The Forge | 16.5m | 6s | Kanas | Gibbs Gage

[Surrealplaces]

Ooops, yeah, it's supposed to say 15 floors. It's around 14 or 15 floors.

 

[Silence&Motion]

Love it. The U/D is showing what you can do with a good location, lot assembly complete, no local opposition and little existing barriers to redevelopment as it's essentially greenfield. My only concern is connectivity in and out of the area - another one of these pesky issues not directly related to the development itself. Calgary has to figure out how to transition 1970s arterial designs like 24 Ave NW and 32 Ave NW to something more urban or we will only get these pockets of well designed urban communities tucked into a frustratingly car-oriented skeleton that continues to resists change. Not the worst outcome of course, but still leaves substantial benefits on the table.

Hopefully once the University District is built out, there will be some pressure to completely rethink University Heights and all of the arterial roads that surround it. Just think of the insanity of having this sleepy, suburban subdivision sitting in the middle of: Foothills Hospital campus, McMahon Stadium/Foothills Athletic Park, University of Calgary campus, University District, and the Children's Hospital campus.

 

[haltcatchfire]

145 floors would be heard around the world.

No idea yet. but heard it would be around 145 floors.

 

[Atticus]

I really like the design. I'd like to see more of this around Calgary.

 

[UrbanWarrior]

^^^ Totally. It's so simple and elegant. I don't know why it's so difficult for our developers/architects to be able to put stuff like this up. Things have gotten better city-wide lately though so there's hope.

 

[Beltline_B]

They’re having a media type event to announce the project next week. I don’t know if we’ll see anything new or not
It would be nice if they had some information on the towers in behind it.

 

[UrbanWarrior]

When and where?

 

[Surrealplaces]

 

[Cowtown]

The more I see this, the more I like it. The brick with the black balconies remind me of the buildings (with the fire escapes) in lower east side Manhattan.

 

[Calgcouver]

This should be the bar for woodframe mixed-use buildings.. Is about as simple and classy of a design as one could hope for, really good stuff.

 

[Surrealplaces]

Agreed....though this one is concrete construction

 

[Calgcouver]

Agreed....though this one is concrete construction

Nice! Even better. I just assume 6-storey = woodframe above grade

 

[JustDandy]

Nothing says NYC lifestyle like a Ram 1500 Pickup.... jfc the one time its okay to put in a Mercedes C class or Maybach and you put in a Ram 1500?

 

[Surrealplaces]

I think the car off the to right is a Mercedes, but the insane driver is speeding along about to run over a couple of pedestrians lol.

 

[Mountain Man]

Have to keep it relevant for Calgary I guess. At least it's not a bro-dozer...