Comments on: Condo Building With Garage Door Windows http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/ Contemporary Modern Architecture Furniture Lighting Interior Design Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:13:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jane http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-26519 Jane Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:12:30 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-26519 Rob We had an aluminum and glass garage door intalled in our loft in Yaletown by a company called Canadian Doormaster Electric Ltd. They did a good job and we love the doors. In the summer, and even spring and fall, it's great to be able to open the place up to the outdoors and it makes the space feel so much larger when they're open Jane www.canadiandoormaster.com Rob
We had an aluminum and glass garage door intalled in our loft in Yaletown by a company called Canadian Doormaster Electric Ltd. They did a good job and we love the doors. In the summer, and even spring and fall, it’s great to be able to open the place up to the outdoors and it makes the space feel so much larger when they’re open
Jane

http://www.canadiandoormaster.com

]]> By: testy http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-10234 testy Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:53:55 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-10234 for those counting, this project in seattle by miller/hull won a national aia award in 2002 and has "garage door windows," and i'm sure it's been done before. http://www.millerhull.com/htm/residential/1310.htm for those counting, this project in seattle by miller/hull won a national aia award in 2002 and has “garage door windows,” and i’m sure it’s been done before.

http://www.millerhull.com/htm/residential/1310.htm

]]> By: Steve http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-5869 Steve Fri, 30 May 2008 01:29:23 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-5869 I like the Vancouver building AND the building by Shigeru Ban. It's not a competition. Mature people are capable of appreciating both. Some of you need to grow up. I like the Vancouver building AND the building by Shigeru Ban.

It’s not a competition. Mature people are capable of appreciating both. Some of you need to grow up.

]]> By: Dustin http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-4116 Dustin Sat, 24 May 2008 17:03:56 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-4116 SBA had the design public several years ago for the metal shutter houses that eventually went in NYC. In any event, the detailing of this project is horrible when compared to that of Ban. And the Metal shutter houses are METAL SHUTTERS not garage doors. The project uses metal shutters as a way to delegate between public and private spaces. This project uses garage doors as a novelty to sell space. Other than that, this project is just aesthetically displeasing. Ban wins. Hands down. SBA had the design public several years ago for the metal shutter houses that eventually went in NYC.
In any event, the detailing of this project is horrible when compared to that of Ban. And the Metal shutter houses are METAL SHUTTERS not garage doors. The project uses metal shutters as a way to delegate between public and private spaces. This project uses garage doors as a novelty to sell space. Other than that, this project is just aesthetically displeasing.
Ban wins. Hands down.

]]> By: Rob http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-2082 Rob Sat, 10 May 2008 18:46:59 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-2082 I live in Vancouver and want to change the windows in our loft to this style. Does anyone know a good company that can do this here in Vancouver? Thanks in advance, ROb I live in Vancouver and want to change the windows in our loft to this style. Does anyone know a good company that can do this here in Vancouver?

Thanks in advance,

ROb

]]> By: Jason Thielke http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-372 Jason Thielke Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:48:26 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-372 Garage doors in lofts are pretty common here in Denver, CO. Garage doors in lofts are pretty common here in Denver, CO.

]]> By: rachel mendez http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-358 rachel mendez Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:16:21 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-358 perfect. perfect.

]]> By: marshall http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-333 marshall Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:04:36 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-333 It's a nice idea but not exactly unique. There's an apartment building where I live in Charlotte, NC (not exactly a Mecca for architects) that uses this same idea. http://www.tuscandevelopment.com/ucanroll/images/south.jpg It’s a nice idea but not exactly unique. There’s an apartment building where I live in Charlotte, NC (not exactly a Mecca for architects) that uses this same idea.

http://www.tuscandevelopment.com/ucanroll/images/south.jpg

]]> By: marios http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-309 marios Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:06:45 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-309 i can a see a glass about 1,30 tall. it should be ok. it looks lovely i can a see a glass about 1,30 tall. it should be ok.
it looks lovely

]]> By: none http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-307 none Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:45:55 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-307 I like/love the idea, but how long before someone takes a fall? That's a pretty low sill. Avoid drunken summer parties and children. I like/love the idea, but how long before someone takes a fall? That’s a pretty low sill.

Avoid drunken summer parties and children.

]]> By: Speedmaster http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-306 Speedmaster Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:39:08 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-306 Very clever, good look, I like it! Very clever, good look, I like it!

]]> By: c-dub http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-305 c-dub Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:24:19 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-305 I like this, but I wonder how it meets the energy code? Overhead doors are usually so leaky. I like this, but I wonder how it meets the energy code? Overhead doors are usually so leaky.

]]> By: neil http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-304 neil Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:21:21 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-304 hahaha.. i love when people try to hate while simultaneously using bad grammar/failing on subject-verb agreement... anyways, the building is gorgeous.. hahaha.. i love when people try to hate while simultaneously using bad grammar/failing on subject-verb agreement… anyways, the building is gorgeous..

]]> By: Erin http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-301 Erin Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:26:58 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-301 The building in Vancouver was completed in 2006 and the building designed by Shigeru Ban is only at the proposal stage, ie. hasn't been built yet, so the Vancouver building was designed years before the one in New York. The building in Vancouver was completed in 2006 and the building designed by Shigeru Ban is only at the proposal stage, ie. hasn’t been built yet, so the Vancouver building was designed years before the one in New York.

]]> By: icy http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-300 icy Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:19:03 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/2007/12/12/condo-building-with-garage-door-windows/#comment-300 I regards this building as a pathetic eclectic copy of the Metal Shutter Houses designed by Shigeru Ban in New York. http://www.metalshutterhouses.com I regards this building as a pathetic eclectic copy of the Metal Shutter Houses designed by Shigeru Ban in New York.

http://www.metalshutterhouses.com

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