[bnfcream2014]

 

[Abba]

It just looks... cold... in every sense of the word.

 

[Moderne]

It needs a reskin, badly. I'm okay with the form now, but that paneling is what's holding it back in my opinion.

 

[chrisvazquez7]

Looks very dated and it’s not even open yet!

 

[positive1]

I think the building suffers from its surroundings. Impossible to take a picture of it without porridge buildings in background, the concrete wasteland that is Churchill Square in the foreground, and invariably in shade. Never seems to be any sunlight on it which brings the mood down. Up close its quite cool and the inside looks like it will be good.

 

[positive1]

As an aside, is the message on the building to the right - "Take a Risk, it's the most Edmonton thing you can do" - supposed to be ironic? Zero risk displayed in its surroundings except for the library design, which you could argue was a bit of a risk, and is roundly derided by Edmontonians.

 

[Daveography]

Second Cup returning

PERMIT_DATE February 03, 2020
JOB_CATEGORY Commercial Final
ADDRESS 7 - SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL SQUARE NW
NEIGHBOURHOOD DOWNTOWN
JOB_DESCRIPTION To construct interior alterations to a vacant CRU in a commercial building - Second Cup @ Stanley Milner Library.
BUILDING_TYPE Restaurants and Bars (540)
WORK_TYPE (03) Interior Alterations
CONSTRUCTION_VALUE 100,000

 

[OverheardatYEG]

JOB_DESCRIPTION To construct interior alterations to a vacant CRU in a commercial building - Second Cup @ Stanley Milner Library.

Good for them that's nice to see! Not often do you see companies come back following a substantial renovation. I wonder how much their lease terms would have changed.

 

[Daveography]

PERMIT_DATE March 06, 2020
JOB_CATEGORY Commercial Final
ADDRESS 7 - SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL SQUARE NW
NEIGHBOURHOOD DOWNTOWN
JOB_DESCRIPTION To construct interior alterations to a commercial Assembly use building, ''Edmonton Public Library ''. Develop 4 studios/sound rooms, 1 machine room (3d printer, lazer cutter, book binder) and 1 clean room.
BUILDING_TYPE Libraries/Museums/Art Galleries (630)
WORK_TYPE (03) Interior Alterations
FLOOR_AREA 6,802.78
CONSTRUCTION_VALUE 700,000

 

[archited]

^ now there's a full-throated design solution. Excellent concept!

 

[Avenuer]

Revised opening date for the library is now mid-June.

 

[Abba]

Different point of view...

 

[goodcitywhenfinished]

Im sure this has been said a thousand times but the original building worked so well. All it needed was larger punched-in windows and a nice curtain wall on the ground level and people would have mistaken it for a David Chipperfield building.

 

[Mountain Man]

In a street full of modern buildings, this could look cool, but by it's self it's just trying too hard. The pics of the inside do look nice, kind of reminds me of Top Gear's review of the Porsche Panamara, it's nice when you're in it and you don't have to look at the outside anymore lol.

 

[Daveography]

PERMIT_DATE March 19, 2020
JOB_CATEGORY Commercial Final
ADDRESS 7 - SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL SQUARE NW
NEIGHBOURHOOD DOWNTOWN
JOB_DESCRIPTION to construct Interior Alteration to an Edmonton Public Library - Lounge & Washroom Renovation - Demolish one of the existing washrooms and wall separating the two existing rooms. Renovate existing washroom and lounge area with new finishes and fixtures including kitchen area.
BUILDING_TYPE Libraries/Museums/Art Galleries (630)
WORK_TYPE (03) Interior Alterations
FLOOR_AREA 699.65
CONSTRUCTION_VALUE 75,000