What do you think of this project?

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you and i are probably making the same argument albeit perhaps from the other side of the coin but from my perspective it isn't "folks in edmonton" that are to blame and that need to do more self-reflection. because to accept that means accepting that edmontonians are less sophisticated or caring or knowledgeable etc. that calgarians or vacouverites or winnipegers or torontonians. the difference is in their political leadership and the refusal of that leadership to accept that in areas like this they need to display leadership. they've done that - for better or worse - with lrt (on numerous occasions), with blatchford, with the coliseum, with zoning amendments, with rec centres and bridges and branch libraries and fire stations. no-one complains when they're well executed, only when they're not! we don't need a more sophisticated public, we need more sophisticated leadership. and we could probably pay for a lot of it simply by trading myriads of excess public consultation that primarily provide a voice for vested special interest groups for that kind of leadership.
 
An early rendering from a COE public meeting.
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i think that's a preliminary "cost engineered sketch", not an early rendering (those showed curved facades and multi-coloured cladding if my memory is correct).
 
It looks kind bad on a grey day from the outside. On sunny days, it's got kind of a glow/shine that looks nice. Overall, it's a pretty nice, modern library, all things considered.
 
bnfcream2014 said:
It looks kind bad on a grey day from the outside. On sunny days, it's got kind of a glow/shine that looks nice. Overall, it's a pretty nice, modern library, all things considered.
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Even without the sun it is retina damaging.

Inexcusable/indefensible value engineering and support from those who could have changed the path of this architectural travesty.
 
Yes, it is an another unfortunate example of what happens when you try to do things on the cheap. I hate to always compare to the city to the south, so also look at the spectacular library in Vancouver.

However, if you want to compare to another city closer to our size and more recent here is: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-new-central-library-photos-1.5985865

I don't know how we can fix this, but it needs it and I suspect it will involve more money, perhaps in 5 years or so when the ugh really sinks in. I think there needs to be a hall of shame to remind us not to mess up again.
 
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