I thought it would be cool if this thread could be used for people all over Canada to post their cities future skyline renditions.

I think there are a few for Toronto and there's 1 for Vancouver ..... no idea where they are now.

Here are some crude ones... the best us Calgary forumers could come up with I guess... :P

View from the South
CREDIT: RWin, Josh White
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/development/skyline4.jpg

View from the North
CREDIT: Boris550, Josh White
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/development/futurenorth.jpg

(Josh filled in the buildings for both of these shots. His reason: "I was bored")

Not sure who made this, but it is from this site. I think it's supposed to be a 2010 rendering:

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/822/supertalltrono8kt.jpg

^^I doubt BA would get that high.

Vancouver in 2008. Note that the tallest building shown here (Shangri-La) is suppose to be 40 feet higher and the second tallest building (1133 West Georgia) is suppose to be 60 feet higher.
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/529/4288vancouver2008.jpg

^^ Too bad Bing's 687 Howe won't be built. It works so well in the skyline.

Toronto's will be outdated by next week.

I cant wait for a real good Calgary one. What is that tall tower between fcp and tt?

I cant wait for a real good Calgary one. What is that tall tower between fcp and tt?

thats someones imaginary BA center

^ BA center? what's that?

Bay Adelaide Center

It's well out of date now but here's one I did a while back for Toronto. Lots missing now.
http://bricks.labattracks.net/kiwanis/toronto/Toronto%20Skyline%202015.2.jpg

^^ Too bad Bing's 687 Howe won't be built. It works so well in the skyline.

What happend with that building it was awsome I liked the design better then Shangri-la.

^^ Too bad Bing's 687 Howe won't be built. It works so well in the skyline.

Damn! Really? It was approved for a long time but nothing happened with it. The design was simply amazing and could've of been the most distinguishable building in all of Canada, and pose a triple threat skyscraper tandem in VanCity with Shangri-La, and 1331 Georgia. :(

Elliot's concept of the future TO skyline. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v365/poto1/2012.jpg

View from the East.

Too bad that most of what's being built in Montreal is below 30 storeys. Most of them barely appear in any skyline shots!

Too bad that most of what's being built in Montreal is below 30 storeys. Most of them barely appear in any skyline shots!

it's a real shame about Montreal.... relatively speaking, there's not much going on in terms of skyscraper construction. Let's hope it's cyclical...

What happend with that building it was awsome I liked the design better then Shangri-la.

I've heard that they're going to be building a shorter tower, and it's going to be less than spectacular. The city's stringent height limits have failed us yet again. :( Another tower lost to the NIMBYS.

it's a real shame about Montreal.... relatively speaking, there's not much going on in terms of skyscraper construction. Let's hope it's cyclical...

i wouldn't say there isn'T much going on...just that what's being built is more in the midrise range of 10 to 25 floors. I can count at least 7-8 cranes in downtown right now. Let's just say we're adding some density!(like it was really needed:wink2:.

Damn! Really? It was approved for a long time but nothing happened with it. The design was simply amazing and could've of been the most distinguishable building in all of Canada, and pose a triple threat skyscraper tandem in VanCity with Shangri-La, and 1331 Georgia. :(

It's going to be a bigger loss than Sapphire. :(

Well, you still have the Trump Tower.

Here are some crude ones... the best us Calgary forumers could come up with I guess... :P

View from the South
CREDIT: RWin, Josh White
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/development/skyline4.jpg

View from the North
CREDIT: Boris550, Josh White
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/development/futurenorth.jpg

(Josh filled in the buildings for both of these shots. His reason: "I was bored")

Wow that's quite a few buildings going up. I'm assuming the majority is commercial offices rather than condo's? Or is it a mix.

Too bad all the new condos don't have windows and every single one of them is blue :nuts:

i wouldn't say there isn'T much going on...just that what's being built is more in the midrise range of 10 to 25 floors. I can count at least 7-8 cranes in downtown right now. Let's just say we're adding some density!(like it was really needed:wink2:.

thats good... you're right, doesn't need more density, but more is good

I just noticed on emporis that the new building count was low, but that was quite awhile ago. It would be nice if Montreal had a similar boom to TO.

Wow that's quite a few buildings going up. I'm assuming the majority is commercial offices rather than condo's? Or is it a mix.

Too bad all the new condos don't have windows and every single one of them is blue :nuts:

Actually it's almost split in half in terms of # of buildings. The latest boom has been in condos, and there are many more to come than just the ones depicted here. We might be seeing sustained growth now, a transformation somewhat like Vancouver went through in the last 2 or 3 decades.

