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Favorite tower in the Beltline

  • Guardian Towers

    Votes: 3 20.0%
  • Mark tower

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Colors

    Votes: 9 60.0%
  • Decidely Jazz

    Votes: 5 33.3%
  • Chocolate

    Votes: 1 6.7%
  • Drake

    Votes: 1 6.7%
  • Live at the Park

    Votes: 1 6.7%
  • Aura Tower

    Votes: 1 6.7%
  • Nuera

    Votes: 1 6.7%
  • Arriva

    Votes: 1 6.7%
  • Stella/Nova

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Other

    Votes: 2 13.3%

  • Total voters
    15

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Why not have one for the Beltline? I've only included buildings already built. 3 choices allowed.
 
Colors and Kahanoff Expansion (Decidedly Jazz) are my Favorites along with these two smaller projects.

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Kahanoff expansion and Colours. That new reno of the Biscuit block deserves mention.
 
There was a day ~2008 when I was walking down 1st St SW after being away from Calgary for a few years, and the sun was reflecting off the podium of Colours such that a rainbow of parallelograms stretched across the road. It was the first time I thought to myself that Calgary is really changing for the better, and perhaps it was what got me interested in skyscrapers, skyscraperpage, and urban design design in our city.

I don't know if I can pick a favourite, but I might have to pick Colours for being a flagship of change, DJD for the integration of its use, a dozen low rises and historic buildings for their character, Place 10 for covering the tracks, 6th & Tenth for overall design, and Mount Royal Village for its anticipated effect on the community. I really like some of the plain, clean designs we've seen like Calla, Drake, and Amble/Maple. I'm also a fan of the modern walk-ups like Uno, Tribeca, and Ten.
 
I voted Colors, because IMO it raised the bar for residential architecture.

@Rlucky, I had that same feeling when seeing Colors in person the first time. It felt like Calgary had joined the big leagues.
 

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