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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
And this couldn't have been designed by a Calgary based firm?
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Honestly, not really.
Calgary based firms get the vast majority of Calgary architecture projects out there, and the results speak for themselves....boxy, conservative, and mostly of poor, contrived imagination. I wouldn't worry about them, they'll have their chances on other projects, and most of the will continue producing the same crap.
Not to say there aren't good local architects (S2, Jeremy Sturgess for one), but honestly, it's much easier to get better results if you look outside of the city. There's a reason why most creative types from the city end up going to Toronto, NY, London....the city doesn't really support/appreciate their industry, so they in the end abandoning it, and you get left with 2nd tier talent which ends up building lackluster things. It's a bit of a vicious circle, but that's the way it is.