[archited]

^ No aspersions, no negations, just factual data. I think Andrew has -- as I have noted numerous times on this site -- done an amazing design job for Edmonton's Winspear and I believe that as far as the main body of the building is concerned it is essentially "true" to his original vision. The courtyard area seems to be the part of the project that has been downsized (cost-wise) over time. I think Andrew is a brilliant Architect and his genesis from Sci-Arc was the perfect place for a "free-thinker" to have arisen from (would more architectural schools encourage art liberation, the results would bear more fruit in the minds of like-kin such as Andrew). I said that Andrew was from Hong-Kong only as reference to the comment that somehow the City or the PTB at Winspear were to "blame" for the monochromatic color scheme -- when in fact they were part and parcel of Andrew's original scheme. His color flourish was meant to be in the landscape which (unfortunately for now) has been deconstructed into oblivion as a cost-cutting exercise.

 

[MattPT]

If they go ahead with the landscaping, would be nice to have year round green. I’m not sure which pine trees or bushes are suited to Edmontons climate, but if the landscaping ends up like the rendering, we’ll just be looking at a garden of sticks 6-7 months of the year

 

[Gronk!]

 

[Edmcowboy11]

Not to sound too pessimistic but I wonder if they will actually open up the sidewalk before winter? It looks promising but for some reason I'm having some doubts.

 

[buildings]

^^ odd little set of stairs peeking up proud of the finished plaza elevation and going seemingly nowhere

 

[CplKlinger]

^^ odd little set of stairs peeking up proud of the finished plaza elevation and going seemingly nowhere

Those are spares in case any of the steps on the main staircase above need to be replaced.

 

[buildings]

to be fair the door to the right of the stairs in the pic is at least a meter up from the concrete so there must be some sort of higher level yet to go in.

 

[Gronk!]

to be fair the door to the right of the stairs in the pic is at least a meter up from the concrete so there must be some sort of higher level yet to go in.

 

[MattPT]

This is what their project website shows:
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Should be the planters/amphitheatre looking thing

Edit: Sorry, I thought the photo would show… here it is:

 

[Gronk!]

 

[mcr]

Wish they went a shade darker on the canopy / roof like in the renders, but still looks fantastic

 

[supaflyryguy]

A more saturated colour option would have been nice, but in a way it does pair well with Century Place, at least in the photo.

 

[Gronk!]

Both SB lanes on 97 St are now open.

 

[cloney]

From yesterday, it looks awesome in person. The worst part is the building/wall of the existing winspear on the left.

 

[Gronk!]

Trees!