The new Bow Building dwarfs Calgary's downtown landmarks (Photo: Jill Browne)
January 3, 2011
Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Home
The new Bow Building isn’t finished yet but it already dominates Calgary’s downtown skyline.
Designed by the firm of Sir Norman Foster, the building was commissioned by energy company EnCana. It’s 58 stories high and larger in scale than Calgary’s other office buildings.
On the plus side, the building is said to have some environmentally-friendly design features.
The big negative, as far as I’m concerned, is that the opportunity to take hundreds of jobs out of the downtown core has been lost. Calgary is a flat, sprawling city. Most people depend on their cars to get almost anywhere. Now even more people are going to be going downtown, further taxing our public transit and limited downtown parking and roads infrastructure.
I don’t see how this can possibly be considered environmentally friendly.
In spite of my vinegary attitude, I do love the surprising picture, linked to below. If you know who the photographer is, please tell me so I can credit them properly.
Link to picture:
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