Toronto Picasso Condos | 128.62m | 39s | Mattamy Homes | Teeple Architects

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I don't know why they had to mar an otherwise decent curtain wall with those heavy white casement windows and the heavy white framed vents. It either looks temporary or an afterthought, and reminds me of those typical vinyl clad windows you see on houses.
Something frameless or lower profile would look much better and blend into the façade, rather than bring too much attention to itself.

Surely the point of the heavy casements is to look a bit awkward, as it's that awkwardness higher up the tower which gives Picasso much of its charm. Picasso, like many other Teeple designed buildings, breaks strict minimalist rules of modernism to add atypical gestures (which here include projecting volumes and garish red) that are odd and awkward. It's still done with restraint, and it all looks entirely thought out to me.

That said, I'm not nuts about the podium as a whole. Probably could have used more casement windows (and more detail in general).

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[TheKingEast]

 

[Miscreant]

It's almost like they put so much into the top 5/6, that when they got to that bottom bit they just went, 'eh, whatever.'

 

[smably]

Last night.

 

[TheKingEast]

Podium is a massive letdown when you consider how great the tower looks.

 

[junctionist]

I'm fine with the look of the podium, but those recessed balconies with opaque balcony railings look like they don't let much light penetrate the interiors. That strikes me as impractical and bad design.

 

[Lyphe]

Podium is a massive letdown when you consider how great the tower looks.

Agree.
Feels very cold, dark, and uninviting.

 

[greenleaf]

I'm fine with the look of the podium, but those recessed balconies with opaque balcony railings look like they don't let much light penetrate the interiors. That strikes me as impractical and bad design.

Agree with this. I do like the podium overall though, and ground level. It feels weird, anachronistic, but it works, against the grain architecture for top to bottom.

 

[PMT]

Taken yesterday:

 

[TheKingEast]

 

[Marcanadian]

Tuesday:

Picasso by Marcus Mitanis, on Flickr

Picasso by Marcus Mitanis, on Flickr

Picasso by Marcus Mitanis, on Flickr

Picasso by Marcus Mitanis, on Flickr

 

[vatche]

I like the variety.

 

[Benito]

From today.

 

[musafir]

Two different days, different natural light, very recent.

 

[MafaldaBoy]

04 November 2016:


Picasso by Jimmy Wu, on Flickr


Picasso by Jimmy Wu, on Flickr


Picasso by Jimmy Wu, on Flickr


Picasso by Jimmy Wu, on Flickr


Picasso by Jimmy Wu, on Flickr


Picasso by Jimmy Wu, on Flickr


Picasso by Jimmy Wu, on Flickr