08-26-2024, 04:28 PM
(08-25-2024, 08:09 PM)Bjays93 Wrote:(08-25-2024, 04:06 PM)tomh009 Wrote: Stopped ... how, and then what? We have absolutely zero rules for architecture outside the heritage districts. How are you going to deny a site plan or building permit based on the design? Or force a developer to design something that you like?
I'm not fan of this building, but we have no tools to force better design, so developers can do what they want. And I will argue that housing is still better than no housing.
I was being somewhat facetious obvi I don’t think they should literally be stopped, they’re merely supervillains who are ruining a once in a century, opportunity to completely redesign and reimagine our city and region. Once these are built we will be stuck with them for many many decades and they will be the legacy of Waterloo region.
Soulless, cheap, impersonal, and inhuman. I mean genuinely many of these buildings would be at home in Soviet Russia so it’s simply sad that that is all this companies aspire to be. So no they shouldn’t literally be stopped, but yes it’s still something I genuinely take seriously because this is the legacy they are leaving behind and it’s one that says “I don’t care, Waterloo region isn’t worth it”
I don't disagree with you. However, we have no other developers coming in to spend that type of capital to build something more pleasing to the eyes.
Unsure if they are soviet style, but for sure they look similar to what you'd see in the UK outside of London proper.
A good exterior design really does add millions to the cost, and occasionally offensive to some snowflakes who don't understand design.