[Albertasaurus]

It will be nice to get even more residential in the west end of downtown, but I am bummed to be losing the original facade. Based on the renders, the new facade looks...fine, I guess, but inferior to what was there before IMO.

 

[YYCInfraObserver]

 

[1875]

are all these conversions built to the same sort of spec or are some higher end or lower end?

 

[Alex_YYC]

 

[CalgaryTiger]

That is how you hide vents! Reality could be better than the render here.

 

[haltcatchfire]

That is how you hide vents! Reality could be better than the render here.

You mean there's a better way than this?

 

[JesseLikesCities]

That mural is stunning though. I've never seen that one before.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

You mean there's a better way than this?

What's weird or I guess odd is there is no reason they couldn't have done what was done on the Taylor Building. Such a weird miss... Hopefully there were some lessons learned.

 

[The Familia]

If that is the pinnacle of modular construction, than count me in as someone who does not want to ever see it again. I remember some people saying that this affordable building was kind of a test run to see how modular construction fares in the future. In my opinion, this does not cut the mustard. The Alt hotel in EV is a much better protocol to follow for modular construction. This one looks like it won't last ten years before it falls apart and crumbles to the floor.

 

[Calgcouver]

If that is the pinnacle of modular construction, than count me in as someone who does not want to ever see it again. I remember some people saying that this affordable building was kind of a test run to see how modular construction fares in the future. In my opinion, this does not cut the mustard. The Alt hotel in EV is a much better protocol to follow for modular construction. This one looks like it won't last ten years before it falls apart and crumbles to the floor.

Exterior materials and design make or break a project. Brick is too expensive to do over this type of project comparatively to other cladding systems in Calgary - but if high-quality exteriors were the goal and anyone paid attention to the urban design and architecture with an eye on cost-effective design for this one, it could look good.

London modular apartment project that looks great: https://www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/mmc-news/modular-apartments/78784/