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ADRM said:
I actually like this project but lmao this landscape design -- love to put kind of douchey oversized planters and weirdly fat bollard lights right in the middle of the entry clearway.
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The photos are good; but the love is for this commentary ^^^

100% agree.

Even if you removed the row directly in the clearway (which they should) they're just terrible planters. They're ugly, hard to maintain, expensive to replace........just ugh.

Landscape design 101:

1) Do not impair the functional aspect of the space

2) Eyeline matters in everything. What is at eye level in front of you, and in your view. This obviously varies by height, but you typically aim for median height or slightly lower, so as to maximize the number of people who can
see the plants/art/water feature that you're doing.

F on both counts here.

3) Make it Pretty....

Can i hear a G? (F seems too generous)

****

The correct decision above, by the way, is match the seating on the right (even if I wouldn't have picked it) with the exact same thing to the left of the entrance and clear way.

Then on each side, you create a planter of identical height, shape and material, except there's soil inside, obviously, and you incorporate one or two tall flowering shrubs and then some nice perennials below.

Symmetry matters.

The trees can stay where they are, even if they would have been better 0.5M to the left.
 
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Im surprised that the condo entrances are better than the hotel’s entrance.
The hotel’s entrance is probably one of the ugliest and most mediocre of any hotels downtown. The developer knowing it was gonna be a hotel could’ve at least try to find a uncluttered and attractive curtain wall and door solution, and the hotel could’ve made some decisions to also make this entrance actually more engaging and attractive. The hotel sign alone is so genetic and bland. Based on the lobby bar renderings this hotel is gonna look pretty tacky.
 
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