The Mercury Block II | Hodgson Schilf Evans

[Barnaby]

Yes, but the design of Cobalt and MB aren't as cookie cutter as other mid-rise buildings. Noise transfer can be horrible between units. I'm only living in concrete buildings now for this reason.

You lose a portion of renters if your building isn't concrete construction. You also risk damage during construction.

The most solid mid-rise building I've been in has to be Sync 111, an Eagle Builders product.

 

[archited]

My comment was aimed at those who justify this deplorable trend to 6-storey stick-framed buildings like they have just found the Holy Grail of Architecture when in fact all they are building -- with some notable exceptions -- is the next generation of slum-magnets. I remember listening to the same lame excuses back in the '70s and '80s of the last centuries when the 3-storey walk-ups were in grand proliferation and justified as the "need" for a fast-growing City. It was tongue-in-cheek sarcasm.

 

[Glenco]