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55 Kerr St | 18 fl x2 | Proposed
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The proposed development of two 18-storey towers at 55 Kerr Street in Cambridge was approved by Cambridge City Council last night.

https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/high-rises-...-1.5659774
https://kitchener.citynews.ca/local-news...ge-4742999

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#2
Oh my ...
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#3
The proposed ION route runs just behind this property, and the closest station would be a ~5 minute walk. Makes perfect sense.
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#4
Well that design is a hot piece of garbage. which discount architect designed this?  Nimbies won again a 2 year delay and 16 floors knocked off the originally purposed building.
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(11-10-2021, 05:07 PM)westwardloo Wrote: Well that design is a hot piece of garbage. which discount architect designed this?  Nimbies won again a 2 year delay and 16 floors knocked off the originally purposed building.

Compromise is the art of disappointing everyone!
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(11-10-2021, 11:06 AM)CP42 Wrote: The proposed development of two 18-storey towers at 55 Kerr Street in Cambridge was approved by Cambridge City Council last night.

https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/high-rises-...-1.5659774
https://kitchener.citynews.ca/local-news...ge-4742999

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Not sure I totally get the architectural style they are going for on the first 4 floors but good to see it going ahead.
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#7
The good thing is that there are so many different architectural styles included in this project that there should be something there for everyone to like!
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#8
Haha, that's grotesque looking. The original design was a lot different, though still a somewhat ugly post-modern mess. This new one is just wack. I'm going to guess that they redesigned the podium due to complaints because all the surrounding blocks are single family homes. A shame they scaled it back so much though but that's par-for-the course in Complainbridge.

The architect is Jonathan Weizel if you're curious about their portfolio...which is not good: http://www.jonathanweizel.com/portfolio/
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(11-10-2021, 08:14 PM)ac3r Wrote: Haha, that's grotesque looking. The original design was a lot different, though still a somewhat ugly post-modern mess. This new one is just wack. I'm going to guess that they redesigned the podium due to complaints because all the surrounding blocks are single family homes. A shame they scaled it back so much though but that's par-for-the course in Complainbridge.

The architect is Jonathan Weizel if you're curious about their portfolio...which is not good: http://www.jonathanweizel.com/portfolio/

The podium is unfortunate - this really could have felt much smaller and less oppressive... but now this is what the complainers get.
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(11-10-2021, 08:14 PM)ac3r Wrote: Haha, that's grotesque looking. The original design was a lot different, though still a somewhat ugly post-modern mess. This new one is just wack. I'm going to guess that they redesigned the podium due to complaints because all the surrounding blocks are single family homes. A shame they scaled it back so much though but that's par-for-the course in Complainbridge.

The architect is Jonathan Weizel if you're curious about their portfolio...which is not good: http://www.jonathanweizel.com/portfolio/

Yeah that podium design definitely looks like a "here, its the same as your houses so if you call it ugly, you're ugly too" approach.
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(11-10-2021, 06:54 PM)cherrypark Wrote: Not sure I totally get the architectural style they are going for on the first 4 floors but good to see it going ahead.

3 styles in 1. Almost like they were arguing for which style to use, and they decided to go for all 3.
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#12
It's a "just fuck me up bro" kind of architectural design. Should have thrown in some brutalism, art deco, constructivism, neomodern, functionalism, new objectivity etc in as well. Have a whole mélange of styles. Maybe one on each floor to really make sure it's as bad as possibly can be.
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#13
55 Kerr St Galt, Cambridge

AJGL Group

https://www.ajglgroup.com/55-kerr-street-cambridge


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11-10-2021, 12:06 PM
CP42
The proposed development of two 18-storey towers at 55 Kerr Street in Cambridge was approved by Cambridge City Council last night.

https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/high-rises-...-1.5659774
https://kitchener.citynews.ca/local-news...ge-4742999

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#14
Approval is good. But it's still only "Proposed" until there are some shovels in the ground!
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#15
That podium is pretty bad. The brick part looks decent from the photo, and the glass part looks okay, but the transition half way up is terrible.

(And of course the tower has a weird transition half way up as well.)

Why is this style so popular? If you have a good design, why not apply it to the whole building? What is the appeal of changing designs partway up?
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