357 Bay St. Renovations (DREAM, 11s, ?)

[kotsy]

Seems a new roof installation may be in store for the heritage building.

More info: http://www.partisanprojects.com/dream-inc

Images via Partisan Projects website

 

[stjames2queenwest]

thats neat

 

[maestro]

tacky

 

[Waterloo_Guy]

It's a dog's breakfast. I'm not a fan.

 

[Irishboi]

Loving it.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Interesting find - the addition doens't seem to add any office space though.

AoD

 

[ProjectEnd]

This is (currently) not happening. Dream / Dundee have decided not to pursue the addition for now but may revisit the idea in the future.

 

[christiesplits]

Bold, unconventional, divisive.

Toronto needs more of this.

 

[ADRM]

Bold, unconventional, divisive.

Toronto needs more of this.

+1

 

[Lenser]

I think it's cool too. If it were done with the right materials and finishes it would be striking.

 

[Gphorce]

I'd love it!

 

[Amare]

I'd certainly take this over some wrecked development with a "historic" wall-paper facade design.

 

[modernizt]

What a beautiful space that would be!

 

[isaidso]

That ultra traditional conservative stuffy old guard in Toronto will surely ask for a glass box instead. Designs like this are polarizing. The old guard hate it while the new have been patiently waiting for decades for Toronto ditch its stodgy ways.

I love the design but we'll likely end up with yet another forgettable sterile box added to the top. I'd very much like to be wrong.

 

[ProjectEnd]

Well if you 'say so'. Do you just not read what precedes your own 'outrage'? Not only was this proposed by a large, 'stuffy old guard' developer (Dream / Dundee), it's not happening at this point. So be happy that you *are* wrong.