There is also the possibility that Imperial Oil will try and build a new tallest, somewhere near the center of downtown.

The problem about Montreal is that it is pretty dense throughout the city. I find that there are a lot of 5 storey buildings throught the city, versus Torontos many 2 storey buildings.

Dumb question..... What's 1133 W Georgia?
This is it, correct?
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/529/25071133_w_georgia.jpg

^ that's it.

Okay, the 2008 rendering thew me.

I've heard that they're going to be building a shorter tower, and it's going to be less than spectacular. The city's stringent height limits have failed us yet again. :( Another tower lost to the NIMBYS.

I was reading that the Seattle company who bought the hotel wanted larger suites and for the new building to be more integrated with the existing Hotel Georgia, than the previous (Bing Thom Crystal Tower) design provided.

Actually it's almost split in half in terms of # of buildings. The latest boom has been in condos, and there are many more to come than just the ones depicted here. We might be seeing sustained growth now, a transformation somewhat like Vancouver went through in the last 2 or 3 decades.

There is also the possibility that Imperial Oil will try and build a new tallest, somewhere near the center of downtown.
Do you mean taller than anything there or even taller than the encana building? Is there a render out for the encana building yet?

i wouldn't say there isn'T much going on...just that what's being built is more in the midrise range of 10 to 25 floors. I can count at least 7-8 cranes in downtown right now. Let's just say we're adding some density!(like it was really needed:wink2:.

What about this (http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/552/691300-r-l-ouest-full.jpg) , any news/updates on it?

Do you mean taller than anything there or even taller than the encana building? Is there a render out for the encana building yet?

I mean that Imperial Oil, depending on their ego, could try and build taller than Encana. If not, it would probably end up being a second-tallest.

I was reading that the Seattle company who bought the hotel wanted larger suites and for the new building to be more integrated with the existing Hotel Georgia, than the previous (Bing Thom Crystal Tower) design provided.

Interesting. Is the new design released yet, or is it still in hiatus?

^ No design has been released yet. All I know is that they are shortening it to 48 floors, and removing the automatic parkade system which was a key feature of the last building.

What about this (http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/552/691300-r-l-ouest-full.jpg) , any news/updates on it?
Wow that looks awsome!!! ive never seen it before.

What about this (http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/552/691300-r-l-ouest-full.jpg) , any news/updates on it?

This is still only proposed. It's supposed to be built on the Parking lot right in front of the Bell Center(next to 1250 René-Lévesque)

Unfortunately, i haven't heard anything new about this project in over a year.

What i can tell you is that the Crystal de la Montagne tower(right across the street from this proposed tower) construction has started.

Wow that's quite a few buildings going up. I'm assuming the majority is commercial offices rather than condo's? Or is it a mix.

Too bad all the new condos don't have windows and every single one of them is blue :nuts:

The majority of them on the south view are condos in the beltline. The one with the green tower from the north are mostly offices and a couple of condos in the commercial core. Overall there is a good mix of office and condos going up.

Do you mean taller than anything there or even taller than the encana building? Is there a render out for the encana building yet?

No renderings yet. EnCana's spokesman claimed this week that the company hasn't even chosen an architect, so we could be waiting a while. Regardless, EnCana wants to be in their new digs by 2009, so I'd count on construction starting next year, as such a large building will take a lot of time to build. I hope we see a rendering by Christmas, because the waiting is really killing me :)

No renderings yet. EnCana's spokesman claimed this week that the company hasn't even chosen an architect, so we could be waiting a while. Regardless, EnCana wants to be in their new digs by 2009, so I'd count on construction starting next year, as such a large building will take a lot of time to build. I hope we see a rendering by Christmas, because the waiting is really killing me :)
Ya ill bet its killing you! Its so awsome that Calgary is booming. I cant wait to see it. :cheers:

What about this (http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/552/691300-r-l-ouest-full.jpg) , any news/updates on it?

That would go beautifully with Montreal's skyline

I got bored and filled in those blue squares with random building renderings:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v365/poto1/skyline4.jpg

Haha not bad!

Actually it probably isn't all that far off... :tongue3:

EDIT: I'm pretty sure that we could provide you with real renderings if you get really bored...

^nah ill pass

what about winnipeg and halifax.....what about LONDON...what about edmonton........!!!!!!!

^^An Mississauga!! C'mon rapideye ;);)

Mississauga..are you serious...i'm so lazy...i would go fire some pics but it's contantly growing....my previous pics became outdated after only a week

For Winnipeg, The light blue will be the Manitoba Hydro building.
http://img348.imageshack.us/img348/657/wmh3jn.jpg
http://www.hydro.mb.ca/issues/downtown_design/images/03_graham.jpg

^ amazing.

