06-05-2021, 09:37 PM
(06-05-2021, 07:33 PM)ac3r Wrote:(06-05-2021, 04:08 PM)cherrypark Wrote: Seems like the same bait and switch of the DTK renders. Propose higher quality materials and airy garage design and swap back to pre-fab monoliths.
It seems like that was possibly the exactly the situation. Someone was posting about this on Reddit and an architect that was involved in the design of the podium said that they tried to object to the design and offered alternatives, but that the developer went with this as a cost saving measure. I'm definitely not surprised, since it was done by one of our best architecture firms, but developed by one of the worst/cheapest developers in the region.
I really wish the city focused more effort on holding to account publicly marketed designs vs. actualized builds. Admittedly ignorant in this area, but seems like there is a lot of consternation about size of buildings and impact on the skyline while the actual impact of approved builds feels missed too often in KW.