LaCaille on 4th | 183 M | 50 F | PROPOSED - Page 2

giallo · #21 Posted **Aug 4, 2007, 11:07 AM**

Why can I see the image? I even tried googling it, but the only website that came up was SSP.

KingKrunch · #22 Posted **Aug 4, 2007, 11:22 AM**

I like that design! Will be a nice addition to the skyline

Waterlooson · #23 Posted **Aug 4, 2007, 11:59 AM**

The rendering looks great.

Thinner6 · #24 Posted **Aug 6, 2007, 7:06 PM**

The city page for Calgary under proposed projects has this tower at 182.5 meters tall. Can't confirm the accuracy of this. To the spire I'm sure it's closer to 200 meters.

Calgarian · #25 Posted **Aug 6, 2007, 9:47 PM**

200m would be awesome! Not the greatest design, but still pretty nice. As with everything, materials will be the deciding factor for me.

WonderlandPark · #26 Posted **Aug 6, 2007, 10:29 PM**

Weird looking, seems like the took designs from 4 different buildings and slapped them on top of each other.

Thinner6 · #27 Posted **Sep 19, 2007, 9:54 PM**

New Renderings:

Boris2k7 · #28 Posted **Sep 19, 2007, 9:54 PM**

Thanks to Bigtime for finding them on the LaCaille website and posting them in the Calgary Construction Thread.

(Renderings were posted here but as you see above, a certain someone beat me to it. So there, look how spiteful I am)

I'm very confident that IF these renderings are near accurate, this tower will be over 200m tall.

EDIT: Ah, Thinner stole my thunder. Bleh

Thinner6 · #29 Posted **Sep 19, 2007, 9:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by Boris2k7

Thanks to Bigtime for finding them on the LaCaille website and posting them in the Calgary Construction Thread.

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I'm very confident that IF these renderings are near accurate, this tower will be over 200m tall.

EDIT: Ah, Thinner stole my thunder. Bleh

My bad.

Boris2k7 · #30 Posted **Sep 19, 2007, 10:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by Thinner6

Looks like we got a little back and forth thing going on here. You can post the pictures!

I decline, you beat me to it. Chivalry demands that I yield my post.

EDIT: This just in! Waiting for confirmation, but these were likely rendering for the marketing group by SSP's own CtrlAltDel, who also does a lot of Calgary skyline renderings that can be viewed in the Alberta subforum as well as in a few local condo guide magazines.

cityguy · #31 Posted **Sep 23, 2007, 1:51 PM**

That would be a very nice addition to Calgay's skyline.Any idea when sales will start?

Arriviste · #32 Posted **Sep 23, 2007, 7:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by cityguy

That would be a very nice addition to Calgay's skyline.Any idea when sales will start?

Hopefully it won't see the light of day. And if it does, well its a testament to the ignorance of the Calgary market.

ltsmotorsport · #33 Posted **Sep 23, 2007, 11:35 PM**

Awesome project, and it looks really good in the skyline.

cityguy · #34 Posted **Sep 24, 2007, 12:35 PM**

What's going on in the Calgary market,Arriviste?

Arriviste · #35 Posted **Sep 24, 2007, 3:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by cityguy

What's going on in the Calgary market,Arriviste?

People just have bad taste IMO. The market is absolutely on fire, but many of the projects being erected are really lacking in design credibility. Things are coming around though, and there are a few great projects on the horizon. I personally have a major vendetta against facadism and POMO that will never end. I guess its more a personal issue than a market issue, but I'm not shy in saying that I think that Calgary needs to do better.

MolsonExport · #36 Posted **Sep 24, 2007, 4:27 PM**

Not bad, not bad. Lucky Cowlgary, with all that construction & proposals.

Boris2k7 · #37 Posted **Sep 24, 2007, 5:27 PM**

While I love the mixed-use aspect of this tower, and applaud it (it is groundbreaking for Calgary) I have to agree with Arriviste that the architecture is rather distasteful. Especially for such a highly visible project. I don't have any particular problem with POMO like he does, but the base needs to be changed. It disrupts the flow of the tower and makes it looks tacky.

The Chemist · #38 Posted **Sep 25, 2007, 8:27 AM**

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Originally Posted by Arriviste

Hopefully it won't see the light of day. And if it does, well its a testament to the ignorance of the Calgary market.

No, it'd be a testament that Calgarians have different tastes than you do - just because other people like it and you don't doesn't make them ignorant.

Arriviste · #39 Posted **Sep 25, 2007, 7:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by The Chemist

No, it'd be a testament that Calgarians have different tastes than you do - just because other people like it and you don't doesn't make them ignorant.

You would obviously fall under the "ignorant" category, for you don't understand what I'm talking about.
It's not about taste, its about history.

Doug · #40 Posted **Sep 25, 2007, 9:47 PM**

Calgary has no history and likely never will, so post-modernism isn't the insult it would be in an established city. This design is somewhat overwrought and disharmonious, but overall I would still take it over a stylistically pure, but still boring mimimalist box. Hopefully, this one is still a work in progress. Regardless, I can't see it or any large project for that matter going ahead as the housing market is slowing rapidly (ex. listings are at a record high).