Haha...here it Kitchener, in like 150 years, when skyscrapers are a thing of the past. Best I could do in 20 minutes. :P If anybody is bored and wants to add some building renders that, go ahead! It would thus make the image famous.

http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/6899/kitcheneryehright9qe.jpg

Anyone have anything for Québec city, eventhough it might not grow much.?

Originally Posted by rapideye95
what about winnipeg and halifax.....what about LONDON...what about edmonton........!!!!!!!



http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/ldoto/2003/34899616.jpg




http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/ldoto/2003/city2.jpg



http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/ldoto/2003/000_0763.jpg


http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/ldoto/2003/000_0498.jpg



http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/ldoto/2005/IMGP2719.jpg :eek2:

absolutely stunning

I got bored and filled in those blue squares with random building renderings:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v365/poto1/skyline4.jpg


Nice job. EnCana will have a huge impact.

Here's one for Hamilton

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2/Bonaducci1/futuresky.jpg

There are 3 buildings in the works.

Red is the McMaster University Graduate Residence which is 15 storey.
Purple is Phase 2 of the Lister Block redevelopment which will have a minimum of 10 story, can go taller.
Blue is the Hilton Hotel. Hilton Hotel coming to Hamilton was only announced about 2 weeks ago so really there's not much information other than where it's going to be built. My guess it'll be 18 story since Sheraton Hotel is 18 story.

I could add another building for Hamilton Health Sciences. There moving 1,000 employees to downtown. But I don’t have any information for that building. Should know by mid to end of October when HHS board members vote on the issue.

I haven't included the proposed condos.

I haven't included the proposed condos.

You should that would be interesting!!!

good God Hamilton has definite got their best years WAY ahead of them...at least there is now Something tall going up....

Add 3 for Edmonton.
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/4473futureedmontonskyline.jpg

The problem about Montreal is that it is pretty dense throughout the city. I find that there are a lot of 5 storey buildings throught the city, versus Torontos many 2 storey buildings.
Toronto the city is and was (Before and after annexation/amalgamation), more dense than Montreal. I understand what you saying though, Montreal's density is more spread out.

The New City of Montreal Density: 3,625.1/km²
The New City Of Toronto Density: 3,939.4/km²

The Old City of Montreal Density: 5,590.8/km²
The Old City of Toronto Density: 6,961.9/km²

**Stats Canada
If you want the link ask... It's a very cool site. :)


Montreal is so cool.. I wish they could have a similar boom to Tdot, but a lil less... don't want anyone to get ahead :tongue3:

FYI: Scarborough has byfar the most youth in Toronto, and Malvern has one of the highest (if not) densities of youth in the country.

What, no one in Vancouver wants to post pictures of Surrey?

hmm winnipegs is missing some things don't forget the propsail for the tower on portage place
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/5268/da0cityelevs2vf.jpg

and and museam at the forks that guna be a weird looking thing...

http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/imagegallery/museum2005/images/01.jpg

http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/imagegallery/museum2005/images/04.jpg

http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/imagegallery/museum2005/images/02.jpg

also the propsil the asper family has for there building at portage and main
http://static.flickr.com/29/54963989_d611fb91ec_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/30/54963988_da0deb1e65.jpg?v=0

Thunder Bay

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3633/10ll0hz.jpg

The green block is a cancelled 20 storey apartment tower. The blue on is a new court house that was proposed. I dont know the exact location, but it'll be in that area. It'll be anywhere from 5-12 storeys, depending on how much stuff they're putting in it, and what office demand is like in the city at the time.

So, it'll probably be 5. that image is assuming it's 10.

Thanks everone, great pics!

winnipeg
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/2789/wgh20050998hx.th.jpg (http://img65.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wgh20050998hx.jpg)

Wow, cool stuff happening in Winnipeg. That CanWest building should be really interesting. Are those video screens or just adverts or both?

no they just pics from the winnipeg free press

How could I forget.

Those are video screens on the Canwest building proposal. I did notice activity around the site. It won't show in the skyline too well since it is hugging the Electric Railway Chambers.

I haven't heard anything about the Portage Place tower recently.

Manitoba Hydro construction is going at high gear.

Last I heard anything about the CMHR was that the funding was secured, and thats it. I think they want to build the legacy fund. I guess they need to put something IN the building.

What, no one in Vancouver wants to post pictures of Surrey?I guess nobody does. It would be a pretty dull skyline anyway, even with the 900 footer. You'd basically have a huge prong (I actually don't know what the vision is) with about a dozen or so towers no bigger than half its size scattered around.

http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/2003/n52sd.jpg

:drool:

Wow... Toronto looks amazing. Here here to one of the best (soon to be) skylines in the world.

awesome

Beautiful Toronto rendering mikep.
Looking more and more like a top 5 skyline to me =D

Great rendering mikep !

