Doctor D

I am more interested in the effect of that atrium on St Catherine on tourist (hopefully it will keep them away from the alleys). 😜

". . . restore radiance to its characteristic colors"

I lived across the street while it was being built and worked there for five years just after it was built. Those are the original colours: the pink is a pastiche to the red sandstone Victorian buildings across the street, and the green to the windows and doors of the Royal George apartments, which is the focal point of the entire building. The architects, MSDL have won awards for their work on the building, but it is evident to anyone that enters the building, its beauty lies on the inside, for the users. 

I myself wish they would have enlarged the windows to better emulate those of the Royal George, but it is structurally unique and creates a transition from old to new. The fact remains it is one of those buildings where you either love it or hate it.

https://educationsnapshots.com/projects/2408/webster-library-concordia-university/

On 2021-06-14 at 9:35 PM, Enalung said:

Short answer: Probably not.

Katy Perry was got sued over an 8 note ostinato and she ultimately won that case. You can't copyright a short series of notes because there are only so many arrangements of notes which are pleasant to the ear. To allow copyright of a short series of notes would be to limit creativity which goes completly against the intent of copyright law. Copyright laws is meant to protect the rights of authors while promoting art and creativity. What you can copyright is your own performance of a series of notes as that performance would be your own expression of those notes. The important distinction to be made is that there needs to be a minimum of creative input for something to be copyrightable.

The mechanical noise from the RM 63 is probably not copyrightable, but a recording of that sound likely would be. When recording that noise, your decisions such as the choice of recording equipment and placement of the microphone would be considered minimally creative. This is why photographers can copyright their photographs of artists. They chose where to position themselves, which camera to use, which zoom, how to set them, when to take the picture, etc. 

If you are curious, go have a look at the Katy Perry Dark Horse Lawsuit. It's quite educative on the subject. I would also recommend checking out Leonard French on Youtube. He is a copyright lawyer who has an entire series of videos where he explains the ins and out of various legal cases.

You might also want to read "Melancholy Elephants" by Spider Robinson: it's a science fiction short that imagines a future world where no new music has been written for fifty years because the copyright laws are so strict ("what if" Katy Perry lost her case?)

On 1/15/2021 at 8:55 PM, Rocco said:

The famous film by Denys Arcand!

I think he was trying to capture the Decline of the American Empire, but Montreal proved him wrong.

Squatters?

Good framing: captures the juxtaposition of the 19t century Gesu framing the 21st century tower (looks even better shot at dusk).

A good rendering of how it will affect the skyline from St Catherine.

Seriously! Although given the view, what's the point of large windows?

Nice little project on Centre Street, close to Metro Charlevoix, but the interesting part is an annex found in the back that makes it much larger than it seems.

I always wondered when someone would do this: it is a great large lot right across from the river and the river bike path, and to the west, the aqueduct, path. Ideal location, too bad it's only available to a select group.

Posted June 24

June 24th

June 24th

It's quite massive, largest building in the park.

Topography: if you drop it down after Berri, you only to have to raise it again by Wolfe. 

Uh-oh!

Don't know how this ended up going under the radar:

https://www.broccolini.com/en/project/Amazon-Last-Mile-Sortation-Center-Lachine

AND

https://renx.ca/amazon-announces-major-montreal-area-expansion/

Amazon announces major Montreal-area expansion

Jan. 19, 2021

Amazon has announced a major expansion of its “sortation” and delivery stations in the Greater Montreal Area which will add hundreds of thousands of square feet to its real estate footprint in the province and create more than 1,000 jobs, the international e-commerce giant says.

The announcement includes two sortation centres, in Coteau-du-Lac and Longueuil, along with two delivery stations in Laval and a third in Lachine.

“Amazon is proud to continue its investment in Quebec and provide our employees with great, safe jobs and better futures,” said Jean-Francois Héroux, site leader for Amazon Canada, in the announcement.

“Our new facilities will help us meet our customers’ growing demand for great products and faster delivery times while offering our Associates access to incredible career growth opportunities through on-the-job training and upskilling so they can reach their career aspirations.

“Our expansion will also help the thousands of local small businesses that partner with Amazon to get their products to customers around the world, particularly during this critical time for their business.”

Sortation centres in Greater Montreal

Amazon plans to open its largest sortation centre in the province in Coteau-du-Lac later this year, a 520,000-square-foot facility the company says will create at least 500 jobs.

Its first sortation centre in Quebec opened in Longueuil in late 2020. The 200,000-square-foot facility, which also created about 500 jobs, is located at 5799 Route de l’Aéroport.

The facility opened just in time to deal with the holiday rush of package deliveries.

In addition to the larger sortation centres, it will also add three delivery stations to accommodate the so-called last-mile aspect of its distribution network.

The first two will open in 2021: in Laval at 5555 Ernest-Cormier and in Lachine at 1100 and 1200 Rue Norman.

Amazon opened its first operations facility in Quebec in July 2020, a fulfillment centre in Lachine, creating 300 full-time jobs.

Amazon’s Canadian footprint

The company currently has more than a dozen major distribution hubs across Canada in cities such as the Greater Toronto Area, Metro Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton.

It is building several more including a 2.8-million-square-foot, multi-level hub in Ottawa which will be the country’s largest such facility.

Being constructed in suburban Barrhaven by Montreal-based builder/developer Broccolini, it is also Canada’s first multi-level industrial project of this scale.

I prefer the old Bonaventure

No wonder it is hidden

Finally covering up the Lego with real bricks:

Saturday June 12th.

Nouveau Brutalism?

Why won't they make a decision and what does a couple of months give them?

2 hours ago, Bandolero said:

It ends, 😅 !!!

Gaudi pastiche?

Am I mistaken or do these two projects both claim the same space?