03-10-2018, 08:54 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-10-2018, 09:35 AM by panamaniac.)
(03-09-2018, 11:46 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(03-09-2018, 06:45 PM)panamaniac Wrote: Or, Waterloo and Cambridge might get better urban developments ....
By "better" do you mean "not as tall" and "with faux historical facades?"
I wasn't referring to this project specifically, but I meant better design and better urbanity in general. I have no problem when heritage advocates or others put developers on the hot seat to get them to up their game (as they percieive it). Of course there would be lots of differing views about what an "upped game" might look like, but without opposition and discussion there'd be no way to find out.
On this project specifically, I'm not usually a fan of faux historicism, so that's not what I'd want to see, although you seldom go wrong in K-W by incorporating brick into the exterior cladding, imo. I'm sceptical about the curvy curtain wall on the podium, which seems mismatched with the slabs above. However, the partial render I've seen doesn't really show enough to draw any real conclusions, istm.