Stampede Station | 277.3m | 71s | Truman | NORR

[haltcatchfire]

They were damn ugly! think they were the same Architect as Vetro / Sasso (Abugov Kaspar) This is the site where West Tenth went. 14st & 10Ave SW.

Honestly different colours and some fine tweaks and this would still be a perfectly fine design.

 

[O-tac]

They would have been Calgary’s ‘Venetian’. Just a tower form of Edmonton’s colourful stucco turd. Stucco should be banned for anything taller than 5 stories.

 

[Mountain Man]

Honestly different colours and some fine tweaks and this would still be a perfectly fine design.

There were a couple towers in Toronto that were done years ago that looked quite similar to these, but were white instead of the condiment colours these were to be. The TO ones looked much, much better...

 

[DiscoStu]

Honestly different colours and some fine tweaks and this would still be a perfectly fine design.

The reality is that they most likely wouldn’t have made those tweaks though, so it wouldn’t have been fine.

 

[Chinook Arch]

Stella, Nova, and Luna have aged well. I would also nominate Castello for holding up.

Colours and Chocolate have also aged well. Battistella needs to get back in the game.

 

[Mountain Man]

Battistella are still in the game. The Blues Can is the only project I can think of they are doing currently

 

[Albertasaurus]

Battistella are still in the game. The Blues Can is the only project I can think of they are doing currently

They also recently finished Nude in Beltline I believe.

 

[haltcatchfire]

The reality is that they most likely wouldn’t have made those tweaks though, so it wouldn’t have been fine.

One can’t be the other.

 

[BKha]

Battistella, tends to do one project at a time. I would expect to see another project unveiled once Bluescan is halfway done.

 

[zoqfotpik]

I received a small card in the mail showing this url: wjwmarriottbytruman.ca
Info session is scheduled on Sep 4th via zoom.

 

[Roaring Flames]

Some nice hi-res images on that site:

 

[Roaring Flames]

How they plan on reaching the required FAR (19.5):​

To enable this, density bonusing mechanisms are proposed within a custom Direct Control (DC) District based on the CC-X District. Truman is proposing a variety of bonusing strategies, including Indoor Public Hotel Space, an Innovative Public Amenity delivered through a publicly accessible observation deck and restaurant at the top of one of the W Tower, on-site Public Art, Exceptional Design, contributions to the Beltline Community Investment Fund or Affordable Housing Fund, and FAR exclusions for three-bedroom units. The final suite of applicable density bonding mechanisms will be confirmed through the concurrent Development Permit review.

 

[Roaring Flames]

- The observation deck is on levels 62-63 (W tower) and is approximately 16,500 square feet
- 602 total underground parking stalls split evenly between the two towers

There are 3 downloadables on the site including an applicant brief, transportation impact assessment, and economic impact assessment

 

[FCC1982]

Soooo exciting.

 

[Albertasaurus]

Wowsers. The first image really gives an idea of its impact on the skyline. This complex might just give us a better north-south skyline than an east-west one. That ought to safely make us a very distant second to TO when it comes to impressive skyline from pretty much any angle.