Infill at 4th st nw and 22nd ave. The ubiquitous style that we’re seeing for inner city roll homes but the brick elevates it.
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DiscoStu
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This one is close to me and the brick has definitely elevated the aesthetics of this project. I just wish they went with a siding color that better paired with the red brick.
haltcatchfire
Senior Member
Brick above siding is architecturally incorrect but I suppose when you only have one way to be unique you have to run with it.
CBBarnett
Senior Member
Hear me out - just add more brick until it's only brick.
Otherwise no notes - bring on that human-scale, ground oriented density everywhere!
Otherwise no notes - bring on that human-scale, ground oriented density everywhere!
DiscoStu
Active Member
Yeah, I wish this was all brick like that one townhouse development along Memorial Drive in Parkdale. But I assume that's quite a different price point than this one. Any brick these days feels like a win.
Another bike ride infill shot. 19th st NW and about 18th ave.
lemongrab
Active Member
Even alternating full brick vs siding would be way better (and make some sense for more 'premium' corner units. Or just don't do any brick on the courtyard side...
Did they just run out of bricks on that last pic above the red truck?
CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
Something was throwing me off, this was it. Thanks!
ByeByeBaby
Active Member
It's easy to remember: Brick above siding, your face you should be hiding. Siding above brick, that'll do the trick.
Small info along confederation park is completed now.
It’s a nice little development unfortunately the units are quite high priced I think, and I don’t think there is an actual density boost out of this one.
It’s a nice little development unfortunately the units are quite high priced I think, and I don’t think there is an actual density boost out of this one.
MichaelS
Senior Member
Another pretty big infill project next to 45th Street Station on the Blue Line.
A different design than the typical peaked roof townhomes you see with these townhome projects:
While the 28 units (including 12 basement suites and 4 garage suites) are a big density boost over what is currently there, I can't help but feel this type of built form is still a "miss" for locations like this. This close to the C-Train, on a lot this size, should have at least a 6 storey wood frame apartment with about 60 units on it. Are we going to regret these "quick wins" 20 years from now when this type of development is prolific around some of our c-train stations, thus negating the opportunity for even more density for at least another 50 years?
A different design than the typical peaked roof townhomes you see with these townhome projects:
While the 28 units (including 12 basement suites and 4 garage suites) are a big density boost over what is currently there, I can't help but feel this type of built form is still a "miss" for locations like this. This close to the C-Train, on a lot this size, should have at least a 6 storey wood frame apartment with about 60 units on it. Are we going to regret these "quick wins" 20 years from now when this type of development is prolific around some of our c-train stations, thus negating the opportunity for even more density for at least another 50 years?
CBBarnett
Senior Member
Looks good!Another pretty big infill project next to 45th Street Station on the Blue Line.
A different design than the typical peaked roof townhomes you see with these townhome projects:
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While the 28 units (including 12 basement suites and 4 garage suites) are a big density boost over what is currently there, I can't help but feel this type of built form is still a "miss" for locations like this. This close to the C-Train, on a lot this size, should have at least a 6 storey wood frame apartment with about 60 units on it. Are we going to regret these "quick wins" 20 years from now when this type of development is prolific around some of our c-train stations, thus negating the opportunity for even more density for at least another 50 years?
Re: missed opportunity, a lot of this depends on the unit size composition for me. With very few (if any) 3 bedrooms in a typical 6-storey wood apartment infill, a townhome complex like this might still provide more family-sized units than an even bigger apartment would have.
The question then is if it's worth it is comparing 12 family-sized townhomes + 12 suites today +v. a hypothetical 60 apartments made up of studios, 1 bed, 2 beds at some point in the future.
That's really hard to say which is the better outcome - both come with substantial density benefits. Perhaps it's more about enabling and allowing both to happen in more locations so if demand creates a need for 6-storey apartments there's likely another site to do it equally as good.
Chinese_T
Active Member
Another pretty big infill project next to 45th Street Station on the Blue Line.
A different design than the typical peaked roof townhomes you see with these townhome projects:
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While the 28 units (including 12 basement suites and 4 garage suites) are a big density boost over what is currently there, I can't help but feel this type of built form is still a "miss" for locations like this. This close to the C-Train, on a lot this size, should have at least a 6 storey wood frame apartment with about 60 units on it. Are we going to regret these "quick wins" 20 years from now when this type of development is prolific around some of our c-train stations, thus negating the opportunity for even more density for at least another 50 years?
Wow, aside from the location, this would be a great design to replicate across the city. Build 1000 of them!