Urb
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This is turning out well. Reminds me of a mogul run at Lake Louise 
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DougB
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1875
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on the corner of two one way vehicle movers. its doomed until the city makes these roads two way traffic.
They're moving the front entrance to 2-way 8 Ave.
Doomed!!
Doomed!!
whatchyyc
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UrbanWarrior
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CalgaryTiger
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Maybe it will get old but that second picture is mesmerizing.
CalgaryTiger
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NE Entrance still requires a bit of work but it is progressing.
You can see the white poles that will support the window wall.
Lots left to do here too.
I'm thinking by next fall (as depicted in the renders) we'll have a finished product.
You can see the white poles that will support the window wall.
Lots left to do here too.
I'm thinking by next fall (as depicted in the renders) we'll have a finished product.
The Familia
Senior Member
This thing is going slower than a snail…..I haven’t seen any visible exterior change from the last update over a month ago.
trtcttc
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Not related to construction but is there a particular reason why recent cultural facilities in Calgary are designed with so little natural light and very little use of curtain wall glass?
Calgary:
Royal AB Museum/ Vancouver Convention Centre / Ottawa War Museum:
Calgary:
Royal AB Museum/ Vancouver Convention Centre / Ottawa War Museum:
CBBarnett
Senior Member
This can't be the actually reason but an armchair take is that Calgary's subconscious design culture is about avoiding the sun because we get so much of it normally we don't see the value, whereas everywhere else subconsciously sees sunlight as a more valuable thing as they are more cloudy in comparison.
Why we love curvy rooflines and randomly angular-plane walls on all civic and cultural infrastructure I still haven't figured out though!
trtcttc
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Our facilities look pretty unique, compared to the BMO Centre the Vancouver Convention Centre looks generic. But I'm not sure if it's great for visitor experience. Having been to the Studio Bell, it felt overbearing. There's small slivers of light in the stair wells but otherwise it's hard to tell what the weather is outside. I recognize museums need dark rooms for exhibits but usually they combine that with a glass atrium or walkways
Mountain Man
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Maybe related to the use of those buildings? Curtain walls would shine into an outer hallway, but the programmable areas would have controlled light levels. Just a thought...
Could be. In the case of the new central library, the glass was cutback due to the amount of sunlight we get.
Golfing guy
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With all the hail damage recently maybe that goes into factoring during design nowadays? Look at the airport and all the windows in Concourse B that were damaged. You’d think some of those designs in Calgary would be prone to damage/flooding.