The Mercer | 111.55m | 33s | Beaverhall | BBB

[interchange42]

Spandrel is not a "reminder from 2006". It's been a constant, and an increasing part of our construction-scape for years now, and there's no reason (yet) to expect that it will go away soon. I'm not saying you shouldn't rail against it, but it's not a rare component of current condo design.

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[jje1000]

What happened to all the red? Are they painting it afterwards?

 

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[jtnathan]

Spandrel is not a "reminder from 2006". It's been a constant, and an increasing part of our construction-scape for years now, and there's no reason (yet) to expect that it will go away soon. I'm not saying you shouldn't rail against it, but it's not a rare component of current condo design.

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I'm not saying that spandrel is not a constant what im saying is that the way it has been applied in this instance reminds me of buildings that were built in this city around 2006 this building overall has a relatively dated look and im not saying every building has to be a stand out but i feel that if this building had better cladding in general it would look 10x better

 

[TheKingEast]

I'm not saying that spandrel is not a constant what im saying is that the way it has been applied in this instance reminds me of buildings that were built in this city around 2006 this building overall has a relatively dated look and im not saying every building has to be a stand out but i feel that if this building had better cladding in general it would look 10x better

Agreed. The design looks old as heck! Even the original one before they changed to this one looked super old.

 

[Ramako]

Keep in mind this thing was designed back in 2007-2008. It's been a slow grind here.

 

[TheKingEast]

Keep in mind this thing was designed back in 2007-2008. It's been a slow grind here.

This is true....but this thing looks like it was designed 10 years before that.

 

[ponyboy]

the paint-the-brick approach is being imported from Liberty Village to King/John.

 

[interchange42]

In Liberty Village, a brick pattern was impressed into the precast. Here there are only horizontal lines impressed into the precast, no verticals. If they're going to paint this precast, it's not going to look like brick.

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[ZachBalbino]

June 8th, 2014

From Princess of Whales Theatre

Sunday June 8th, 2014 by ZachBalbino, on Flickr

 

[argus]

I'm not saying that spandrel is not a constant what im saying is that the way it has been applied in this instance reminds me of buildings that were built in this city around 2006 this building overall has a relatively dated look and im not saying every building has to be a stand out but i feel that if this building had better cladding in general it would look 10x better

Mind you, 2006 is not ancient times.

 

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[E.B.]

^ what a shame. Such a great location but such an ugly building.

 

[urbandreamer]

5 July 2014: Holy window wall of shame!

Greenpark is getting us ready for their G+C beauty on Widmer....

 

[someMidTowner]

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