Rauly84

Sacrifice development just for a glance at a hill.... insaine

Just before this view completely disappear 😜👍🔥

This building design makes me think about an equalizer 😂

So be it : A boom 🤟👍😉

Montreal needs to get better in desiging the buildings of it future skyline  , these and other new propose towers are very generic for my taste. If the city cannot build tall , then at least build beautiful ! 

ps : Glad Montreal is getting a mini boom 

that place is simply hunted   Tom 2.0

15 hours ago, FrancSoisD said:

Il prend davantage de volume en largeur qu'en hauteur, mais récemment c'est le nombre de tours de plus de 35 à 58 étages à divers stades de projets qui a explosé dans le c-v, du jamais vu à Mtl! 😃

I remember when the bell centre area started with the 5 towers being built, was a dream, this time we just keep reaching for the sky, taller and better! Great times to be a member of MTLURB , lol

17 hours ago, Blitz said:

Attends de voir l'éclairage, c'est ça qui sera la cerise sur le sundae.

hahahahaha , merci , maybe hope

It is such an average very expensive bridge in my opinion, so sad they did not push the design a bit further to make something epic.

Hey, guys, do you have an idea of how many meters these towers will have? I see a render only with 1 tower, while on the post it says 42 & 52 , i am all confused, Thanks 

1 minute ago, Marc90 said:

What I've drawn is my own vision of what shape that extension should take. It's definitely technically feasible. We've seen much more complicated projects elsewhere around the world. The main problem we face, in order to build high rise on the highway, is the MTQ and the government general, recurrent and well known lack of ambition and absence of knowledge in contemporary city-making practices. Also money. Detail. But I think that a private housing and commercial project should be merged with this public extension.

Thanks for your very explicative answer . Your concept is great for this part of the city 

1 hour ago, Marc90 said:

Ça dépend de l'emprise de part et d'autre de l'autoroute mais oui, avec un système de contreventement bien songé, ce serait possible. Le CCTV à Beijing a une portée dans le vide assez impressionnante, et en coin. En fait, la structure serait pyramidale, comme un grand V inversé jusqu'au centre de la tour, pour ramener les charges de l'ensemble aux extrémités. Le centre de la tour, dans le bas (proche de l'autoroute, partie bleue foncée) devrait donc être "suspendu", avec une structure d'acier en cantilever. C'est comme construire un pont au dessus de l'autoroute, simplement la structure serait plus haute. 

 

Sorry my maybe fool question, but, is this for real !?

4 minutes ago, LindbergMTL said:

Bien d’accord avec toi Rauly.  Ca me fait penser au Highline à Manhattan.  Les constructions tout autour son plutôt basses (sauf pour Hudson Yards tout à l’extrémité nord bien sûr), mais oh combien intéressantes.  Mais la raison est que ce highline est devenu un corridor tres prestigieux et connu autour du monde.  Y aurait il une opportunité de faire de même à Montréal ?  mais où?

Hudson Yard is simply mind blowing,  saw it recently and its pure wow . If we make 100 metters towers with amazing designs it will still give a lot of prestige to this city. I will take the east part of montreal for a micro skyline full of awesome architectural buildings. Maybe in 2050 😉.  Near the olympic tower could be the spot ( dreaming ).

These Maestria towers are in my opinion just tall and nothing more,  they are very conservative in design . 

1 minute ago, Marc90 said:

Welcome!! And yes, I do agree, the East is in great need of attention. But I wouldn't say it needs bigger or higher projects, more like better projects first. Luckily, that one seems to achieve and balance both; height and quality. The skyline is improving but the street and the public space improves equally. Sadly, concentrating efforts on a skyline shape as seen from afar doesn't do much for a city's life beside producing more impressive postal cards. Thats why, if I had to select between the two, I would always go for architecture quality rather than height outbidding. 

Totally agree with you...i always said that knowing the hight limit in montreal ,its better to make not tall but awesome buildings. Not those generic 120 metters box towers that happend to be sometimes. Creativity and audacity over heights takes for me the long run . If you are going to build small, make it amazing. My 2 cents.

I remember years ago when Altitude was being built i was all excited ( tom still in progress) 😂... now this tower is going to give the skyline a very fresh modern look so needed. Can 2021 come faster ? 😂

I passed there today and i took the time to look the entire area, must say it looks AMAZING ! all this 1 life time construction's boom in one concentrate area is something to enjoy while it lasts... BTW, the Avenue is my fav

That terrain was recently sold (Saint-Laurent à l'entrée du Chinatown)! i passed and saw the VENDU sign on it Lets wait until a really nice tower gets build in there , just a matter of time .

Every time i see this tower (almost everyday) i said to myself the same/ Its a good tower, dont get me wrong, but 10 more floors would have made it look AMAZING... well i guess in Montreal we just CANT have it ALL . I will live with it > FATTY SHORTY GOOD LOOKING LADY

Hello Guys,

I read this forum, EVERYDAY, but i rarely post something here, , anyways today i got the change to see the tower and is looking great so far !

today

Hello ! Here are my first pics to the forum, taken today

Hello Boys here comes my 1st update to the forum, pictures taken today while in Downtown Mtl , enjoy it !

Not bad at night for a fatty little beauty like this one,lol, i have to admit in person i really like the building

just WHOA !! how high they could go in here ??? one they this city will regret the retarded height restrictions with the Mount Royal that is more a hill than a mountain !!! LOL nice news for this one , i did not see it coming !

this building with a height of 180 metters and same design would have been a BEAST in our skyline !! i like it but nostalgia invade my heart sometimes