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U.K. architect Will Alsop designs Yonge St. condo for North Toronto: Hume
Midrise condo planned for Yonge south of Lawrence offers a new vision of 21st-century city and its architecture.
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/02/03/uk_architect_will_alsop_designs_yonge_st_condo_for_north_toronto_hume.html
By: Christopher Hume Urban Issues, Published on Sun Feb 03 2013
Normally, the launch of yet another condo on Yonge St. would pass unnoticed, except by the neighbours.
But it will be hard not to notice the project proposed for Yonge St. and Strathgowan Ave. To begin with, it’s designed by Will Alsop, the British architect best known in these parts for the “flying tabletop,” officially the Rosalie Sharp Pavilion at the Ontario College of Art & Design University. That’s the McCaul St. building suspended on a series of brightly coloured steel columns. No one who has seen it will be surprised to hear the condo is, well, somewhat out of the ordinary. That would be true in any part of town, but in leafy North Toronto, Alsop’s offering will not only turn heads, it will wrench necks.
That’s what architects love to do, of course, not that most ever get the chance. In Alsop’s case, however, he has become the go-to guy for clients who want something unique, even provocative. Though easy to forget, Alsop’s buildings are much more practical than they appear. Putting OCAD University on legs, for example, meant not having to close and/or move the school, saving time and money.
Read more at The Star...
U.K. architect Will Alsop designs Yonge St. condo for North Toronto: Hume
Midrise condo planned for Yonge south of Lawrence offers a new vision of 21st-century city and its architecture.
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/02/03/uk_architect_will_alsop_designs_yonge_st_condo_for_north_toronto_hume.html
By: Christopher Hume Urban Issues, Published on Sun Feb 03 2013
Normally, the launch of yet another condo on Yonge St. would pass unnoticed, except by the neighbours.
But it will be hard not to notice the project proposed for Yonge St. and Strathgowan Ave. To begin with, it’s designed by Will Alsop, the British architect best known in these parts for the “flying tabletop,” officially the Rosalie Sharp Pavilion at the Ontario College of Art & Design University. That’s the McCaul St. building suspended on a series of brightly coloured steel columns. No one who has seen it will be surprised to hear the condo is, well, somewhat out of the ordinary. That would be true in any part of town, but in leafy North Toronto, Alsop’s offering will not only turn heads, it will wrench necks.
That’s what architects love to do, of course, not that most ever get the chance. In Alsop’s case, however, he has become the go-to guy for clients who want something unique, even provocative. Though easy to forget, Alsop’s buildings are much more practical than they appear. Putting OCAD University on legs, for example, meant not having to close and/or move the school, saving time and money.
Read more at The Star...