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The Chemist
February 19th, 2003, 04:09 AM
Hi all,

Unfortunately, this tower complex is not in the top 200 in the world, but it does rank as Calgary's 2nd and 3rd tallest building, at 50 floors and 197m each. Silver tower (east) was completed in 1989, Gold tower (west) was completed in 2000. What do you think?

http://www.viewcalgary.com/downtown/PBankersHall6130406.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/514/4bankershall2.jpg

http://viewcalgary.com/vGallery/lArkellGallery/images/BankersTowersApr00.jpg
(apologies for the poor quality on this one)

http://viewcalgary.com/vGallery/vg000010.jpg
West Tower under construction, 1999


The Chemist

Mr. Detroit
February 19th, 2003, 04:16 AM
From what I see, I really like. Wouldn't mind a few more pics though. 9/10

giallo
February 19th, 2003, 08:59 AM
I've always liked these two. 8.0

RafflesCity
February 19th, 2003, 03:34 PM
7/10

Hmmm..I like the 3rd picture, but I dont like the sharp angles and its too blocky for my liking. The broad side isnt very nice IMO.
Whats in the top few floors? The portion with that large expanse of glass?

Ashram
February 19th, 2003, 05:33 PM
5/10 I'm not too fond of 80s designs.

CtrlAltDel
February 19th, 2003, 05:34 PM
I like this buildings, they fill up the skyline quite nicely, and the look classy doing it. I like TCPL more though (the gold towers in the background in the second pic) 8/10

The Chemist
February 19th, 2003, 06:45 PM
CtrlAltDel, the gold towers in the background are not TCPL - that's Western Canadian Place (built 1982), headquarters of Husky Energy. The TransCanada Pipelines Tower (built 2001) is across the street from Petro Canada Centre on the east side of downtown.

renell
February 19th, 2003, 06:56 PM
its cool that they made the twins two different colors.. i dont really like the design, but it has height (197m) so i give this a 6.5

CtrlAltDel
February 20th, 2003, 02:09 AM
Oops, thanks Chemist.

SteelCity32
February 20th, 2003, 03:43 AM
nice, not too tall...6/10

Lars
February 20th, 2003, 10:01 PM
Fat twins, not my taste. 6/10

Jeff from Winnipeg
February 25th, 2003, 05:58 AM
They do make quite the impression on the skyline, but they are extremely monotonous... I like the curved windows right at the tops... at least they're not toal boxes. ->7/10

The Messiah
March 18th, 2003, 07:15 PM
Stylish design!Nice that they have difrent colours but it would be better if the design was a bit more Different

8.0/10

Evergrey
April 8th, 2003, 07:28 PM
9.5 Wow! These are 2 fantastic buildings... and they look so powerful side by side. Wonderful cap. Love the window pattern. And the gentle setbacks.

Wu-Gambino
September 21st, 2003, 02:37 AM
8/10

SUNNI
September 21st, 2003, 02:56 AM
im impressed~

9/10

ProudlyCanadian
September 24th, 2003, 05:44 AM
http://www.angelfire.com/freak2/calgary/Bankers_Hall_Towers.jpg


http://www.angelfire.com/freak2/calgary/Bankers_Hall_Towers_Inside.jpg

BGT
September 24th, 2003, 06:10 AM
8/10

Fabio
November 18th, 2003, 02:07 AM
8.5/10


great tower

james2390
August 21st, 2004, 10:16 AM
7.5/10

SeeMacau
August 25th, 2004, 07:09 AM
Nice design .. 8/10

Schroedinger's Cat
August 25th, 2004, 05:57 PM
8/10 because of first pic :okay:

WinterHeart
September 6th, 2004, 11:07 AM
I love Calgary. I've got better pictures of the towers though. I really enjoyed seeing how they mirror eachother.

Tazmaniadevil
September 16th, 2004, 06:12 AM
8.5 These buildings really stand out on the Calgary skyline.

SChristopher
October 23rd, 2004, 12:00 AM
BoO .... 6/10

mikep
July 9th, 2005, 07:25 PM
I like it 7/10

mc10001
July 13th, 2005, 03:18 AM
i like them
8.5

DRAKKO
July 13th, 2005, 03:41 AM
8/10

Sonic from Padova
July 20th, 2005, 10:25 AM
8,5

EdZed
July 20th, 2005, 10:09 PM
They kind of get boring after seeing them everyday but they do add alot to Calgary's skyline.
8.5/10

El_Greco
August 23rd, 2005, 01:49 AM
very nice 8.5/10

Nasdaq
September 4th, 2005, 08:41 AM
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y185/nasdaq2000/AlbertaCentennial058.jpg

Nasdaq
September 4th, 2005, 08:50 AM
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y185/nasdaq2000/AlbertaCentennial070.jpg

pali
September 6th, 2005, 01:04 AM
^^ nice pics
9.

