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General Infill Discussion

constance_chlore said:
Because that headline result is not that fewer people died per fire (although it's about the same in both categories—about 1.15-1.2), but that fewer people died period, mostly because there was a lower rate of fires. This means the relevant denominator is "how many people were living in each kind of housing?". To catch up to the same overall death rate, there would need to be 80-90 more fires in newer multifamily homes, which is a few times more than the number there actually were. That seems very, very unlikely to be a chance fluctuation. So if you live in newer multifamily housing, you were considerably less likely to die in a fire than if you live in (newer or older, but especially older) single-family housing.
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Certainly possible. I'd be interested to see how this data holds up in a couple decades.
 
A fun infill tour with IDEA yesterday. Nice to meet such a diversity of professionals from the industry and explore a wide-variety of infill projects.

Learn more about IDEA: https://www.infilledmonton.com/

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Garneau infill. 10942 87 Ave 2 storey brick house is all boarded up and all the trees and shrubs surrounding it were cut down today. And on the NE corner of 87 Ave and 110 St, they put up the forms this morning and concrete started in the afternoon. Speediest transition I’ve seen.
 
Is there any hope that the fashion (I have no idea what else to call it) of using several different (but usually equally ugly) types of siding on each building in place of actual architectural interest is going to go away anytime soon? It's like everyone is cladding their structures with stuff from the odds and ends bin. Ugh.
 
ADob said:
Is there any hope that the fashion (I have no idea what else to call it) of using several different (but usually equally ugly) types of siding on each building in place of actual architectural interest is going to go away anytime soon? It's like everyone is cladding their structures with stuff from the odds and ends bin. Ugh.
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Unfortunately it's the best option from a cost perspective. Hard to move the needle when economies of scale are favoring black and white vinyl.

I have the same thoughts regarding every consumer vehicle becoming a crossover. Let me buy a van.
 
ADob said:
Is there any hope that the fashion (I have no idea what else to call it) of using several different (but usually equally ugly) types of siding on each building in place of actual architectural interest is going to go away anytime soon? It's like everyone is cladding their structures with stuff from the odds and ends bin. Ugh.
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It certainly is a function of short-mindedness, a quick grab for a buck with very little concern to all else. The sad part is that there are excuse makers who think that it is just fine. It is very frustrating living through an era of BS design. The best we can do is continue to call them out.
 
policyenthusiast said:
Unfortunately it's the best option from a cost perspective. Hard to move the needle when economies of scale are favoring black and white vinyl.

I have the same thoughts regarding every consumer vehicle becoming a crossover. Let me buy a van.
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I could understand (without approving) everything being black and white vinyl. But why do so many buildings have such a weird hodgepodge of claddings? Is it so they can point and say "look, we're classy! we have some brick!"?
 
^ It underpins their concept of "More is Less", aligned with the thinking of the likes of D.Trump. Some of these purveyors need to get back to the basics of good design.
 
Alberta has often had a boom/bust mentality and there is a rush to build now, perhaps to take advantage of it before conditions change.

However there does seem to be less interest in quality than in the past. Some things will not age well.
 
David A said:
Alberta has often had a boom/bust mentality and there is a rush to build now, perhaps to take advantage of it before conditions change.

However there does seem to be less interest in quality than in the past. Some things will not age well.
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I mean, there's been a lot of mediocre boomtown architecture in the past. Most of it's gone now.
 
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