I still am of the view that the most successful approach to a building on the waterfront adjacent to Old Town has been the Mermaid Wharf approach in terms of its architectural detailing...
I have no problem with this opinion, but I also don't think we need to jump to any hard conclusions about which building was most successful*. Mermaid Wharf is Mermaid Wharf. The Janion is the Janion. The Pearl will be the Pearl. Victoria is a city. Relax and allow it to be varied and complex and interesting.
*At least not yet. When we're talking about "the most successful approach to a (new) building on the waterfront adjacent to Old Town", how many examples do we really have to consider?
the Regent Hotel,
Mermaid Wharf,
the Janion addition,
?
That's pretty much it. Even if we include the Salvation Army building and the Harbour Court mall building we still have only a handful of examples, fewer than one building per decade of post-1945 redevelopment. My point is, methinks our assessment will be much more meaningful after we have 10 or 20 items to consider, instead of just three or four.