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Daveography · #**701** Posted **May 21, 2015, 6:50 PM**

These guys are turning out pretty nice.

Bokimon · #**702** Posted **May 27, 2015, 12:49 AM**

^ Guardian is the only tower in this city and quite possibly in this continent that is using Structural Glass framing system using steel spider clips on glass fins at its 2storey penthouse levels 500 feet above the ground!!
The type of minimalist glazing you see on all the office tower lobby levels of several recent built but nothing way up in the high upper floors of a residential condo.

I suppose these are sturdy enough to handle the nastiest chinook wind loads during the winter season. Heck This may probably be the nicest penthouse in the entire city.

My rating for Guardian has now gone up at least a full star to 9.5/10.
Very clever design feature done by IBI Group, hopefully this will help give more creative variety to future condo penthouses being built in this city.

Surrealplaces · #**703** Posted **May 29, 2015, 2:02 AM**

Guardian Towers by Kevin Cappis, on Flickr

Surrealplaces · #**704** Posted **May 29, 2015, 2:02 AM**

Guardian Towers by Kevin Cappis, on Flickr

Design-mind · #**705** Posted **May 30, 2015, 4:48 PM**

The lower units are supposed to have move ins at the middle of the month.

Design-mind · #**706** Posted **Jun 16, 2015, 2:49 AM**

Crane comes down on the Guardian North Tower.

https://twitter.com/guardiantower

colemonkee · #**707** Posted **Jun 16, 2015, 5:01 PM**

Are those the final colors on the podium?

Design-mind · #**708** Posted **Jun 16, 2015, 6:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

Are those the final colors on the podium?

No, around the windows on the podium will be white panels. The colour you see is from the insulation panels.

geotag277 · #**709** Posted **Jun 21, 2015, 12:38 AM**

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Originally Posted by Bokimon

^ Guardian is the only tower in this city and quite possibly in this continent that is using Structural Glass framing system using steel spider clips on glass fins at its 2storey penthouse levels 500 feet above the ground!!

I'm not sure if this implies it is a really really good thing or a really really bad thing.

TallBob · #**710** Posted **Jun 21, 2015, 3:26 AM**

^^^ I was thinking the same thing!!

WhipperSnapper · #**711** Posted **Jun 21, 2015, 4:04 AM**

Gives the tower a 9.5 so clearly it's a good thing.

As far as design goes, some cladding system is not going to have a large impact on my decision. The sub penthouse, penthouses and massive elevator overrun are looking dazed and confused as they move towards completion. Despite the heavy, mismatched podium, I was really liking how these towers were shaping up half a year ago.

Design-mind · #**712** Posted **Jun 21, 2015, 8:30 PM**

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One of the beautiful light wood veneer kitchens now being installed in the Paramount Suites

https://twitter.com/guardiantower

geotag277 · #**713** Posted **Jun 22, 2015, 3:19 AM**

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

Gives the tower a 9.5 so clearly it's a good thing.

As far as design goes, some cladding system is not going to have a large impact on my decision. The sub penthouse, penthouses and massive elevator overrun are looking dazed and confused as they move towards completion. Despite the heavy, mismatched podium, I was really liking how these towers were shaping up half a year ago.

I wasn't sure if the extra points were for innovation outside of the box thinking or for genuinely good design principles.

What about the sub penthouses and penthouses are looking dazed and confused to you? From street level what I can see the penthouse units seem pretty nice looking, but I may be missing some details.