388 King W & 82 Peter St (800,000 sq ft office, Allied REIT, 29s, Hariri Pontarini)

[maestro]

My take on this proposal, is that the developer is being cautious with height and design for that neighbourhood....so for this complex, he puts together a bunch of mediocre shorter boxes.
Gee, Its nothing more than a large awkward slab that unfortunately will please many

Somewhat. The developer is being cautious however, in regards to the market conditions than over NIMBY outcries over the height.

The current design offers the high demand large floor plates and can also be broken up into two smaller phases.

Loosely reminds me of Calgary's City Centre proposal

[buildup]

Frankly, I love the fact its "a wall", its an interesting variation from all the point towers. We can debate good vs bad architecture all we like, but variety is often appealing in of itself.

[jje1000]

Some variation on material for the first two floors would have been nice.