General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours

[urbd]

Changes to proposed development at Albert and Seagram.

https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-...b006d.html

What a joke... just worse and worse with each submission. The original design was actually quite decent, but this is just a disaster. And in classic Waterloo fashion I bet it will be approved in its worst form.

[westwardloo]

Changes to proposed development at Albert and Seagram.

https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-...b006d.html

What a joke... just worse and worse with each submission. The original design was actually quite decent, but this is just a disaster. And in classic Waterloo fashion I bet it will be approved in its worst form.

Sorry, but the article only shows the original design. Do you have access to the new design to provide us?

[Momo26]

The new design is *worse* than that in the article? LoL

I can get my kids to design a better one out of the rogue Lego he has.

[Square]

It appears that the Erb and Good Funeral home on King next to Circa 1877 may have sold their land to a developer. Geotechnical works were completed on the site in the fall from my recollection. They also have a ZBA submitted to the city of Kitchener for 1014 Victoria St (Home Hardware property next to the old Canadian Tire).

They are moving to the Home Hardware site.

https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-...92bb8.html

[urbd]

What a joke... just worse and worse with each submission. The original design was actually quite decent, but this is just a disaster. And in classic Waterloo fashion I bet it will be approved in its worst form.

Sorry, but the article only shows the original design. Do you have access to the new design to provide us?

Here you go. Enjoy this garbage: https://www.engagewr.ca/177-179-albert-st

Original:



New submission:

[nms]

Maybe Laurier objected to their colours being used as design elements?

[westwardloo]

Ouch. Please don't build this. Why why do we get the worst looking Architecture in this Region.

[nms]

The City of Waterloo approved some land swaps to support the construction of a tower on the parcel of land that includes the former Angie's Kitchen. Part of the deal involved the City selling a parcel to the developer with the option for the City of buy the parcel back should the tower not be built. Hopefully, the City gets it back for the price they sold it for and not a higher price. There were other parts to the deal as well.

[adjlar]

I actually don't think the new submission is all that bad. The colour scheme is better than the original submission.

[ac3r]

More monochrome precast? Impressive! We definitely have nothing else like this in the region. Truly groundbreaking innovation here. I urge the Pritzker jury to give Reema Masri the next Pritzker Architectural Prize as soon as possible.

[Momo26]

More monochrome precast? Impressive! We definitely have nothing else like this in the region. Truly groundbreaking innovation here. I urge the Pritzker jury to give Reema Masri the next Pritzker Architectural Prize as soon as possible.

You dropped this

/s

[urbd]

I actually don't think the new submission is all that bad. The colour scheme is better than the original submission.

Fully disagree... we don't need more bland grey crap here. The purple and yellow in the original design were very nicely incorporated. Reminded me of something by Mexican architects Legorreta + Legorreta: modern and colourful. For some reason we are very scared of colour here, and unfortunately we don't have the best examples of colourful facades in the region.

[neonjoe]

I actually don't think the new submission is all that bad. The colour scheme is better than the original submission.

Fully disagree... we don't need more bland grey crap here. The purple and yellow in the original design were very nicely incorporated. Reminded me of something by Mexican architects Legorreta + Legorreta: modern and colourful. For some reason we are very scared of colour here, and unfortunately we don't have the best examples of colourful facades in the region.

Well it really just reflects society. Everyone drives bland coloured cars so the preference also translates to architecture and the rest of the visual space.

[ac3r]

It's mostly in the material, not the colour alone. If all you do is slap colour rather than white/grey/black paint on precast panels, you end up with Kim Jong Un aesthetics. It's ideal to use colour combined with creative façade design and unique material choices.

[Acitta]

177-179 Albert St.

The Record: Waterloo developer proposes 54 family apartments after first proposing none
Change to proposed 30-storey highrise follows public feedback.
Three versions of the highrise have been placed before Waterloo City Hall since 2023.
The latest includes 54 apartments with three bedrooms (none were initially proposed), 86 apartments with two bedrooms (26 were initially proposed) and 91 studio or one-bedroom units (120 were initially proposed).