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1400 Quadra Street
Uses: rental, commercial
Address: 1400-1412 Quadra Street
Municipality: Victoria
Region: Downtown Victoria
Storeys: 14
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[Downtown Victoria] 1400 Quadra Street | Rentals, retail | 14-storeys | Under construction


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#261 MarkoJ

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Posted 15 April 2019 - 05:38 AM

April 14th, 2019

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#262 MarkoJ

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Posted 29 April 2019 - 06:27 AM

April 28th, 2019

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#263 MarkoJ

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Posted 21 May 2019 - 05:55 AM

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#264 MarkoJ

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Posted 10 June 2019 - 03:28 PM

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#265 Promontory Kingpin

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Posted 26 June 2019 - 05:54 PM

This seems to be taking a bit longer then expected eh? I recall that it was mentioned that concrete would start being poured by this summer. It doesn’t appear that that will happen

#266 MarkoJ

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Posted 02 July 2019 - 07:52 AM

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#267 aastra

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Posted 02 July 2019 - 08:57 AM

Do we still not know for sure what they're going to build here?



#268 Nparker

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Posted 02 July 2019 - 09:03 AM

I think this is the most recent rendering

1400 Quadra Oct 2018.JPG


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#269 aastra

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Posted 02 July 2019 - 09:13 AM

Right, but that was the version that got absolutely roasted, yes?



#270 Nparker

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Posted 02 July 2019 - 09:18 AM

I have no idea at this point.



#271 Rob Randall

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Posted 02 July 2019 - 10:48 AM

I recall back in the Jurassic era the first iteration of The Juliet building at Johnson and Blanshard was roasted because it didn't have a corner orientation. Hence the rounded corner we see today.


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#272 Rob Randall

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Posted 02 July 2019 - 11:25 AM

Versions 1 and 2, captures by Jackerbie:

 

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#273 Rob Randall

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Posted 02 July 2019 - 11:25 AM

Version 3:

 

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#274 Rob Randall

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Posted 02 July 2019 - 11:40 AM

I'm pretty sure DeHoog/Kierulf drew the first modern version, hence the resemblance to Gateway Green etc.

 

But I imagine the feedback from The Powers That Be was that it "wasn't old-timey enough" and a new architect was brought on.


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#275 aastra

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Posted 02 July 2019 - 12:29 PM

To my eye the pic below suggested a more attractive building than does the image posted by Nparker above. The dark window frames surrounded by tan brick look pretty sharp, whereas in the image above that entire section comes off looking like painted concrete or who knows what.

 

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#276 Mike K.

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Posted 02 July 2019 - 12:46 PM

I'm pretty sure DeHoog/Kierulf drew the first modern version, hence the resemblance to Gateway Green etc.

 

But I imagine the feedback from The Powers That Be was that it "wasn't old-timey enough" and a new architect was brought on.

 

DhK are still the architects for this project.


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#277 jonny

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Posted 02 July 2019 - 02:13 PM

To my eye the pic below suggested a more attractive building than does the image posted by Nparker above. The dark window frames surrounded by tan brick look pretty sharp, whereas in the image above that entire section comes off looking like painted concrete or who knows what.

 

Materials. Materials. Materials. 

 

If there's one thing we have seen firsthand in Victoria over the last 15 years, it's the critical importance of:

 

1) Massing

2) Ground floor street level interaction 

3) Materials

 

You have to have at least two out of the three, but you have to have quality materials, IMO. You can have a widescraper, but it better be made of quality materials and interact well with the street. 

 

The Wave fails on all three counts, for instance. 



#278 Nparker

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Posted 02 July 2019 - 02:37 PM

...you have to have quality materials, IMO. You can have a widescraper, but it better be made of quality materials and interact well with the street. ..

Which is why The Jukebox works...and View Towers does not.


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#279 jonny

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Posted 02 July 2019 - 03:27 PM

^ Exactly the building I was thinking of when I wrote that post. 

 

The Jukebox looks fantastic, even though the massing on its own is pretty terrible. 


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#280 aastra

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Posted 02 July 2019 - 03:31 PM

 

The Wave fails on all three counts, for instance.

 

I've criticized it every which way but when you get right down to it I just wish there was no setback on any of the commercial units and that the height of the ground floor was more consistent with the older storefronts right beside it.

 

I'll pay the Wave a compliment: I like how the building has a strong "blue glass" effect. Victoria's examples of such are few and far between, which makes even a straightforward specimen like the Wave seem more distinctive than it otherwise would. If there were 20 or 30 of them around town then I suppose it would be a different story.


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