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RE: ONE28 | 15 fl | U/C - Spokes - 06-07-2021

I'd watch!!

RE: ONE28 | 15 fl | U/C - nms - 06-08-2021

Give it 20-30 years and buildings will likely be reclad or repainted. There are a couple of examples around town where buildings have had a massive exterior upgrade, even if only a new coat of paint.

RE: ONE28 | 15 fl | U/C - CP42 - 09-22-2021

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RE: ONE28 | 15 fl | U/C - panamaniac - 09-22-2021

Oh my.

RE: ONE28 | 15 fl | U/C - tomh009 - 09-22-2021

Oi vey! I do like the blue glass but that podium makes DTK's podium look good! Sad

RE: ONE28 | 15 fl | U/C - Bjays93 - 09-22-2021

The glass and balconies here are surprisingly fine. The the coloured panels they're using on the other hand, are not

RE: ONE28 | 15 fl | U/C - ac3r - 09-22-2021

Lmao. I've seen nicer looking buildings made by children playing with Lego.

RE: ONE28 | 15 fl | U/C - cherrypark - 09-23-2021

Looks like the pre-fab plant clearance bin with a nuclear bunker retrofit podium. I cannot believe Waterloo keeps approving these horror shows at all, let alone on its main corridor they just splashed out on re-imagining.

RE: ONE28 | 15 fl | U/C - taylortbb - 09-23-2021

(09-23-2021, 03:33 PM)cherrypark Wrote: I cannot believe Waterloo keeps approving these horror shows at all, let alone on its main corridor they just splashed out on re-imagining.

The windows that wander back and forth as you go up the tower have become such a Waterloo signature, across architecture firms. I can only conclude someone at the city in the planning department thinks it looks good, and actually asks for them during the approval process. This isn't even a SRM project.

RE: ONE28 | 15 fl | U/C - cherrypark - 09-23-2021

Disappointing because it seems to me that unless you are a Minecraft enthusiast the prefab concrete looks much better in continuous colour blocks. But I know the trend you reference and its baffled me since the first tower with that look went up.

I don't even think this one would look half as bad if they had just attempted some degree of uniformity.

RE: ONE28 | 15 fl | U/C - ac3r - 09-23-2021

That staggered facade effect has been common in architecture for years now. It can look good on a building that was designed by a good team or single architect, but now it's just repliced all the time. It's terrible.

RE: ONE28 | 15 fl | U/C - Spokes - 09-27-2021

King Street in Waterloo. Am I right??

RE: ONE28 | 15 fl | U/C - mastermind - 09-28-2021

The side with all the glass looks weird because the glass has a sort of blue-ish shade to it, where the precast concrete panels are definitely fully in the greys. Colour picks made by someone with a lack of taste?

RE: ONE28 | 15 fl | U/C - CP42 - 07-21-2022

Lots of these units are listed for sale now… so let’s play a game of rendering vs actual!

Exterior:
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Gym:
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Lobby:
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RE: ONE28 | 15 fl | U/C - taylortbb - 07-21-2022

That lobby has no connection to the render. It really shouldn't be legal for builders to do that.