(04-26-2026, 02:50 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(04-21-2026, 07:15 PM)ac3r Wrote: I can't believe you guys let this crap be built here. It's time for some standards.
Please tell me which North American cities have hard architectural standards controlling whether any given building is to be allowed to be built.
There are voluntary committees in some of the major Canadian cities, which do a good job at permitting the sort of absolute slop you see in this region being built, unless it's considered low value land. It's not like Toronto or Vancouver don't have really ugly developments, they're just far less noticeable for many reasons.
But it's not even about committees, design and review boards or only allowing good architects/designers/planners to work. You just need your local society to have common sense and a desire to utilize good placemaking choices for the evolution of the built environment they and their descendants want to live in. The problem is, almost nobody in Waterloo Region really gives a shit. Thus, you end up with stuff like this and all the other issues that exist.