CALGARY | 225 - Sixth | 247m | 811ft | 56 fl | Demo

[Innsertnamehere]

A new tallest proposed for Calgary:


http://bestcalgaryhomes.com/tallest-...gary-225-sixth

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http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/al...246/story.html

By Jason Markusoff, Calgary Herald December 1, 2012 7:37 AM

Calgary's skyline will again be redefined in a few years, with a new downtown skyscraper designed to stand even taller than the Bow.

Brookfield Properties submitted this week plans for a 56-storey, 247-metre tower to rise on the site of the former Herald building, along with a 178-metre similarly styled tower on the same block.

A stylized box whose edges curve and taper upward to its crown, it won't outshoot the Norman Foster-designed Bow for iconic architecture. But it will, by 11 metres, lay to rest the Encana/Cenovus highrise's bragging rights as tallest building in Western Canada.

The project, variously called "225 Sixth" and "Brookfield Place" in the development permit, replaces Brookfield's proposal for a simpler square tower at 1st Street and 7th Avenue S.W.

After the developer bought the parkade on the same block, it decided to do something more striking, said Jan Sucharda.

"This site is literally the centre of the downtown, so I think to be the tallest building in the city makes sense," said Sucharda, Brookfield's president for Canadian commercial operations.

The plan for 2.8 million square feet of new office space is a confident bet for the company that recently learned it is losing its anchor tenant at Fifth Avenue Place - Imperial Oil, headed for a southeast office park by 2016. Brookfield has just begun marketing the Imperial offices, but is hopeful it can find an occupant for the new project and open one or both towers by 2017.

[Blue Flame]

Blah, if they are going to make something even taller than the bow than they should give it an iconic design.
None the less, this is a good sign, maybe there will be some supertall proposals in a few years.

[ddss]

Its great but I feel they could do so much more

[èđđeůx]

It'll be a nice addition to Calgary's skyline but nothing very special. Still any skyscraper coming up that will overtake the current tallest is welcomed in my book (most of the time).

[ThatOneGuy]

Nice internationalism revival!

[sieradzanin1]

From SSP

Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

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DSC_2180 by earl_of_design, on Flickr

Originally Posted by Design-mind

^ Yes that is an old Permit but the only one I could find.

More demo work

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[ZZ-II]

beautiful project . i like such simple designs alot

[desertpunk]

Wow! What a beast!

[desertpunk]

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Chadillaccc at Flickr

[koolio]

The new design is much better. Simple yet elegant ... assuming the cladding is of high quality. The tapering will be very interesting.