Three Harbour Green | Proposed

[dleung]

From Delirium on Skyscraperpage:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/oct2gon/1219356575building.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i305/mattcav/HG3.jpg

Seems to be even worse than Two Harbour Green, which I already thought was a step down from One Harbour Green. Why are the buildings getting uglier??

HG1 was beautiful... it's probably the most expensively built condo in the country, and they didn't go light on the pink marble:
http://images.gmls.ubertor.com/REBGV/V705074/listing_photo/5291485/full.jpghttp://www.lestwarog.com/harbourgreenplace/images/1.jpg

HG2 had crisp clean lines, but looks bland and too much like Shaw Tower:
http://photos-h.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v233/79/110/537325252/n537325252_2676815_7004.jpg
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/1912/harbourgreentwoaug72008vq3.jpg

I'm pretty sure the finishes on HG3 will be upscale like the others, but right now the solid green part with the punched windows (why is anything other than curtain wall allowed for such a prime site in the first place?) looks like painted concrete... and the glass extensions hiding the penthouse may be less common in Vancouver but is way overused and looks tacky to pretty much the rest of the continent.

[DrT]

I like the art feature of HG1, had not seen HG2 finished, and did not realize that there was space left for a HG3!

I definitely agree that the HG3 design is not sleek or pleasing; esthetically very mediocre for such a prominent position on the waterfront. For the asking prices there, I would insist on better.

[deasine]

I really liked the look of HG2 & HG1, but yeah HG3 doesn't seem as exciting

[dleung]

The website is up for three harbour green.
http://www.harbourgreenplace.com

There's virtual tours of the building, and cool aerial shots of the city in the "vancouver" section, but it's best to mute the volume for the latter because the music is terrible.

Here's some screenshots:

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2278/screenshot1yr0.jpg

Turns out the "green solid part" of the building is polished granite. Not exactly cheap, but don't like half the 1980/90's buildings along Georgia St use that stuff? I really like the massing of this tower and how the boxes on the north side jut out, but the way the curtain wall tops off is kinda disappointing. At least there's a strong presence of cladding other than glass, and it doesn't look at all like Shaw tower. Looks like 2 harbour green will remain the ugly middle sibling.