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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I completely take issue with the idea that a local firm couldn't have come up with a better theme and design.
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Well local firms have had their chance more than a few times to design something interesting. I invite you to show us a significant project that is as unique as this conceived by a local firm.
The best wow factor buildings at the moment, The Bow, Hotel Le Germain, Cantos Project, SAIT Parkade this bridge.....all designed by architects outside of the city.
If this were Vancouver or Toronto, I think you'd have a point. But unfortunately, local firms have had the chance to prove their worth over and over, and have failed to produce anything as interesting. There are a select few small-scale examples, by Eleven Eleven or Sturgess, but out of the big firms who would have a chance to design something like this, we, more often than not, get pure tripe.