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  1. internationalx
    I feel EXACTLY the same! That Bell building is SO beautiful yet it is lost. I agree that a taller better proportioned tower would have been better suited on the University side, perhaps with a plaza on the Beaver Hall Hill side. That is the problem with building all the same (more or less) height; buildings are drowned out and nothing stands out.
  2. internationalx
    Well, I appreciate 1000 because it is so pure a post modern building. LOL... President Kennedy around Union... the Chernobyl of development. I know who built all those buildings. Torn down all Grey stone houses. Let's just say there are a few structures there that can torn down and the sites redeveloped in the future. That parking garage is one of the.
  3. internationalx
    What belongs in a canon of architecture goes beyond the subjective "I like it" or "it looks nice". I am far more critical of style and design as an architecture student. My likes: 1250 (IBM Marathon) CIL House (Telus) CIBC Place Victoria Westmount Square (complex should have been finished according to plan though) PVM (though this barely makes my list these days because it has been tampered with so much- the plaza was destoyed and the shopping concourses made all post-modern) Banque Canadienne Nationale My dislike list: architecture or buildings I just don't get or that are wrong for their respective site Bell/Banque Nationale - ?? PCI I and II - ?? Laurentienne (Peel at R-L) - so hostile to its neighbors, dark, imposing, NOT elegant, a forgettable building Place du Canada (office building) - treats St Antoine like a back alley Mediocre architecture: nice but certainly nothing worthy of being a celebrated piece of architecture. Place Montreal trust 1501 McGill College CCE - filler project, at the end of the day, forgettable 1000 - the best of the bunch simply because it is such a pure form of post modernism
  4. internationalx
    What belongs in a canon of architecture goes beyond the subjective "I like it" or "it looks nice". I am far more critical of style and design as an architecture student. My likes: 1250 (IBM Marathon) CIL House (Telus) CIBC Place Victoria Westmount Square (complex should have been finished according to plan though) PVM (though this barely makes my list these days because it has been tampered with so much- the plaza was destoyed and the shopping concourses made all post-modern) Banque Canadienne Nationale My dislike list: architecture or buildings I just don't get or that are wrong for their respective site Bell/Banque Nationale PCI I and II Laurentienne (Peel at R-L) - so hostile to its neighbors, dark, imposing, NOT elegant. Place du Canada (office building) Mediocre architecture: nice but certainly nothing worthy of being a celebrated piece of architecture Place Montreal trust 1501 McGill College CCE 1000
  5. internationalx
    If you hired a Frank Gehry or Rem Koolhaus or Jean Nouvel to design a 45 storey buildings that was so innovative and interesting that it got headlines around the world, you would get a company or 2 to move into it.
  6. internationalx
    Really?? Seems like all we get in Montreal are mediocre buildings at best and that is what we have gotten for quite some time with the exception of IBM-Marathon. Nothing that really can be considered a landmark of architectural merit.
  7. internationalx
    Note that the buildings that garner the highest rents are the newer buildings. That said, Montreal's stock of Class A towers (PVM, CIBC, CIL House (Telus) and Place Victoria ) are all nearing almost 50 years old. Companies always want to be in the newest, most efficient, technologically advanced buildings. There will be a market in Montreal for 40 and 50 floor buildings. It is a matter of time. Companies will want to be in the newest buildings. This is the discussion going on in NYC right now. Most of the stock is approaching 60-70 years old. Until the recent economic crisis, all NYC based-banks had plans to build new HQ buildings for just this reason. On another note, I am always surprised that developers don't understand that when you build a landmark (size, design, architecture) it is a HUGE marketing strategy. Everyone wants to be in the new building with the best of everything. All you have to do is convince a major company to move into your building (eg: Royal Bank to PVM).
  8. internationalx
    I much would have preferred 2 Place Victoria to have been built. It could have been built as a hotel.
  9. internationalx
    WOW!
  10. internationalx
    thankfully it will hide the Delta - ugly hotel, belongs next to an airport in the US midwest.
  11. internationalx

    Gare Viger

    internationalx a répondu à un sujet de mtlurb dans Complétés

    ...and he used top international designers at 333 sherbrooke. Central Station land is zoned for the max height - 200m
  12. internationalx
    I have always wondered what took retailers soooo long to get it that this intersection is the hub of downtown Montreal - the best intersection. Even the quality of all the buildings on all four corners is special. Why this building went for so long before being noticed is beyond me.
  13. internationalx
    That a company like Starwood is setting up a brand (related to the W brand) is a huge deal. It means that not only is Montreal as a city on the international radars again, but it also means that PET is also on the global radar again as a major international airport.
  14. internationalx
    should be considered a mast especially if the design is transparent enough
  15. internationalx
    wow! finally an interesting project and architecture. This corner of downtown desperately needs this... it looks like Chernobyl around there. So depressing, dull, and just plain ugly. This would be like a shot of glamour and sophistication around there.
  16. internationalx
    I believe this is a really good-looking project. They are well proportioned and the details are symmetrical. All I know is that they add some grandeur to the area.
  17. internationalx
    I am liking the look to this. It will help to revive Phillips Square - once the most important civic square in Montreal.
  18. internationalx
    I know. I just believe beautiful old buildings need to stand alone. There is far too much "improving" of things that are just wrong. Like slicing through the Eaton building's rose-clored stone and adding solarium-style openings. This will look so bad in 20 years.
  19. internationalx
    Here's a thought. I would rather the Ritz close and they turn the building into luxury condos without having to build the glass additions. This has got to be turned down by the city. I HATE even the thought of this project.
  20. internationalx
    I agree. Especially on Jeanne Mance. The design of the Musee d'Art Contemporain, generally a good-looking building, was a total failure: the west facade is nothing but a concrete wall and some garage doors. It turns its back on the city completely. Almost rejects the city. There are quite a few buildings downtown that do that.
  21. internationalx
    Nice. And I am glad that they are completing the complex per the original design. Both towers together, it is quite an nice complex. The lone small tower always looked a little lost and it is clear after seeing the completed project why.
  22. internationalx
    Though I agree with you about the back of PdA facing de Maisonneuve, I disagree that something has to be done to the buildings themselves. They are beautiful in design and are mid- century modern which is celebrated. Only in Montreal do we constantly try to improve modern architecture and only end up ruining it for the future; and the renos always age BADLY. How many modern builindgs did we muck up with 80's glass on some parts? It just ends up looking like a mish mash of styles. PdA has to remain pure in its modern aesthetic or else we ruin it. It is art. We don't go around updating Renoirs or Matissses. They simply need to make the Plaza entrance the main entrance and get rid of the street level bunker entrance. Extend the grand staircase to Ste Cath.
  23. internationalx
    Concordia's new buildings really spruce up the area. It was MUCH needed. There are some pretty bad-looking buildings around there. Some of those apartment blocks from the 50's and the 70's.... with the hanging balconies that just look like they're rotting.
  24. internationalx
    The stats and the story are hardly a creation of the National Post with an anti-Quebec spirit. It is a pretty indifferent report on the story or English Quebecers that surprisingly has been picked up in the French press. I can certainly vouch for stats. Most people I grew up with are in NY, Toronto, Hong Kong, London, Paris, and Boston. Not because of French but because of more vibrant economies. The English community is barely a shell of its former self. Not a opinion, but pretty much a fact.
  25. internationalx
    In the original plan, the second tower was significantly taller, I believe 33 floors.
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