[The Familia]

Thought there could be a thread for any current, future, or potential reclads of older buildings. As of now I am not aware of any in progress or coming up. There were rumours of recladding the two buildings beside Telus Sky but that doesn't appear to be happening. I would really like the Scotia Tower to be reclad. They are recladding the Scotia building in Edmonton and I think ours needs it just as bad.

 

[Beltline_B]

I'm fine with a recladding if it's not just a mirrored glass quicky job.

 

[Oddball]

I think the Grosvenor project on 17th ave and 4th street starts with a reclad of the existing office building. I think that one will look really good when it's done.

I snagged this from @Surrealplaces' post in the building thread.

 

[Surrealplaces]

That one would definitely be an improvement.

 

[artvandelay]

I think Westview Heights (which interestingly was formerly all office and now is mixed residential/class C office) is undergoing a reclad right now.

 

[IanBray]

Speaking of re-clads, I walked by this today. Anything would be an improvement over what this building looks like now

 

[jdixon]

Speaking of re-clads, I walked by this today. Anything would be an improvement over what this building looks like now View attachment 117893View attachment 117894

That unfortunately isn't a reclad I think. It just seems to be permanent scaffolding. I've been walking past it every day for months... and don't notice anything going on. I do agree that it really needs a reclad though!

 

[IanBray]

That unfortunately isn't a reclad I think. It just seems to be permanent scaffolding. I've been walking past it every day for months... and don't notice anything going on. I do agree that it really needs a reclad though!

The scaffolding is permanent alright. However, they have obviously removed the siding on the north face as you can see the membrane. They yellow was definitely not there before either..

 

[Surrealplaces]

Are the gray sections aluminium or cement? I can't remember. I think gray metallic panels might look kind of cool if they went that route.

 

[maestro]

This building needs more love than it's getting. I don't know if we can call this a reclad. They are just covering up the concrete ( or whatever material the green is)

 

[maestro]

The Grosvenor proposal is a breath of fresh air when it comes to reclads across our nation.

 

[Alex_YYC]

The Grosvenor proposal is a breath of fresh air when it comes to reclads across are nations.

Agree 100% Im not a fan of re-clads, but the Grovenor one actually is an improvement imho.

 

[Oddball]

@darwink has some pictures of the old cladding coming down on the MacKimmie Block at the university. I was never a great fan so I'm excited to see what the new concept will look like. Does anyone know of any renders. All my searches have just encountered pretty boiler-plate announcement stuff.

 

[darwink]

^ No renders yet. Still some decisions to come on sustainability features that may change the building's footprint and look (double facade, integrated solar PV, etc.)

 

[UrbanWarrior]

That's really exciting to hear. I'll be able to update the reclad of MacKimmie Tower as it progresses, as I'll be at the U of C pretty much every day for... oh, the next 3 years? Plus I live just across Crowchild.