CALGARY | Telus Sky | 222 M / 729 FT | 58 FLOORS
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Fantastic addition for Calgary, or any city for that matter, but feels lacking in some regard... either that or I am just fucking idiotic picky with 'signature' buildings.
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My mistake – this will be 58 storeys, not 60: http://www.calgaryherald.com/busines...228/story.html
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Super good on CGY. Its placement adjacent to the Bow is an eye-opener and, in a continuting departure from the BOW and 8thAvePl, is a refreshing change from the IMO tedious high-rise geometry in that city.
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The architect (Bjarke Ingels) summed it up best..... A cowgirl in amongst a group of cowboys.
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Ha! Exactly what I've spent the last few days drafting a treatise in my head about:
"How to Sex A Skyscraper". :crazy: |
Correction on the height - 220m - 722'
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Some slightly less refined renderings than the newest ones, but it shows a few more angles of this beauty:
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2853/9...e5f2a4bc_c.jpg Telus Sky Calgary by BigtimeYYC, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3673/9...19460633_c.jpg Telus Sky Calgary by BigtimeYYC, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3797/9...c905d40c_c.jpg Telus Sky Calgary by BigtimeYYC, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7406/9...2d16d121_c.jpg Telus Sky Calgary by BigtimeYYC, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3667/9...f6610740_c.jpg Telus Sky Calgary by BigtimeYYC, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2805/9...29528b4c_c.jpg Telus Sky Calgary by BigtimeYYC, on Flickr http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5484/9...b97506a4_c.jpg Telus Sky Calgary by BigtimeYYC, on Flickr |
Beautiful proposal! Congrats Calgary - and Bjarke Ingels Group at that, nice! :cheers:
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damn that looks fine. i'm a calgarian who transplanted to ottawa many years ago and i'm pretty jealous. i must point out, however, that ottawa is in a huge building boom and we are finally surpassing our tallest building (Terrasses de la Chaudiere at 30 stories/124m/406ft and built in 1978) with several new buildings up to 48 stories in the next few years. i would REALLY like to see some iconic architecture like this building in ottawa though!
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I look at this and curb my temper asking why this gem isn't 200' taller and joining the rising 57th Street canyon in New York City.
::cue Pace Thick n' Salsa Cowboy Chorus echo:: Again I look at this and wonder what the fruits of a pairing of BIG with Dame Zaha Hadid would look like.......... |
Looks amazing, with the Bow and Telus Sky the skyline is slowly extending eastward.
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My wife likes it too.
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I'm going to go against the grain and say this is ugly. The curve/twist makes it look to fat and bottom heavy. I like the pattern at the top, but the way it looks in the proposal is not nice.
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I said before on other posts I don't care for the "twist". I really like the upper half of the structure! But the biggie for me is 340+ rental apartments in a 720 foot building.... In Calgary!
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But.....but.....but.....the twist!
That's precisely what this skyline needs! Look at Bow right next to it and tell me you really aren't digging how these two dance so well together. |
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