k19
October 27th, 2005, 02:28 AM
9/10 for me

-Corey-
November 18th, 2005, 06:23 AM
Nice 9.5/10

waitingtoexhale
November 22nd, 2005, 04:49 PM
quite impressive 8.5/10

forvine
December 20th, 2005, 09:44 AM
7.5/10

Sinjin P.
December 20th, 2005, 10:18 AM
8/10 ;)

Mike_Jones
January 4th, 2006, 05:48 AM
nice looking. 8.5

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d70/poto11/bhall.jpg

anakin
January 4th, 2006, 11:48 AM
7,5/10

Jules
January 29th, 2006, 01:59 AM
Nice facade, they could have done better with the roof. 8.5/10

talboi
March 26th, 2006, 05:03 AM
Two of Calgary's best, 8/10

SoboleuS
March 28th, 2006, 08:19 PM
Nice ones! It's good that they have different colours. 8/10

Nasdaq
May 20th, 2006, 01:03 AM
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y185/nasdaq2000/May172006015.jpg

Mrs.Bangkok
June 20th, 2006, 05:27 PM
http://www.urbandb.com/junk/post_img_1432.jpg
by rbt

1984 D.F.
June 23rd, 2006, 04:01 AM
6/10

bob rulz
June 24th, 2006, 03:19 PM
Two pictures I snapped while I was in Calgary (I really liked the building and it was most prominent from where we were):

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e141/bobrulz600/BankersHall2.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e141/bobrulz600/BankersHall1.jpg

Overall I'd give them an 8.5/10

I really love the top and the setbacks. The facade could be more unique though. But overall these are some of my favorite towers in Calgary.

WhitneyHouston
June 29th, 2006, 06:23 AM
Too dull and a bit fat. Typical of the city and skyline.
4/10

Principes
July 1st, 2006, 09:49 AM
9/10 nice

krull
July 3rd, 2006, 05:22 AM
Nice set. 9/10

clarky
July 4th, 2006, 11:42 AM
8/10

DïegôLG
July 5th, 2006, 04:58 AM
8/10

I-275westcoastfl
July 5th, 2006, 08:46 AM
It looks alright 7/10

Marcanadian
July 7th, 2006, 03:03 AM
I always liked these. 8/10

Boris550
July 9th, 2006, 08:19 PM
Picture I took in May from Central Memorial Park
http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/5030/shall7ve.gif

Pics from yesterday
http://img347.imageshack.us/img347/8018/bankershall21wg.jpg
http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/7538/bankershall35rm.jpg
http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/1366/skyline5cb.jpg

whitefordj
July 29th, 2006, 09:22 PM
Too dull and a bit fat. Typical of the city and skyline.
4/10
you realy hate calgarys skyline eh!

i give them a 9.5 they look great.

The Baz
July 30th, 2006, 03:13 AM
Looks like a giant Bank, that's for sure. I like how there are dos. 8.5

koolkid
July 31st, 2006, 04:54 AM
6/10

Dreamlıneя
August 1st, 2006, 06:59 AM
8/10

gutooo
September 7th, 2006, 08:29 AM
8/10

ZZ-II
March 30th, 2007, 07:32 PM
8/10

W!CKED
April 3rd, 2007, 01:14 AM
6/10

Skyman
April 6th, 2007, 01:38 PM
7/10

marpa
June 22nd, 2007, 10:48 PM
8,5/10

meds
March 4th, 2008, 06:29 PM
6/10

Prince Victor
March 13th, 2008, 11:12 AM
9/10

roen
March 14th, 2008, 07:15 PM
6/10

Astralis
May 2nd, 2008, 10:55 AM
5.5/10

Rutger1991
October 8th, 2008, 11:22 PM
8/10

Malbo
December 5th, 2008, 02:43 PM
5/10

isaidso
December 5th, 2008, 03:29 PM
I like them a lot more than I used to; they're growing on me. I didn't know that they were different colours either. That's a nice difference. 7/10

Inconfidente
December 12th, 2008, 02:59 PM
6.5

tonyssa
April 30th, 2009, 03:29 PM
7/10

henry hill
May 29th, 2009, 03:19 PM
8/10

Jan Del Castillo
August 16th, 2009, 02:05 AM
8. Good building. Regards.

xavarreiro
September 25th, 2009, 07:05 AM
8/10

wise_zech
September 29th, 2009, 08:54 AM
8/10

romanito
August 11th, 2010, 06:09 AM
10/10

sieradzanin1
August 14th, 2010, 01:33 PM
10/10

IrishMan2010
September 3rd, 2010, 01:34 AM
7.5/10 I like the roof design!

Heidjer
September 3rd, 2010, 05:15 PM
6/10

krzewi
September 14th, 2010, 02:57 PM
8/10

Kulla
September 17th, 2010, 04:06 PM
7/10

yudibali2008
August 14th, 2011, 11:19 AM
8/10

mossimoh
January 17th, 2012, 12:20 AM
8/10