Crazy work mikep!!

Great rendering Mikep. Kinda needed an update with all the new proposals that came on board in the last month.

Any way you can name the towers? Especially the one at the far left (gold coloured near Bloor Street)

sapphire looks really slim...but nice job

What about Sault Saint Marie? :? :D

I'm lovin the infil between downtown and mid-town.

Great rendering Mikep. Kinda needed an update with all the new proposals that came on board in the last month.

Any way you can name the towers? Especially the one at the far left (gold coloured near Bloor Street)
starting left to right:
4Seasons1,2...1BloorE...Uptown...ROM...MuranoN,S...RoCP1,2,3...CityHall...Sapphire...BA N....ShangriLa...BA E,W...RichmondAdelaide...Trump...Festival...Ritz...MLSE Sq...Signature

I could add another building for Hamilton Health Sciences. There moving 1,000 employees to downtown. But I don’t have any information for that building. Should know by mid to end of October when HHS board members vote on the issue.


Hamilton Health Sciences announced today that their moving a majority of their office workers to downtown Hamilton. For now they'll rent a few places until they whip up something of their own place, which could take like 5 years. Which is fantastic news!

So here's an updated future skyline of Hamilton. Green is Hamilton Health Sciences

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2/Bonaducci1/futuresky1.jpg

That is great, i hope the design something resonable high, that fits weel with Hamiltons exsisting office buildings

What about Sault Saint Marie? :? :D

Sault Ste Marie today:

http://www.saultstemarie.com/images/photos/downtown_aerial.jpg

Sault Ste Marie in the future:

http://www.saultstemarie.com/images/photos/downtown_aerial.jpg

^^LOL

thats what i was thinking when i first saw his post

LOL

Realistically Hamilton's skyline isn't going to change any time sooner then say the Sault Ste Marie example above. It's a stagnent city, reminds me more of an upstate NY city.

HUGE NEW RENDER FOR TORONTO!!!
http://www.upside-down.ca/sdphotos/futuremed.jpg



COMPARE NOW TO FUTURE!!!
http://www.upside-down.ca/sdphotos/compare.jpg

Sault Ste Marie today:

http://www.saultstemarie.com/images/photos/downtown_aerial.jpg

Sault Ste Marie in the future:

http://www.saultstemarie.com/images/photos/downtown_aerial.jpg

Yeah, that's funny, but sad.
So close to the US border with I-75 nearby. That interstate goes all the way down to southern Florida.
I personally think that there is plenty reason and posibility for Soo. Maybe when Toronto builds out. ;) :D

Holy cow that Toronto render is awesome! Toronto is going to look amazing!

Realistically Hamilton's skyline isn't going to change any time sooner then say the Sault Ste Marie example above. It's a stagnent city, reminds me more of an upstate NY city.

I didn’t just make up that rendering for Hamilton’s future skyline as my own personal agenda. Those buildings are actual proposals. For the green and blue building I put up I don’t know how tall they will be or what they will look like. Hamilton Health Sciences only announced their intention of moving to downtown Hamilton yesterday so it’ll take time before they can come out with a full proposal. But the red and purple buildings are correct height.

Blue building is Hilton Hotel (developer - Darko Vranich)
Green building is Hamilton Health Sciences
Red is McMaster Graduate Student Residence
Purple building is part of the Lister Block redevelopment

Rise up, rise up!

Wow, all these TO renders are awesome!!!

Looks almost fantasy like. When is TO supposed to look like that? Roughly.

Downtown Toronto looks pretty weird in those renderings

Looks almost fantasy like. When is TO supposed to look like that? Roughly.
I didn't go through it building by building, but 2010 is reasonable for 50% of it. Some of the towers are already under construction and others have been tendered and are waiting on construction crew availability.

2 of those towers won't happen in the form rendered (ROM and Sapphire).

2 of those towers won't happen in the form rendered (ROM and Sapphire).

Is the ROM condo tower rendering even in the elliot render?
i don't think it is.. but it is in the mikep rendering.

I didn't go through it building by building, but 2010 is reasonable for 50% of it. Some of the towers are already under construction and others have been tendered and are waiting on construction crew availability.

2 of those towers won't happen in the form rendered (ROM and Sapphire).

I think 2015 would be a very reasonable timeframe for all of the buildings to have been completed (well assuming all do get completed).

