http://www.telusgarden.com/TelusGarden.html (TG)
Despite all the hubbub, this building will hardly make a big impression upon the Canadian skyline. In fact, unless it were permitted to have an extra 20 - 30 floors, it will just be another one of the shorter tall buildings in Canada. http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=58275201&page=9,
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2012/03/telus-gardens-residential-tower
"With architecture by Vancouver-based firm Henriquez Partners Architects, TELUS Garden will transform and revitalize the Robson block with this development, which includes a new 24 floor, 500,000 square foot signature office tower and a new 53 floor, 450,000-square foot residential tower, with a three-level retail podium with shops, services, and amenities, plus a public plaza."
http://www.hellovancity.com/2012/03/18/telus-garden-quick-facts-price-floorplans-features-downtown-vancouver-new-condo-development
According to this site, the residential tower wont be 53 floors, it will only have 46 floors above the ground.
http://www.emporis.com/building/telus-garden-residential-tower-vancouver-canada
I wished that TG could have been between 55 to 65 stories, but Vancouver isn't allowed to be a big & tall city, yet.
Perhaps the TG has the potential to have a few more residential floors, but given Vancouver's strict height limitations, TG is around the same height as, the Tour Telus in Montreal & the Telus Plaza Tower in Edmonton. Being both office towers, they only have 34 floors. Look how the Tour Telus is one of the shorter big buildings in the Province of Quebec. The one in Edmonton is even less significant when compared to the tallest buildings in Alberta. It doesn't even make it onto the first page of Alberta's tallest. All 3 Telus towers still make it onto page=9, for now.
http://about.telus.com/community/english/news_centre/news_releases/blog/2012/06/07/telus-garden-construction-work-awarded-to-bc-companies
http://www.604presale.com/telus-garden-downtown,
http://vancouverisawesome.com/2012/04/04/building-blocks-telus-garden
Even the tallest buildings in BC barely makes it onto the 2nd or 3rd pages.
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=58275201&offset=25
More than ever, Toronto, Calgary & Montreal can't stay at a small BC building mentality.
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=1
Australia surpassed the small building scale of BC long ago & their cities are still considered to be just as scenic as anything in Canada.
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=58762037&page=1
http://the-intersection-point.blogspot.ca/2013/03/telus-garden-towers.html
