Houses in Canada
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Re: Houses in Canada
Originally Posted by ctraveler
Really??? I would have to disagree there. The only other Art Gallery that I have seen that has vague similarity to the one in Edmonton is the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.
If you think cheap knock-off Gehry constitutes good architecture.
I think that there are many up and coming architects that deserve recognition, Just because that something is 'built in the style of' does not make any less worthy. That would be like saying John William Waterhouse was a cheap knock-off of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. He took a style and used his own interpretation of it just as Randall Stout has.
The Fairmont Hotels are quite uniquely Canadian as they were built by Canadian Pacific company railways in the late19th Early 20th Century.
It's pretty shabby and in dire need of a face lift inside and out.
There are an awful lot of crumbling buildings in the UK in dire need of face-lifts but that does not make the architecture any less beautiful or worthy.
The uniquely designed Muttart Conservatory by Peter Hemmingway offering an oasis at anytime of year from the contrasting Prarie climate.
Generic glass pyramids? Very unique? I don't think so.
As I said an oasis in the city. I spent many a lunch break from work on a rainy or -25'C day sitting on a bench reading a book in a sub-tropical climate.
The Parisian 'Beaux Arts' style of the Alberta Legislature building which is fronted with fountains full splashing families in the summer and ice skating in the winter.
Standard issue civic building, isolated by horrible road system.
Completely disagree! It is a beautiful building with beautiful grounds. Have you actually ever been in the building?? I wonder why all year round (well 3 seasons anyways) this happens to be one of the most popular spots for wedding photos. Why it is filled with families in both the summer and the winter partaking in the surroundings.
These are just some examples of fantastic buildings/architecture in Edmonton.
Not to mention the fact that in Canadian cities houses offer great variation in style, colour,design, etc. Unlike the boring brick rowhouse, terraced property that you get in the UK (unless of course you are a millionaire or even billionaire these days) where every tiny detail is scrutinised by the local council planning teams.
Mcmansions, 1950's bungalows and mile after mile after mile of cheaply built wood framed stucco covered walk up condo blocks.
I much prefer the difference's in style of a Canadian home to a UK brick row house that looks the same as every other one on the street for mile upon mile. At least Canadian homes are not all attached and dotted with horrid council estates with high rise buildings that are falling apart and filled with flat after flat of laundry covered windows and doors, criminal activity, derelict play areas and overflowing rubbish. Not to mention the fact that these are in EVERY area.
Futhermore I like the fact that if I want to install the latest high tech gadgetry all the wires can be hidden by inserting it through those ply walls. Far better than drilling channels through brick or having wires hanging out everywhere. Not to mention the problems that brick causes: Rising Damp, Having to Repoint, the nightmare one has trying to rewire or replumb, etc, etc.
I suppose it comes down to everyone having their own preferences. I see the beauty in a place like Edmonton, obviously not everyone does. I am however not the only one, as it has been one of Canada's fastest growing cities in the past 10 years. There are alot of people that live there very happily. I have a friend who has moved between 3 other Canadian cities recently(Victoria, Vancouver, Saskatoon) and has gone back to Edmonton permanently as nothing compares for them. I guess this is why there are so many destinations in the world to choose from and everyone has to decide what is important in their lives and what works for them.
I hope that the OP finds what she is looking for and takes the time to really work out what the city has to offer.
Really??? I would have to disagree there. The only other Art Gallery that I have seen that has vague similarity to the one in Edmonton is the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.
If you think cheap knock-off Gehry constitutes good architecture.
I think that there are many up and coming architects that deserve recognition, Just because that something is 'built in the style of' does not make any less worthy. That would be like saying John William Waterhouse was a cheap knock-off of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. He took a style and used his own interpretation of it just as Randall Stout has.
The Fairmont Hotels are quite uniquely Canadian as they were built by Canadian Pacific company railways in the late19th Early 20th Century.
It's pretty shabby and in dire need of a face lift inside and out.
There are an awful lot of crumbling buildings in the UK in dire need of face-lifts but that does not make the architecture any less beautiful or worthy.
The uniquely designed Muttart Conservatory by Peter Hemmingway offering an oasis at anytime of year from the contrasting Prarie climate.
Generic glass pyramids? Very unique? I don't think so.
As I said an oasis in the city. I spent many a lunch break from work on a rainy or -25'C day sitting on a bench reading a book in a sub-tropical climate.
