What do you guys think?


Bankers Hall (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=25973)
Canterra Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=237806)
Nexen Building (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=335155)
Petro Canada Centre (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=43871)
TD Canada Trust Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=264368)

I would like to make a note here, I have changed my mind since I made that post in the Canterra thread. It is now my #1 favourite in the city. After going through downtown enough, Bankers Hall starts to look less great while Canterra still manages to be sexy.

I gotta go with Nexen on this one. That sharp edge is one of my favorite architectural and structural creations -- especially in Calgary.

i say nexon...love it.

Cantera is so classy. I love the way it looks from all angles. I think Calgary could use a few more like it.

BTW, I think the Husky Oil buildings are also worthy of a mention.

Cantera is so classy. I love the way it looks from all angles. I think Calgary could use a few more like it.

BTW, I think the Husky Oil buildings are also worthy of a mention.

True, I was walking past them today, and I just love the way the glass looks from street-level. They sky reflects off the gold glass from some angles (and at dusk you can see through a lot of it as well) so the towers end up being lovely patterns and shades of blue, purple, and gold.

pictures? for people who have only been there, not live there...

ex:

http://www.frontrange.ca/images/preview/128_2820-HuskyTowers+Trees-PC.jpg
http://user.chollian.net/~ucnet2001/Anglo%20America-Canada/Alberta/Calgary/WFAnca%20Canada-Husky%20Office%20Building-01.jpg

You can see the them peeking around a building in this pic I took today...
http://i3.tinypic.com/w0l01x.jpg

EDIT: Anyways, the Husky Oil towers are totally underrated

Husky Oil Towers (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=296551)

Definately the Husky Oil towers. I've always loved them the most. I only wish they were one super tall, instead of the two average heights. Cantera is number two and then Bankers Hall.

I vote for Husky Oil Towers too!
I remember when I first came to Calgary 5 years ago and I first viewed downtown from my hotel room, thinking they were the city's tallest. They stand so proudly and clearly from the southwest, looking like 2 big gold bars.

I like Canterra. BTW, isn't the Husky Oil Towers called Wester Canadian Place? Or was there a name change?

I like Canterra. BTW, isn't the Husky Oil Towers called Wester Canadian Place? Or was there a name change?

You are correct, however the names are often used interchangably

Nexen or Canterra.

Nexen is very cool looking also. But Cantera is a cut above. I would really like to see another building built along similar lines, maybe as a taller twin--Calgary needs more twins.

Nexen followed by Canterra

Nexen is awesome - such a simple but impressive design - I hadn't seen this building before - was quite a surprise to me.


Petro Canada Tower seems to have taken quite a beating in the forums, personally, I think it's a pretty good looking tower - nice and big, too.

Nexen was at one time to have a taller twin facing the other direction. Now that would have been cool!

Canterra Tower although the Nexen Building has a cool shape

Considering its the city's only 200m building, Im surprised not many people like Petro.

Petro is a bit of an ugly dog. We can respect her height, but she's a tough love.

Besides, people here have always hated her. Now it's because of aesthetics. Back then it was because it symbolized Federal intrusion into the Albertan economy. Just take a look at the following cartoons from the Herald:

1978
http://img271.imageshack.us/img271/3614/m80003272pc.jpg

1981
http://img271.imageshack.us/img271/3792/m80007626uh.jpg

1983
http://img271.imageshack.us/img271/4197/m800011710cd.jpg

I've always thought Petro-Canada's towers have aged well. For being completed in what, 1983, I think they're still pretty modern looking, which is more than I can say for so many other towers in Calgary.

I think Canterra is great because it doesn't follow many distinct lines. It's like, everyone can have a corner office. I think it looks even better in comparison to the box of a building that is Shell, across the street.

Western Canadian Place looks especially good at night I think, with the red 'Husky' signs lit up at the top. It goes along well with the blue 'Nexen' sign just down the street.

Bankers Hall towers are in a good location around Stephen Ave but they're not overly distinctive. It's cool that they've kept the original facades along the historic stretch. Nice roofs. Really nice interiors. I like the silver and gold theme.

Anyway Canterra gets my vote but they're all contenders!

Honourable mention to TD Canada Trust. Sleek yet unassuming...

Hey, how come nobody's mentioned Bow Valley Square? Wait, nevermind...

i love hard angles. Nexen #1 for Calgary la. but i hope Encana brings better architecture to Calgary, since its current stock isn't that interesting to me.

remember when the crane fell off the top? the crane dude died to didnt he? I vote for the petro because of being the citys tallest, and the fact it has an interesting story.

Canterra

How long til Encana design come out?

^By September, I think, would be safe to say. hopefully by the end of this month. I think I heard June?

I like TD because that's my favourite style of architecture, it's alot better looking than Petro-Can. Nexen has a very weird shape.. I like Canterra, but it would be better with a bit of colour. Bankers Hall is neat, gold and silver.. I like the design, but having two kinda ruins it. HuskyOil is one of my favourits from the whole country. I'll have to say..

1. TD
2. HuskyOil
3. Canterra

Petro-Can can have fourth. :cheers:

Canterra Tower. It's a very sleak, beautiful building.