Recent content by mcr

This one is beautiful and more of what I wish we'd see. It should be the minimum standard for projects like Westrich's 106 ST or 108 ST. It's not fundamentally different than either project, but a step up in design. That's not to pick on them, those projects aren't the worst, but they're the...

While we stare at the reality of this empty lot being around for many years more, all I can say aside from the disappointment of that is thank god the Enbridge Tower treated their alley elevations nicely. Imagine how much worse this would be with a blank / utilitarian wall facing the empty lot

When should we be seeing cladding go up on this one, @IanO?

Always love seeing the skyline from these angles. It's a great look from the NW and such a different vibe than from the south.

That is quite a lot. More than I would think they're allowed to get away with per bylaw, that looks to be tracking quite a ways off of the site...

Love this. Big step up from the rest of the Eagle stuff at Century Park, and if this is a sign of things to come for the rest of the development, I'm a fan. Good balance of higher level of design without getting so high-class that we never see it built or value engineered down given the...

This, 100%. As it is in any job, you can voice your opinion on an issue, project, task, whatever it may be, and then if your boss says "too bad we're doing it anyway" you just have to live with it and do your job. You said your peace, but in the end you answer to someone else the majority of...

The Gardner Architects specialty.

That's extremely disappointing. Hope Beljan can figure something out here, because as good as their overall projects are, they seem to be having some trouble on the leasing side, especially of late.

Yup, similar. I'm up $90,000 in the last 2 years on a standard bungalow, with no changes made to the building. :oops:

Exactly as Ken said - it doesn't matter what developer is behind it, it's the fact we're about to allow surface parking on a prominent downtown lot, despite the zoning bylaws. This is no better, or different, than the Arlington site and should be treated the same. Parking of this nature should...

Looks to me like it borrows a lot of the design & cladding choices from the Singhmar Centre across the street. Which, while not a marvel, is a nice building all the same even with a lot of blank faces, they at least get nice textured cladding.

I've been wondering how susceptible Edmonton is to something similar happening, but haven't really been able to find anything on it, nor any local media reports talking to Epcor about it. Anyone with more insight as to how at risk we are on this, or if Epcor truly is on top of it moreso than...

Hope we see the brickwork & cladding go up soon, eager to see how it translates to real life from the renders. The quality of the finish materials will make a big difference on this one

Yup. Nothing wrong with 6 stories, it's a matter of the design. Big difference between a typical suburb build and a stuff like Stadium Yards or some of the great smaller stuff you see in other cities. Fingers crossed, I guess...