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RE: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment) - ac3r - 05-25-2026
We don't need to be Dubai to make nice buildings. The problem is we're cheap and - clearly - some don't really care about making nice things anymore.
RE: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment) - ijmorlan - 05-25-2026
(05-25-2026, 01:10 PM)Acitta Wrote:(05-25-2026, 08:14 AM)westwardloo Wrote: Rectangle Precast buildings yay.....
FYI: We aren't living in Dubai.
What’s Dubai got to do with it? Dubai is a terrible model for urban planning anyway (and many other things).
RE: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment) - Acitta - 05-25-2026
(05-25-2026, 06:05 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(05-25-2026, 01:10 PM)Acitta Wrote: FYI: We aren't living in Dubai.
What’s Dubai got to do with it? Dubai is a terrible model for urban planning anyway (and many other things).
They have massive oil profits and spend it on extravagant luxury developments rather than utilitarian housing for people who aren't rolling in cash.
RE: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment) - ijmorlan - 05-25-2026
(05-25-2026, 09:47 PM)Acitta Wrote:(05-25-2026, 06:05 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: What’s Dubai got to do with it? Dubai is a terrible model for urban planning anyway (and many other things).
They have massive oil profits and spend it on extravagant luxury developments rather than utilitarian housing for people who aren't rolling in cash.
Thanks, now I see what you’re getting at.
Dubai is not impressive to me at all. More money than sense, and makes North America look like downtown Berlin when it comes to walkability.
RE: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment) - westwardloo - 05-26-2026
I would never look to Dubai to find nice looking architecture. I would however look to Scandinavian cities that build similar scaled building to us, but with much nicer masing.
I was so excited 15 years ago for all the urban growth that was finally going to happen in our Region and somehow we ended up with a constant stream of shit developments with 1 or 2 nice looking building sprinkled in. It should have been the other way around, the odd shit looking building would have been completely manageable, but this is getting absolutely ridiculous.
RE: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment) - Acitta - 06-03-2026
2026-06-03
They are working on the 7th and final floor for Building A. (The podium along Courtland for Building A is 5 stories. Building B will be the same.) Building B has been at 2 stories for a while, and Building C is at 3 stories. (To be 8 stories).
Edit: I was looking on the documents on the city's website and I found that there was a newer one switching which was Building A and which was Building B. Apparently, the one along Palmer is Building B and the one at Kent is Building A.
RE: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment) - ZEBuilder - 06-03-2026
(06-03-2026, 07:55 PM)Acitta Wrote: 2026-06-03
They are working on the 7th and final floor for Building A. (The podium along Courtland for Building A is 5 stories. Building B will be the same.) Building B has been at 2 stories for a while, and Building C is at 3 stories. (To be 8 stories).
Edit: I was looking on the documents on the city's website and I found that there was a newer one switching which was Building A and which was Building B. Apparently, the one along Palmer is Building B and the one at Kent is Building A.
Just a correction but all 3 of the buildings are supposed to be 9 floors and have building permits for that height. So there's still a bit to go on them.
They also look pretty similar to the renderings all things considered, identical no, but similar yes.
If I have some time later this week I may venture over this way and get some drone shots of this.
RE: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment) - westwardloo - 06-04-2026
At least one has a bit of colour. The red "brick" should look ok. I wish they had made the grey one with yellow "brick" similar to the Scott as a nod to all the yellow brick buildings the region use to have.
I hope the towers looks better than these mid-rise structures.
RE: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment) - Acitta - 06-04-2026
(06-03-2026, 08:53 PM)ZEBuilder Wrote:The documents on the city's website are from 2023, so I guess that something changed since then that I am not aware of.(06-03-2026, 07:55 PM)Acitta Wrote: 2026-06-03
They are working on the 7th and final floor for Building A. (The podium along Courtland for Building A is 5 stories. Building B will be the same.) Building B has been at 2 stories for a while, and Building C is at 3 stories. (To be 8 stories).
Edit: I was looking on the documents on the city's website and I found that there was a newer one switching which was Building A and which was Building B. Apparently, the one along Palmer is Building B and the one at Kent is Building A.
Just a correction but all 3 of the buildings are supposed to be 9 floors and have building permits for that height. So there's still a bit to go on them.
They also look pretty similar to the renderings all things considered, identical no, but similar yes.
If I have some time later this week I may venture over this way and get some drone shots of this.