[DiscoStu]

I like it, our very own Christo!

 

[CalgaryTiger]

This will be one of the good ones, preserving what made the building unique while adding people where they have never been.

 

[Albertasaurus]

It will be a big boost to the east side of downtown to get this and Palliser conversions finished. Downtown east of Centre St and north of the tracks feels like a wasteland, and as someone who works in the area I'm looking forward to it feeling a bit more vibrant.

 

[UrbanWarrior]

Oh damn, well that was quick, and it looks excellent. Best one yet by leaps and bounds.

 

[whatchyyc]

 

[maestro]

It would be a generic spandrel built for a new building from the ground up. It's a travesty as a modernist conversion. This new cladding in quality and design is leaps and bounds below the original cladding and to the rendering

 

[Tarsus]

Still, this looks much better than some of the other conversions so far.

 

[artvandelay]

It would be a generic spandrel built for a new building from the ground up. It's a travesty as a modernist conversion. This new cladding in quality and design is leaps and bounds below the original cladding and to the rendering

Always so dramatic!

 

[UrbanWarrior]

Yeah, this is excellent for an office conversion, *especiallly* for Cidex. Very happy with it.

 

[haltcatchfire]

One of the best buildings in the city is now …not the worst conversion…

 

[FCC1982]

Looks much better than the original building IMO.
Great conversion.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

One of the best buildings in the city

Maybe at some point but it wasn't this anymore.

 

[maestro]

Always so dramatic!

Apologies if I offended you. I have been on urbantoronto a lot lately. This would be universally panned as a bait and switch there for all the grey spandrel and mullions or, not having a 50 storey tower added on top. On this forum, it gets accolades like great or excellent for rising above the office conversion record when the office conversion record is a dumpster fire.

No, I don't share popular opinion on here. You guys are far too kind. Is that wrong? I don't want to be a stick in the spokes. I can find something else to do. Perhaps Needle point.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

Apologies if I offended you. I have been on urbantoronto a lot lately. This would be universally panned as a bait and switch there for all the grey spandrel and mullions or, not having a 50 storey tower added on top. On this forum, it gets accolades like great or excellent for rising above the office conversion record when the office conversion record is a dumpster fire.

No, I don't share popular opinion on here. You guys are far too kind. Is that wrong? I don't want to be a stick in the spokes. I can find something else to do. Perhaps Needle point.

IMO they kept what made the building interesting so that has to be taken into account. Also our new buildings are all grey spandrel, we're desensitized.

 

[adamyyc]

It looks like a completely new building. Hope they can save the ground floor arches.