The Parisian 'Beaux Arts' style of the Alberta Legislature building which is fronted with fountains full splashing families in the summer and ice skating in the winter.
Standard issue civic building, isolated by horrible road system.
Completely disagree! It is a beautiful building with beautiful grounds. Have you actually ever been in the building?? I wonder why all year round (well 3 seasons anyways) this happens to be one of the most popular spots for wedding photos. Why it is filled with families in both the summer and the winter partaking in the surroundings.
These are just some examples of fantastic buildings/architecture in Edmonton.
Not to mention the fact that in Canadian cities houses offer great variation in style, colour,design, etc. Unlike the boring brick rowhouse, terraced property that you get in the UK (unless of course you are a millionaire or even billionaire these days) where every tiny detail is scrutinised by the local council planning teams.
Mcmansions, 1950's bungalows and mile after mile after mile of cheaply built wood framed stucco covered walk up condo blocks.
I much prefer the difference's in style of a Canadian home to a UK brick row house that looks the same as every other one on the street for mile upon mile. At least Canadian homes are not all attached and dotted with horrid council estates with high rise buildings that are falling apart and filled with flat after flat of laundry covered windows and doors, criminal activity, derelict play areas and overflowing rubbish. Not to mention the fact that these are in EVERY area.
Futhermore I like the fact that if I want to install the latest high tech gadgetry all the wires can be hidden by inserting it through those ply walls. Far better than drilling channels through brick or having wires hanging out everywhere. Not to mention the problems that brick causes: Rising Damp, Having to Repoint, the nightmare one has trying to rewire or replumb, etc, etc.
I suppose it comes down to everyone having their own preferences. I see the beauty in a place like Edmonton, obviously not everyone does. I am however not the only one, as it has been one of Canada's fastest growing cities in the past 10 years. There are alot of people that live there very happily. I have a friend who has moved between 3 other Canadian cities recently(Victoria, Vancouver, Saskatoon) and has gone back to Edmonton permanently as nothing compares for them. I guess this is why there are so many destinations in the world to choose from and everyone has to decide what is important in their lives and what works for them.
I hope that the OP finds what she is looking for and takes the time to really work out what the city has to offer.
Jan 2nd 2011, 7:09 pm
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Re: Houses in Canada
Originally Posted by ctraveler
Really??? I would have to disagree there. The only other Art Gallery that I have seen that has vague similarity to the one in Edmonton is the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.
If you think cheap knock-off Gehry constitutes good architecture.
I think that there are many up and coming architects that deserve recognition, Just because that something is 'built in the style of' does not make any less worthy. That would be like saying John William Waterhouse was a cheap knock-off of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. He took a style and used his own interpretation of it just as Randall Stout has.
The Fairmont Hotels are quite uniquely Canadian as they were built by Canadian Pacific company railways in the late19th Early 20th Century.
It's pretty shabby and in dire need of a face lift inside and out.
There are an awful lot of crumbling buildings in the UK in dire need of face-lifts but that does not make the architecture any less beautiful or worthy.
The uniquely designed Muttart Conservatory by Peter Hemmingway offering an oasis at anytime of year from the contrasting Prarie climate.
Generic glass pyramids? Very unique? I don't think so.
As I said an oasis in the city. I spent many a lunch break from work on a rainy or -25'C day sitting on a bench reading a book in a sub-tropical climate.
The Parisian 'Beaux Arts' style of the Alberta Legislature building which is fronted with fountains full splashing families in the summer and ice skating in the winter.
Standard issue civic building, isolated by horrible road system.
Completely disagree! It is a beautiful building with beautiful grounds. Have you actually ever been in the building?? I wonder why all year round (well 3 seasons anyways) this happens to be one of the most popular spots for wedding photos. Why it is filled with families in both the summer and the winter partaking in the surroundings.
These are just some examples of fantastic buildings/architecture in Edmonton.
Not to mention the fact that in Canadian cities houses offer great variation in style, colour,design, etc. Unlike the boring brick rowhouse, terraced property that you get in the UK (unless of course you are a millionaire or even billionaire these days) where every tiny detail is scrutinised by the local council planning teams.
Mcmansions, 1950's bungalows and mile after mile after mile of cheaply built wood framed stucco covered walk up condo blocks.
