degrandprix
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Is it a parking lot? 
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General Architecture & Design Discussion
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Edmcowboy11
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Wow, how very uninspired of a space.
constance_chlore
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Recent paper on the carbon and land use consequences of mass timber:
For reference, this total figure is about 50-80% of current annual CO2-equivalent emissions. So the total effect could be on the order of 1% of total emissions over the next 75-80 years—small compared to other technologies like solar, but pretty good!
For reference, this total figure is about 50-80% of current annual CO2-equivalent emissions. So the total effect could be on the order of 1% of total emissions over the next 75-80 years—small compared to other technologies like solar, but pretty good!
policyenthusiast
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There's also a nice natural alignment between reducing forest density to protect against forest fires, and the material demands of mass timber. The problem becomes one of supply chain and delivery.
constance_chlore
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Agreed in an abstract sense, although I'm slightly wary of conflating environmental (resilience to fire/drought) and economic (commercial thinning and/or reducing competitive pressure on large trees) rationales for thinning. Both have their place to some degree, but we don't want to create a situation where environmental rationales are incorrectly used to publicly justify thinning whose real objective is commercial.
archited
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A project that shows a little bit of forward thinking with good results... a planned CLT Tower made entirely of wood.
JNO1
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constance_chlore
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I love these weird buildings and I wish there were even more of them. (Another that comes to mind in the same area is the one that houses the HSEA offices, west of 124 St.)
wormwood
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Reminded me of this
archited
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^^ Someone earlier asked about some of my architecture in the City -- we had a period in the 1970s where we did a number of old house conversions in what was then called Oliver -- and these are a couple of them (albeit updated with new occupants and some tweaks vis-a-vis signage etc.). The bottom two on 124th Street was the last of them. Place 110 was among the first -- the project in the middle was designed by someone else. I say "we" -- me and my partner Denis Blackburn. Thanks @constance_chlore for calling them "weird" (it makes me feel noticed and complimented in a more memorable, loving kind of way
). And thanks @JNO1for remembering.
). And thanks @JNO1for remembering.
archited
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Here's one more that we did when we worked on Paul Kane Park with Wayne Scott... (you can see our signature circle)
David A
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I was quite young then, but I feel it was a different time then for building things here. Yes, there was a boom and a lot was happening quickly, but it also seemed to be a very creative, energetic and positive time.
There was actually some very good quality work then which maybe doesn't get so much attention now because it is not new or in style. We probably have more of this than some other cities where the economy was not so vibrant then.
There was actually some very good quality work then which maybe doesn't get so much attention now because it is not new or in style. We probably have more of this than some other cities where the economy was not so vibrant then.
Airboy
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We had some pretty good architects around at that time. Some that went on to bigger and better things elsewhere.
archited
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^ It was fun rubbing elbows with the likes of Doug Cardinal, Jim Wensley, Don Bittorf, Wayne Scott, Gene Dub, and Peter Hemingway. Our office spawned some exceptional talent exemplified in the works of Eva Mah-Borsato and Sharon Bortolotto -- https://bbadesignconsultants.com/
Airboy
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Got to meet a few of them when my Dad was on the consulting side. and meeting some new up and coming young designers.