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That's 100 times better than I expected. Very cool.

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Stunning! This will really help to transform the UofC into a modern campus. They already have some cool buildings like the digital library next door, the EEEL building, and the new engineering building, not to mention the new residence towers and Hotel Alma. I almost wish this building were downtown in the East Village or on that prime lot next to the 10st bridge.
 
AJX said:
So cool to see curves on a building here in Calgary.
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We now have several :p This isn't the first. But yes, this design is gorgeous. What's more is it will be the tallest building on campus, and it turns out they're adding the height-equivalent of three floors, as the mechanical level on top is quite substantial and the exterior skin goes up past it.
 
I do feel like the renderings are a touch misleading in that they make the building feel more like an oblong/pebble shape. Looking at the model, and the basic reality of the building, it's not quite as dramatic. Still pretty cool though, especially the inward curve at the top.
 
This is the most exciting building I’ve seen since Telus Sky. I saw this posted on SSP and at first thought it was from Europe. The DT U of C campus reclad was nice but this is next level!
 
This definitely does have London vibes too it. We need more of these all over the city. Plus it'd be amazing if they decided to redevelop the SS building too. Uofc would become one of the best looking universities in Canada. We may not have historical buildings like Toronto and McGill but we definitely would be giving them a strong competition with a sleek/modern looking campus.
 
gsunnyg said:
This definitely does have London vibes too it. We need more of these all over the city. Plus it'd be amazing if they decided to redevelop the SS building too. Uofc would become one of the best looking universities in Canada. We may not have historical buildings like Toronto and McGill but we definitely would be giving them a strong competition with a sleek/modern looking campus.
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This slightly off topic (not sure if there is a better thread), but what is Canada's most beautiful "post-war" university campus? And by "post-war" I mean evaluated only on the basis of its post-war architecture, not that the campus itself couldn't have existed prior to 1945.

Trent and Simon Fraser are often highlighted as architectural masterpieces. I've never seen either of them in person, but from what I can tell they're both smaller campuses that haven't really added much new architecture beyond their original 1960s brutalist buildings.

U of T probably has the most architectural star power with Foster and Mayne (and Libeskind if you count the ROM being on campus).

Calgary definitely has a long way to go. Even among the suburban "ring road" type campuses (which would include Waterloo, York, Victoria, U of T - Mississauga, and others), I'd say its middle of the pack at best.
 
Silence&Motion said:
This slightly off topic (not sure if there is a better thread), but what is Canada's most beautiful "post-war" university campus? And by "post-war" I mean evaluated only on the basis of its post-war architecture, not that the campus itself couldn't have existed prior to 1945.

Trent and Simon Fraser are often highlighted as architectural masterpieces. I've never seen either of them in person, but from what I can tell they're both smaller campuses that haven't really added much new architecture beyond their original 1960s brutalist buildings.

U of T probably has the most architectural star power with Foster and Mayne (and Libeskind if you count the ROM being on campus).

Calgary definitely has a long way to go. Even among the suburban "ring road" type campuses (which would include Waterloo, York, Victoria, U of T - Mississauga, and others), I'd say its middle of the pack at best.
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I've haven't visited or even seen how any of the small campuses u've mentioned look. I think Uofc has come a long way in just the last 10 years, with the new eng building, tfdl, Talyor institute, the EEEL building, and now this redevelopment. Thats a lot of changes in a short time span and the campus is only going to get bigger as Calgary's population grows. I think some of the really old buildings like Social Sciences are holding the campus back from looking top tier visually. Now I'm personally not a big fan of any architecture from post-war to the late 1990's, I think it all looks depressing but it wouldn't be fair for me to generalize all architecture from this time period because some really good stuff has come out and lasted the test of time. But obviously I will have bias against any 1960's design but from my personal opinion I really do think Uofc is in the top 10 easily for best looking campuses right now. This is just an opinion based on the campuses that I've seen in person like UBC UofT, UofA and other main campuses I've seen online. I really do think that after a couple more redevelopments of some older buildings alongside a few more additions I don't see why UofC can't be a contender for top 3 or even top 5 for sure.
 
Arthur Erickson's Simon Fraser University is my favourite post war campus. I'd probably give the edge to UofT Mississauga for post turn of the century campus development.

This is a great development that brings UofC up to the level of other universities. It doesn't surpass what they are doing.
 
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