Useful, livable outdoor space is reason 57103495390543 Vancouver / Lower Mainland condos are far superior to our own local garbage:
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ProjectEnd said:
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Very nice! Maybe create a common terrace like these on a number of floors with different orientations and all season window/doors.

I’m sure the top floor of The One tower and the ceiling to floor views will be very popular.

Common outdoor terraces are a much more efficient use of space and great for a community feel but no dogs allowed!

Would this thread have 17,780 posts if there were balconies? I think not. Okay, maybe it would have more complaints.

We enjoy our floor to ceiling windows from our 8760 den. We can see down to street level and beyond without any balcony restrictions and noise. Upper level operable windows provide no outdoor ventilation or dust due to stack effect but they do provide noise if desired.

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evandyk said:
That's a really nice outdoor space, but that apartment would be a whole lot better if it was all inside space! The difference between a 1168 sf apartment and a 1900 sf apartment is the difference between being able to have one kid, or have 2-3 kids.
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It's actually both on Metrotown. It features folding glass to enclose the outdoor space as semi-indoor. You can see it all accordion-ed up on the right side of the image.
 
Natika33 said:
I prefer to have a balcony & use mine quite a bit. I think it comes down to personal preference.
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It also comes down to the design. We had two spacious balconies, however, there was one fatal flaw, every other persons balcony was above us and in a dangerous way. One time I was just in my room when I see a shadow. I look out the window, when a blanket or mattress had fallen onto our balcony. The next day, another one had fallen on a balcony below us. Also, balcony design was not private at all. Everyone could just watch each other. What building am I talking about? Monde. Man that condo sucked. I have such bad experiences with that condo. Dude the sauna had collapsed a couple years after the building had opened. The ceiling in the sauna collapsed… the pool was also closed for 2 years after just 1 year of it being open due to leakages. So much more I’ll probably post on the Monde thread. If you want to live there please don’t. Quality is overall bad and cheap. It may look good on the outside, but surely not on the inside.
 
(ii) levels 63 to 75 will be modified from a four-Unit layout to a ten-Unit layout...
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...so I presume those were supports for the new modifications then?
 
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A little while ago I think I wrongly posted that I thought there were a few broken windows that had been installed because they were not tinted the same as all the others. I believe I was wrong because on further inspection, there is another pair of windows without the tinting. What these two pairs of untainted windows have in common is that they are located where one of the crane supports (may not be the correct term for them, sorry) anchor to a slab. It just so happens that on each of the levels where these untinted windows are install, the glass on those levels are taller than typical. I believe the untinted glass panels are temporary because there wasn’t the space to install full height glazing because of the crane anchor. I’m not sure if I am explaining myself very well or if someone else has already posted this already.
 
It is interesting they're doing the windows that way for sure. I guess they needed someway to reduce wind dynamics where the crane stabilizer thingies are attached the to inside the tower, hence the untinted placeholders we're seeing.
 
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