[buildings]

^I'm not sure that qualifies as a "mural"; more like a sign.

 

[JuliallThat]

If we're going to paint a big motto on the side of buildings it ought to be something a little more uniquely Edmonton. I'd rather see a copycat phrase like that torn down, it's frankly embarrassing.

You need something that captures the local vibe more accurately;

YOU GET USED TO IT

 

[archited]

^ I like it -- seems to apply to the "well at least it is adding density" crowd.

 

[David A]

If we're going to paint a big motto on the side of buildings it ought to be something a little more uniquely Edmonton. I'd rather see a copycat phrase like that torn down, it's frankly embarrassing.

You need something that captures the local vibe more accurately;

I suppose YOU GET USED TO IT could apply to the shortcomings of almost any place, such over priced real estate in several of our major Canadian cities, wildfire smoke in certain California cities, restrictive laws on political expression in certain major Asian cities ....

 

[Gronk!]

 

[archited]

Rohit really has discovered the magic!

 

[cmd uw]

Shows there's an alternative to 'stucco'. Not that I have any issues with stucco. But nice to see more lowrise product moving away from it.

 

[constance_chlore]

Photos of Lewis Block and whatever the next phase is called.

 

[thommyjo]

 

[archited]

Other Edmonton developers would do well to connect with a company like NORR Architects (the designer of this and other Rohit projects -- https://norr.com/portfolio/?term=residential) to up their game -- spend the extra dime!

 

[_urbanite]

I will say that I do like what Rohit is doing here, as well as what they did with their Old Strathcona development Muse Off Whyte

One of the better wood-framed rental buildings developers at the moment

 

[MattPT]

Rohit really has discovered the magic!

So this bland stick frame box passes the test but lotus park is something horrific to you? Is your neck sore from the whiplash?

 

[archited]

^ Yes it is -- from the extreme effort to turn away from the horror of it (the lotus has lost its bloom). I could give you a dozen reasons from an aesthetic perspective alone and another dozen from a community functioning standpoint.

 

[johnnyboy]

I could give you a dozen reasons from an aesthetic perspective alone and another dozen from a community functioning standpoint.

Let's hear the two dozen then.

 

[MattPT]

I’ll head over to the lotus park thread now! I look forward to hearing how adding a building in a sea of parking lots, beside a bike lane and two train lines is bad from a community functioning standpoint.