The World Ending in a Monochromatic RLApocalypse

[Admiral Nelson]

Originally Posted by Harley613

I don't mind a charcoal brick building here and there, but the material is so ubiquitous in Ottawa these days, that it's becoming a stain on the city in my opinion. I directly compare it to the overuse of concrete during the brutalist apartment building era in this city. Everything is starting to look the same again. I don't see this lack of variety in modern highrise construction any other Canadian city. It's just so representative of the developer culture in this city. Lowest bidder everything, from the architect to the final fixtures, slap a 'Luxury' tag on it, then charge/sell for as much or more than vastly superior buildings in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, or Calgary charge/sell for.

Playing devil's advocate, charcoal bricks =/= bad design. Ottawans of the 1920s probably weren't up in arms about the poor aesthetics of the ubiquitous red brick midrises springing up downtown that we cherish now today.