The Barrel Yards | 25 fl | U/C

[robdrimmie]

You should check out the Northdale Urban Design and Built Form guidelines. It's one of the most detailed and comprehensive urban design documents in Southern Ontario, and way more thought out than Barrelyards for example. The execution of the buildings on the other hand, seems to be lacking because developers still choose to build for students first and foremost so they try to cut corners and maximize unit counts in every way possible. I agree with taylortbb that Northdale is becoming an interesting and diverse urban neighbourhood within Waterloo, I'm excited to see it in a few years.

Northdale urban design guidelines here: https://www.waterloo.ca/en/government/re...elines.pdf

Thank you for linking those, and for fixing my terminology! I'll be better at it in the future.