The new facade at Encana Place looks good up close when you don't see the rest of the building.
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I don't mind the stucco and knotty wood. If they kept it to two types of stucco and the knotty wood it'd be okay.red brick...knotty wood...white siding... grey stucco. Another case of a crap designer thinking adding one more cheap cladding style/colours will improve their mediocre design.
So it looks like Hines has submitted the DP for their first tower at 4th Street and 12th Ave SW:
https://developmentmap.calgary.ca/#property/DP2017-2379
1 building, 463 units.
If you assume 8 units per floor you would get 57/58 stories. Is 8 reasonable?That's the most units I've ever seen for a tower in Calgary.
The renderings are promising. It looks to be an improvement on the Riverwalk which left me a little disappointed. I had hoped for a more urban minded design being on the edge of downtown. The area around the Simmons building is a little closer to what I have in mind but, the random placements of the benches don't encourage conversation and they take of a whack space that could be used for other activities. The Riverwalk is a great improvement. It's pretty to walk along or rest for a while but, there's little there to get you to stay.
That's probably about right. With that many units, this would have to be a tall one for sure.If you assume 8 units per floor you would get 57/58 stories. Is 8 reasonable?