The view from Beacon Hill Park...
BUILT Tapestry at Victoria Harbour Uses: rental, commercial Address: 701 Belleville Street Municipality: Victoria Region: Downtown Victoria Storeys: 15 |
Posted 20 May 2020 - 09:18 AM
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Posted 26 June 2020 - 12:23 PM
Way back in this thread we saw some images of the early concepts for this project, but I don't think we ever saw a hi-res and detailed pic like this...
There are some aspects that I wouldn't have minded seeing in the final product, but all in all I'd say this one actually ended up being better than originally envisioned (not better than prior proposals for the same site, but better than the original designs for this same proposal).
Posted 26 June 2020 - 02:01 PM
Way back in this thread we saw some images of the early concepts for this project, but I don't think we ever saw a hi-res and detailed pic like this...
There are some aspects that I wouldn't have minded seeing in the final product, but all in all I'd say this one actually ended up being better than originally envisioned (not better than prior proposals for the same site, but better than the original designs for this same proposal).
The long slab with tower is very popular in Burnaby these days....
Anthem on Wilson Avenue, story here: https://dailyhive.co...-avenue-burnaby
Bosa Properties on Wilson Avenue, story here: https://dailyhive.co...-avenue-burnaby
For Tapestry, my thoughts are that the horizontal element is too pronounced and should have a break in the middle. Not just a section with no balconies, a complete break in the massing to create two distinct volumes. But I'm no architect or advisory design panel member
Posted 26 June 2020 - 07:28 PM
I don't hate it, but for a tall-ish project in a prime location with rare political goodwill to back it up this will certainly feel like a wasted opportunity in the long run.
Posted 26 June 2020 - 07:46 PM
Posted 28 June 2020 - 06:50 PM
Images from the Tapestry website: https://tapestryvictoria.com
Feature sheet: https://tapestryvict...eatureSheet.pdf
And a few photos from last week.
Posted 28 June 2020 - 09:11 PM
Should be a nice place to live, but what's going on with the brick cladding on the right side of that one pic?
Posted 28 June 2020 - 09:33 PM
Should be a nice place to live, but what's going on with the brick cladding on the right side of that one pic?
I noticed that too in the pic afterwards. It looks weird only where the sun hits it, so maybe the angle of the sun was hitting it exactly sideways. Where the brick is in shade it looks normal to me.
Posted 24 July 2020 - 03:18 PM
Looks like the building is just about complete - just some work being done on the streetscape. I was pleasantly surprised to see there's a new fully protected bike lane along the entire south side of the street as well as new crosswalks that connect to the pathway at St. Ann's Academy.
Posted 26 August 2020 - 08:14 AM
Those darn Victoria Special Grey panels...
A longstanding architectural tradition in the CoV... for the past 18 months or so?
Posted 26 August 2020 - 08:30 AM
I like the fact when the light catches the panels in a certain way you can see the slight buckling, making the building look like it's clad in sheets of faded tarpaper.
Posted 26 August 2020 - 10:00 AM
Posted 26 August 2020 - 10:34 AM
as long as the sale on seafoam spandrel doesn't return
Posted 26 August 2020 - 11:42 AM
^Can't, because the clearance table is already filled by fake river rock.
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