26 King St E | 3 fl | U/C

[ac3r]

That's what I was thinking. They already have a billion parking spots in the old Market Square garage as Europro still technically owns that (possibly the old city hall as well?) and I imagine it doesn't get used too often given that most students don't drive and there are certainly not enough staff to fill the parking garage anyway. They could definitely redevelop that parking lot with a nice skyscraper and cram a couple hundred residential units there.

[tomh009]

Europro was going to convert 22 Frederick from office to residential, before it got picked up by Conestoga, so it's not completely impossible that they might choose to build residential on that lot. It's a good bit of land right next to an LRT station, it has to be worth more than just a surface lot.

Or they sell it to a developer. It's prime land and a decent-size parcel, too.

[tomh009]

26 King St has its cladding--and a mural! It doesn't match the rest of the building, but it's a very nice book-end for it.

   

[bravado]

I know this site is definitely uniquely limited by the dimensions, but there’s something seriously wrong with modern architects (and their paying clients)… who hurt them?

[Joedelay Highhoe]

Well that looks ridiculous

[KevinL]

The mural is nicely whimsical. The rest of it is not so appealing.

[ac3r]

There's a thread for that project here: https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/...p?tid=1750

But what are you guys talking about...this is pretty good. The mural is out of place but the rest of the design is nice and simple.

[dtkvictim]

I know this site is definitely uniquely limited by the dimension, but there’s something seriously wrong with modern architects (and their paying clients)… who hurt them?

We are just too uneducated and ignorant to understand. Don't worry though, the enlightened architects know what's best for us and will correct for our wrong tastes.

[Rainrider22]

Well, I will chime in. I fall into the uneducated and ignorant, but I love this. I think it's totally awesome..

[tomh009]

It actually looks much like the original render.