how much power they have to force a change.

 

[YYCguy]

Why not do what AHC did on the west end of downtown and sort of emulate this?!
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This facade would be very cool! Just need a canal to complete the look!

 

[CallmeCatbread]

Pushback would be good, the design is definitely underwhelming. I assume this will go to UDRP and they will push for higher quality, not sure how much power they have to force a change.

From what I understand, not a lot. I think they need to have some semblance of a written down rule somewhere to cite when pushing against a design choice (can't just be "I don't like it, change it"), and unfortunately "don't make it look like shit" is not a rule that is written down anywhere afaik