IanO
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The 'not Edmonton' thread for inspiration or sharing of city travels
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Glenco
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Ich sehe aus wie ein Schloss
archited
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ein Wissensschloss
wormwood
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Proud to descend from these brilliant Ancient Egyptians.
kcantor
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What to do on Christmas Day in Kuala Lumpur.
husky
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Recently went to the UK for a couple weeks and spent some time in Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool, and London. Some thoughts and photos below:
Inspiration for the former Rossdale Power Plant:
- Battersea Power Station (London): They have turned this former coal power station into a fairly large shopping centre with an auditorium and large outdoor plazas and adjacent development on the outside of it, including an extension of the Northern Line. It is actually spectacular what they have done here. The total development costs were around $10 billion (unsure what currency) with $1.28 billion spent on the repurposing of the building itself. At a minimum I think that we could be more creative with projection and lighting on the exterior. A similar power station in London was turned into the Tate Modern Art gallery.
- Royal Albert Dock (Liverpool): Not a direct comparison but Liverpool has been working to develop the Royal Albert Dock into a destination with dining, shopping, and museums including the Tate and Beatles Story.
Examples of architecture and other general development that I encountered that would look great in Edmonton (warning, lots of brick!):
- Kampus (Manchester): Never got a good picture of it but this was a cool development, similar to something like Stationlands, where they've integrated some community space in the centre with restaurants and shops. The central community space was programmed with a dance party when we were there in the spring. Loved the use of red brick throughout. If you're ever in Manchester, go to the Great North Pie Co. as it is fantastic.
- Misc Manchester developments, mostly midrise-ish. They utilized brick and stone of different colours everywhere in the City, and the other material colours seemed to kind of honour that colouring. There were also several buildings that reminded me of what was done at the Revllion-Boardwalk building - large atrium style buildings in former industrial (e.g. mills) or warehouse buildings. Would be great to get more of that.
Lastly, we found that they just utilized light and colours extremely well at night time. They are all at a similar latitude to Edmonton and Calgary so also have long winter nights. Seemed like every street had some sort of light display, whether it be suspended above the street or sculptures along the sidewalks. Sometimes it feels we are scared to use too much light.
- Liverpool
- Glasgow
- London
Inspiration for the former Rossdale Power Plant:
- Battersea Power Station (London): They have turned this former coal power station into a fairly large shopping centre with an auditorium and large outdoor plazas and adjacent development on the outside of it, including an extension of the Northern Line. It is actually spectacular what they have done here. The total development costs were around $10 billion (unsure what currency) with $1.28 billion spent on the repurposing of the building itself. At a minimum I think that we could be more creative with projection and lighting on the exterior. A similar power station in London was turned into the Tate Modern Art gallery.
- Royal Albert Dock (Liverpool): Not a direct comparison but Liverpool has been working to develop the Royal Albert Dock into a destination with dining, shopping, and museums including the Tate and Beatles Story.
Examples of architecture and other general development that I encountered that would look great in Edmonton (warning, lots of brick!):
- Kampus (Manchester): Never got a good picture of it but this was a cool development, similar to something like Stationlands, where they've integrated some community space in the centre with restaurants and shops. The central community space was programmed with a dance party when we were there in the spring. Loved the use of red brick throughout. If you're ever in Manchester, go to the Great North Pie Co. as it is fantastic.
- Misc Manchester developments, mostly midrise-ish. They utilized brick and stone of different colours everywhere in the City, and the other material colours seemed to kind of honour that colouring. There were also several buildings that reminded me of what was done at the Revllion-Boardwalk building - large atrium style buildings in former industrial (e.g. mills) or warehouse buildings. Would be great to get more of that.
Lastly, we found that they just utilized light and colours extremely well at night time. They are all at a similar latitude to Edmonton and Calgary so also have long winter nights. Seemed like every street had some sort of light display, whether it be suspended above the street or sculptures along the sidewalks. Sometimes it feels we are scared to use too much light.
- Liverpool
- Glasgow
- London