Marcanadian
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I'm normally not a fan of spandrel glass, but the black and white contrast could work well. As long as it's not the baby blue/teal that seems to litter so many new condos in Canada.
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The Toronto development team of Lamb Development Corp and Fortress Real Developments are building a new 31-storey addition to Calgary's Beltline district, which has begun cladding installation. 6th and Tenth will contain about 230 one-bedroom to two-bedroom plus den units ranging from 450 to 1,950 square feet. Starting from the low $200,000s CAD, the more expensive layouts are expected to fetch $1 million and above.
The hotel across the way is also that pixelated look. Same with Mark on 10thLooks like a somewhat better finished version of WAM.
In general though, Im not that crazy about all these new residential towers with this spandrel-puzzle facades. I'm not sure why it's such a hot trend right now (cost?) but it comes across kind of chintzy and needlessly complicated.
Cost is probably a factor. I'm assuming spandrel must be cheaper than aluminium panels, or at least cheaper and less complicated than doing both spandrel and panels. I'm not a big fan of the general mix mashed look that's going. IMO 6th and tenth is the best of that look though.Looks like a somewhat better finished version of WAM.
In general though, Im not that crazy about all these new residential towers with this spandrel-puzzle facades. I'm not sure why it's such a hot trend right now (cost?) but it comes across kind of chintzy and needlessly complicated.