2010 might be the year where alot are U/C and cranes will fill the skyline as like the rendering.

hmm winnipegs is missing some things don't forget the propsail for the tower on portage place
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/5268/da0cityelevs2vf.jpg

and and museam at the forks that guna be a weird looking thing...

http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/imagegallery/museum2005/images/01.jpg

http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/imagegallery/museum2005/images/04.jpg

http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/imagegallery/museum2005/images/02.jpg

also the propsil the asper family has for there building at portage and main
http://static.flickr.com/29/54963989_d611fb91ec_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/30/54963988_da0deb1e65.jpg?v=0

Got a little distracted by the Toronto renderings! But wanted to say I love the design of the new museaum. Never have seen something so unique. It definatly is wierd, but in a good way. Love the use of glass and the way it just 'billows' out.

Who is the architecture again?

If you like the Toronto rendering give a shout out to Elliot the creator of this work of art!

I think 2015 would be a very reasonable timeframe for all of the buildings to have been completed (well assuming all do get completed).

2010 might be the year where alot are U/C and cranes will fill the skyline as like the rendering.

LOL...yeah and it's only 2005...do you imagine the possibility for more taller buildings within the next 2-3 years...Something huge might break through...but hey! it probably won't happen

Any Edmonton renditions??
I know there have been a whole slew of condos that have gone up in the last 10 years in downtown Edmonton.
Any older pictures with new ones or future skyline renditions?

^ Check page #3.

Video screens for Peg City!!!

Edmonton has some towers in planning that will really add to its skyline:

2. Tower B [Station Lands] 2 490 ft 37
3. Tower A [Station Lands] 3 490 ft 34
. Collins Tower 1 320 ft 32
21. Hampton House 1 314 ft 30
22. ICON - South Tower [ICON] 303 ft 30
23. ICON - North Tower [ICON] 303 ft 30
37. Collins Tower 1 320 ft 32


we are limited due to our city centre airport overlay, but 7 towers over 30 stories will really add to the skyline

Thanks itom.

I should have been more specific. I meant all of the downtown/Oliver photos because I know that much of the development is condo which, if memory serves, is west of the business district.

A labeled version of future Toronto also by Elliot

http://www.upside-down.ca/sdphotos/guide2010.jpg

the Architect is Antoine Predock

this was the final 3 that were chosen i prefer the 3rd one http://www.canadianmuseumforhumanrights.com/pdf/Threefinalists.pdf


top view of whats going to be built
http://canada.archiseek.com/unbuilt/manitoba/winnipeg/cmfhr/antoine_predock_architect/images/2_lge.jpg

difrent views of the other 2 in the pdf

beter view of the 3rd one
http://canada.archiseek.com/unbuilt/manitoba/winnipeg/cmfhr/sp/images/spa_cmhr1.jpg

difrent view of the 1st one
http://canada.archiseek.com/unbuilt/manitoba/winnipeg/cmfhr/hanganu/images/1_lge.jpg

I'm not a big fan of the first rendering. However, it is a good competition between two and three. Depends on your architectural preference. Do you prefer curvy, abstract style (#2) or sleek, symmetrical style.

I'd still go for #2, I just love how it looks like the glass is floating above ground. But I would have still been very happy to see the other design go too.

Congratulations Winnipeg, can't wait until it's done

Thanks for the breakout You Are To Blame. So many buildings in Elliot's rendering it needed it's own legend. I like the extra 'missing in action' section too.

What the hell is Stern/Charles St though?

Thanks for the breakout You Are To Blame. So many buildings in Elliot's rendering it needed it's own legend. I like the extra 'missing in action' section too.

What the hell is Stern/Charles St though?

one st.thomas 29 stories over 300 ft

2010-12 seems reasonable to me,some of these are my guess
quantom 1,2 construction,sales
uptown, sales construction late next year or early 2007
casa sles,constuction next year
590 sales,just started sales could start con in 2007
verve sales ,con fall 2006
murano 1,2 construction
met 1,2 construction
rocp 1,2 construction
one st thomas construction
trump sales ,construction 2006
ritz sales,constuction late 2006
wellington square, pre-leasing con 2006
bay adelaide pre-leasing con 2007
montage construction
maple leaf square sales,construction next year
west one ,n construction
west harbour city, construction jan 06
four seasons city approval ,construction early 07
1 be? 2007
sapphire construction 2006?
shangri la ? 2007
one city hall 2 ? 2007
hummingbird ? 2007

A labeled version of future Toronto also by Elliot

http://www.upside-down.ca/sdphotos/guide2010.jpg

:eek2: its going to be the second one in NA, so we dont have to say chicago or Toronto... :cheers: