[Downtown Victoria] The Belvedere | 49m | 15-storeys | Built - completed in 2006
#41
Posted 14 October 2006 - 11:34 AM
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#42
Posted 14 October 2006 - 11:37 AM
#43
Posted 14 October 2006 - 11:43 AM
There is just no room for anything in those stores. I suppose the largest spot left in Astoria could accomodate a place about the size of lifestyles market in Cook Street Village but that is about it.
#44
Posted 14 October 2006 - 03:41 PM
#45
Posted 31 October 2006 - 10:38 AM
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I've never seen these kinds of anti-skateboard knobby things before. They certainly look nicer than those bended pieces sheet of metal you usually see. Attention to detail - that's the key.
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#46
Posted 31 October 2006 - 10:43 AM
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#47
Posted 05 November 2006 - 07:45 PM
I wonder if they're even aware of this.
#48
Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:14 PM
Good observation.
#49
Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:20 PM
#50
Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:20 PM
Have I mentioned how much this fountain bugs me?
Could they not have done something about the surrounding concrete?
I don't know. I just seems that when it's a smaller public feature, concrete should be eliminated from the equation.
Exposed concrete is a large scale material.
#51
Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:21 PM
#52
Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:26 PM
Maybe there's some good reason for it, but it could just be lack of attention to detail. Makes me wonder what else they forgot to do on the building.
#53
Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:31 PM
Have I mentioned how much this fountain bugs me?
Could they not have done something about the surrounding concrete?
I don't know. I just seems that when it's a smaller public feature, concrete should be eliminated from the equation.
Exposed concrete is a large scale material.
The biggest problem with concrete is the number of developers who simply leave it raw and unfinished.
If you're going to use exposed concrete....FINISH IT!!!
Paint it, stain it, polish it, put aggregate in it, just do something with it besides pouring it and walking away calling it "luxury" :roll:
#54
Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:33 PM
#55
Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:35 PM
#56
Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:44 PM
Something in the stone family anyway.
#57
Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:48 PM
However, finished exposed concrete can look very nice.
#58
Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:49 PM
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#59
Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:58 PM
The second picture is what is marketed as "luxury" in Victoria :roll:
#60
Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:59 PM
Raw concrete is possibly the ugliest material I can think of, and should never been seen on any residential, retail, or office building, it's OK to be used for industrial buildings. Note that I didn't say exposed concrete, I said raw.
However, finished exposed concrete can look very nice.
Whatever
I didn't know there was a definable difference between raw and exposed.
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