Merrick Architecture has released a wonderful rendering depicting one of the original Sussex concepts before City Hall hashed and slashed the building into the tower we see today.
The rendering shows the Sussex at 12- or 13-storeys.
[Downtown Victoria] Sussex Building | 11-storeys | Office | Built - completed in 1995
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Mike K.
, Jan 20 2009 08:48 PM
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#1
Posted 20 January 2009 - 08:48 PM
Know it all.
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#2
Posted 20 January 2009 - 10:22 PM
/weep
Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
#3
Posted 21 January 2009 - 12:08 AM
That is so awesome... and makes me so angry. I really really hate this city's fear of striking architecture.
"beats greezy have baked donut-dough"
#4
Posted 21 January 2009 - 09:29 AM
It was Mayor David "Moonbeam" Turner that knocked the top off that building.
"Beaver, ahoy!""The bridge is like a magnet, attracting both pedestrians and over 30,000 vehicles daily who enjoy the views of Victoria's harbour. The skyline may change, but "Big Blue" as some call it, will always be there."
-City of Victoria website, 2009
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#5
Posted 21 January 2009 - 06:10 PM
#6
Posted 21 January 2009 - 06:21 PM
Seems to be the vision for the Legislative Precinct and the Humboldt valley.
http://www.victoria....rbn_dsgn_v1.pdf
Obviously, only some of it came to pass.
http://www.victoria....rbn_dsgn_v1.pdf
Obviously, only some of it came to pass.
"Beaver, ahoy!""The bridge is like a magnet, attracting both pedestrians and over 30,000 vehicles daily who enjoy the views of Victoria's harbour. The skyline may change, but "Big Blue" as some call it, will always be there."
-City of Victoria website, 2009
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#7
Posted 21 January 2009 - 06:32 PM
There's a lot to like in there. As far as I'm concerned, Victoria can never have too many domes and spires and other such fanciful elements.
#8
Posted 13 September 2013 - 07:28 AM
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