[James Bay] Municipal House | Built - completed in 2009
#21
Posted 29 December 2006 - 09:35 AM
I also like your suggestion that people will see that modern buildings can be located in neighbourhoods and in fact make them better, though I think we both might be supreme optimists on this point.
I do disagree with your assertion that post-modernism is dead though. While it may not be being used for government buildings (but I so love 800 Johnson Street) it is still alive and well in residential construction, just look at the three storey job on North Dairy and Shelbourne. Anyways hope springs eternal...
#22
Posted 29 December 2006 - 10:02 AM
Still, I do think that the ecological factor will be a major driver of this trend. Faux historicism is about structural concealment and over ornamentation, which is inhearently wastefull.
#23
Posted 29 December 2006 - 10:02 AM
Is there no regulation in Victoria that obliges the setbacks in new developments to match the setbacks of existing adjacent buildings?
How come the suppose heritage preservationists don't ever complain about this issue? All the time they seem to want greater and greater setbacks.
#24
Posted 29 December 2006 - 10:36 AM
#25
Posted 29 December 2006 - 10:18 PM
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
#26
Posted 23 February 2008 - 08:29 PM
There's a couple construction trailers setup and fencing. That's about it so far.
#27
Posted 23 February 2008 - 08:54 PM
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#28
Posted 23 February 2008 - 09:02 PM
I can't seem to find any other rendering.
#29
Posted 23 February 2008 - 09:11 PM
#30
Posted 23 February 2008 - 09:29 PM
#31
Posted 12 March 2008 - 02:01 PM
Sorry. They're not using a SPYDER HOE. That effing ad is starting to drive to insanity now.
#32
Posted 12 March 2008 - 02:18 PM
Sypder Hoe loves this site
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#33
Posted 30 April 2008 - 07:31 PM
#34
Posted 03 July 2008 - 06:13 PM
#35
Posted 01 September 2009 - 07:22 AM
Know it all.
Citified.ca is Victoria's most comprehensive research resource for new-build homes and commercial spaces.
#36
Posted 01 September 2009 - 09:16 AM
Calling James Bay photographers...
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#37
Posted 01 September 2009 - 09:19 AM
I haven't seen it but I heard someone complaining about the blank concrete wall.
Calling James Bay photographers...
I walked past it the other day, camera in hand... bah... I'm filming in JB this week if no one gets there before me...
#38
Posted 01 September 2009 - 07:38 PM
There is a lot of mixed opinion by passers-by about the design. Some hate it, but I'm sort of indifferent (its not great, but its not bad, either). They've used an interesting hard landscaping approach in the front, which spills out over to include the public sidewalk.
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