I much prefer the difference's in style of a Canadian home to a UK brick row house that looks the same as every other one on the street for mile upon mile. At least Canadian homes are not all attached and dotted with horrid council estates with high rise buildings that are falling apart and filled with flat after flat of laundry covered windows and doors, criminal activity, derelict play areas and overflowing rubbish. Not to mention the fact that these are in EVERY area.
Futhermore I like the fact that if I want to install the latest high tech gadgetry all the wires can be hidden by inserting it through those ply walls. Far better than drilling channels through brick or having wires hanging out everywhere. Not to mention the problems that brick causes: Rising Damp, Having to Repoint, the nightmare one has trying to rewire or replumb, etc, etc.
I suppose it comes down to everyone having their own preferences. I see the beauty in a place like Edmonton, obviously not everyone does. I am however not the only one, as it has been one of Canada's fastest growing cities in the past 10 years. There are alot of people that live there very happily. I have a friend who has moved between 3 other Canadian cities recently(Victoria, Vancouver, Saskatoon) and has gone back to Edmonton permanently as nothing compares for them. I guess this is why there are so many destinations in the world to choose from and everyone has to decide what is important in their lives and what works for them.
I hope that the OP finds what she is looking for and takes the time to really work out what the city has to offer.
Really??? I would have to disagree there. The only other Art Gallery that I have seen that has vague similarity to the one in Edmonton is the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.
If you think cheap knock-off Gehry constitutes good architecture.
I think that there are many up and coming architects that deserve recognition, Just because that something is 'built in the style of' does not make any less worthy. That would be like saying John William Waterhouse was a cheap knock-off of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. He took a style and used his own interpretation of it just as Randall Stout has.
The Fairmont Hotels are quite uniquely Canadian as they were built by Canadian Pacific company railways in the late19th Early 20th Century.
It's pretty shabby and in dire need of a face lift inside and out.
There are an awful lot of crumbling buildings in the UK in dire need of face-lifts but that does not make the architecture any less beautiful or worthy.
The uniquely designed Muttart Conservatory by Peter Hemmingway offering an oasis at anytime of year from the contrasting Prarie climate.
Generic glass pyramids? Very unique? I don't think so.
As I said an oasis in the city. I spent many a lunch break from work on a rainy or -25'C day sitting on a bench reading a book in a sub-tropical climate.
The Parisian 'Beaux Arts' style of the Alberta Legislature building which is fronted with fountains full splashing families in the summer and ice skating in the winter.
Standard issue civic building, isolated by horrible road system.
Completely disagree! It is a beautiful building with beautiful grounds. Have you actually ever been in the building?? I wonder why all year round (well 3 seasons anyways) this happens to be one of the most popular spots for wedding photos. Why it is filled with families in both the summer and the winter partaking in the surroundings.
These are just some examples of fantastic buildings/architecture in Edmonton.
Not to mention the fact that in Canadian cities houses offer great variation in style, colour,design, etc. Unlike the boring brick rowhouse, terraced property that you get in the UK (unless of course you are a millionaire or even billionaire these days) where every tiny detail is scrutinised by the local council planning teams.
Mcmansions, 1950's bungalows and mile after mile after mile of cheaply built wood framed stucco covered walk up condo blocks.
I much prefer the difference's in style of a Canadian home to a UK brick row house that looks the same as every other one on the street for mile upon mile. At least Canadian homes are not all attached and dotted with horrid council estates with high rise buildings that are falling apart and filled with flat after flat of laundry covered windows and doors, criminal activity, derelict play areas and overflowing rubbish. Not to mention the fact that these are in EVERY area.
Futhermore I like the fact that if I want to install the latest high tech gadgetry all the wires can be hidden by inserting it through those ply walls. Far better than drilling channels through brick or having wires hanging out everywhere. Not to mention the problems that brick causes: Rising Damp, Having to Repoint, the nightmare one has trying to rewire or replumb, etc, etc.
I suppose it comes down to everyone having their own preferences. I see the beauty in a place like Edmonton, obviously not everyone does. I am however not the only one, as it has been one of Canada's fastest growing cities in the past 10 years. There are alot of people that live there very happily. I have a friend who has moved between 3 other Canadian cities recently(Victoria, Vancouver, Saskatoon) and has gone back to Edmonton permanently as nothing compares for them. I guess this is why there are so many destinations in the world to choose from and everyone has to decide what is important in their lives and what works for them.
I hope that the OP finds what she is looking for and takes the time to really work out what the city has to offer.
Regards
Andy
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Re: Houses in Canada
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Re: Houses in Canada
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