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[MarkoJ]

April 4th, 2014...getting closer to completion.

 

 

 

 

[Nparker]

And now it's a two-tone box. Lovely.

[MarkoJ]

April 11th, 2014.  Closer to completion.

 

 

 

 

[sdwright.vic]

Why does everything have a flat roof?

[Baro]

What sort of roof would you like?  Pitched roofs generally look pretty awful on larger buildings, or at least in Victoria they tend to go with the "I'm just a really tall multi-family house!" sort of look, or just have a tacky decorate pitched roof around the edge then a sunken flat roof behind. 

Some sort of large shed style roof and some angles/lofts might look cool though like the condo here http://goo.gl/maps/3xQCR

 

But give me a nice modern flat roof and simple if even bland contemporary architecture like this building over the pitched roof garbage in the Songhees.

Or at least USE the flat roof.  Put a patio/garden up there,  or break it up with an interesting mechanical penthouse and some layers.  Often arbitrary height laws "force" an architect to do the whole "top of the building sliced off by a laser" look, which I believe was the case here.

[Nparker]

This place just isn't getting any prettier as it nears completion.

[Holden West]

A few years ago every big building had a pointy hat roof. The trauma of that era resides still, deep within our souls.

[sdwright.vic]

But they don't have to be pitched roofs either. Offer height variances for interesting "crowns", not pitched roofs.

Have you seen our skyline from the ocean? One big huge rectangular box.

[concorde]

from a developer perspective, sloped roofs cost money and its something most people don't care about.  Look around, I can't think of any mid or high rises with sloped roofs (wood frame doesn't count in my opinion as its almost no cost difference)

 

People care about interior and exterior finishes.  They want to see cultured stone, better cabinets, countertops, floors and that is where I want to make the building really stand out.  

 

What would you rather have plastic laminate countertops and a pointy roof or granite countertops and a flat roof?

[Mike K.]

It'd be nice to have a taller building with a spire. Promontory would have been great with an ornamental roof design but of course buyers would have had to pay for that.

The upcoming Jawl office development could have a nice spire ...or something ornamental at least... but the early design sure isn't hinting at such being the case.

[sdwright.vic]

But they pay public space and public art.... redirect that towards building design elements.

[Mixed365]

What sort of roof would you like?  Pitched roofs generally look pretty awful on larger buildings, or at least in Victoria they tend to go with the "I'm just a really tall multi-family house!" sort of look, or just have a tacky decorate pitched roof around the edge then a sunken flat roof behind. 

Some sort of large shed style roof and some angles/lofts might look cool though like the condo here http://goo.gl/maps/3xQCR

 

But give me a nice modern flat roof and simple if even bland contemporary architecture like this building over the pitched roof garbage in the Songhees.

Or at least USE the flat roof.  Put a patio/garden up there,  or break it up with an interesting mechanical penthouse and some layers.  Often arbitrary height laws "force" an architect to do the whole "top of the building sliced off by a laser" look, which I believe was the case here.

 
The only flat roof utilized on a contemporary building with a "modernist" aesthetic I can think of is the Paragon building where they put a roof garden. Any others?


http://vibrantvictor...-in-2012/page-4

[MarkoJ]

April 27th, 2014.

 

[Nparker]

Nice to see this podium going up; I look forward to the tower rising above it soon.

[sdwright.vic]

LMAO

[MarkoJ]

May 17, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

[D.L.]

Thanks Marko!

Looks like another flying saucer landing pad is going in

[sdwright.vic]

U-G-L-Y you ain't got no aliby, you ugly.... yeah,yeah, you ugly!

[sdwright.vic]

U-G-L-Y you ain't got no aliby, you ugly.... yeah,yeah, you ugly!

[gumgum]

I think if looks pretty good/