It's a fire suppression measure where in the event of a fire, sprinklers positioned at the top of each window will shower it to guard against failure. It's most common in places where the code-required 5.5m setback from the property line cannot be met.
 
From today; some vaguely Harbour Square-esque balcony action going on.

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Behind the scaffolding in front of the Bank of Commerce building:
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Gary Switzer provides some background to the photos of the heritage work posted above, in our front page story, here.

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The lack of curved balcony glass and the minimal contrast between the bare glass and the patterned glass really kills the look of this project.
 
slicecom said:
The lack of curved balcony glass and the minimal contrast between the bare glass and the patterned glass really kills the look of this project.
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Sure, it's not looking quite at the level of 1BE, and curved glass + more balcony contrast may have taken it there. But it's still an excellent design with high quality materials and heritage retention par excellence. And most practically, it's a clear improvement over Mod/HP's most recent collab up the street. IMO, still deserving of much praise!
 
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