The Cornerstone | 36m | 10s | Peoplefirst

[Silence&Motion]

Ooof... The office to residential conversions are not going to be friendly to the architecture of this city.

 

[haltcatchfire]

Not quite matching the rendering is it.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

Not quite matching the rendering is it.

Isn't it though? And isn't that the problem. They had some brick and are going to cover it up.

 

[adamyyc]

At most, they should have painted the brick. Covering it up is horrible. The vertical lines of the brick was the most visually interesting part of the building.

 

[haltcatchfire]

Isn't it though? And isn't that the problem. They had some brick and are going to cover it up.

Covering the brick has been the plan all along as indicated by the rendering.

As for the cladding installed so far, no it doesn't match the rendering.

 

[Alex_YYC]

 

[crisp]

They accidentally spread manure instead of lipstick on this pig.

Seriously though... horizontal to vertical to horizontal siding? WTF is going on here? Don't think a worse option to cover those brick columns exists.

 

[badc0ffee]

Yeah, that's not good. Reminiscent of a giant trailer

 

[The Familia]

This might be the worst looking development in the city. An absolute mess of a facade.

 

[Mountain Man]

Yikes!

 

[Surrealplaces]

Yeah, this whole fad of vinyl/composite siding isn't going to age well. It's inexpensive compared to brick or stucco, but.... It's too bad they couldn't have kept the previous façade, even though it looked like an office building it looked better, but that would have meant no balconies.

 

[adamyyc]

Christ! This is like putting shag carpet over hardwood. What an absolute mess!

 

[Alex_YYC]

 

[outoftheice]

Love the function, hate the look.

 

[Alex_YYC]