Toronto Tableau Condominiums | 124.05m | 36s | Urban Capital | Wallman Architects

[Torontovibe]

I'm really looking forward to seeing the art work in this podium.

 

[Miscreant]

Thanks for that. I think this is looking great. As others have noted, I'd have liked if the black columns were slightly wider in order to be more conspicuous from a distance. But the podium is fantastic and I love the black aesthetic.

Here's a question--how long until the building housing the falafel joint on the s/e corner of Richmond and Spadina is demo'd?

 

[interchange42]

From this afternoon:

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[interchange42]

A week later, work has been continuing in the covered plaza area of Tableau…

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[TheKingEast]

Those ugly overhead wires. blech!

 

[greenleaf]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life...corner-of-richmond-and-peter/article29433287/

I completely disagree with JBM on Tableau. I love the indoor/outdoor space here. There is nothing else like it! It is unapologetically urban. I really don't mind the brick on the Peter St side, although I wish it would have continued on the podium levels underneath the tabletop.

 

[interchange42]

There is a section of brick at the east end, under the tabletop. Agreed that JBM has blown it on the Tableau review.

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[WislaHD]

Uh-oh, he doesn't like either Tableau or Picasso?

That is one way to rile up the UrbanToronto userbase.

 

[achender]

Uh-oh, he doesn't like either Tableau or Picasso?

He seemed to like Picasso well enough. Although he preferred an earlier hotel/condo project proposed for the location.

From the G&M article:

As with Tableau – like most condo projects in downtown Toronto – Picasso is a tower standing atop a large, multistorey base. But the resemblance to lesser beings stops there. The building’s 39-storey shaft is not just another sky-to-sidewalk cascade of glass. Instead, Picasso faces the city with a sculpted exterior composed of sharply defined opaque boxes, each standing several storeys tall and pushing out horizontally from the core. These large extruded oblongs have been shaped from white and grey panels of concrete material punctuated by window openings.

The thrust of the pale boxes is visually reinforced by their black concrete background, and by the bright red edges that define each box. Once they are fully grown and leafed out, the trees on Picasso’s terraces will draw the composition upward and lend a touch of forest to the energetic abstract geometry of the façades. These surfaces have engaging solidity, appropriate in an era of mindfulness about energy conservation.

Several years ago, Mr. Teeple designed a somewhat different building for this property on Richmond West. The complex was to contain both a boutique hotel and a condo component. Had it gone up. it would have been an artistically daring addition to the high-rise cityscape. Picasso, done on the same site for different clients, is not that audacious building. But the present project has quite enough urbane jump and big-city swing to set it firmly apart from the more staid condo stacks rising in the core.

 

[ProjectEnd]

How could one possibly think that Picasso has a stronger / better street presence than Tableau?

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[ADRM]

That article is bonkers. And, at a quick read, he also failed to mention QRC West (probably because he couldn't find something about it to knock, so decided to ignore it altogether).

 

[am29]

I love this! The podium is amazing with the large columns which create a cool urban feeling. In some ways protecting pedestrians from traffic.

 

[FMCS]

Agreed, and it's different and unique which is always a good thing!

 

[Armour]

Agreed, and it's different and unique which is always a good thing!

Different and unique isn't always a good thing. Many things can be distinguished but ugly. In this case, however, that sentiment rings true.

 

[stjames2queenwest]

Picasso's podium is not as good as its tower.
The podium on tableau is definitely better. There are not a lot of other podiums this bad ass. Its chunky building block aesthic in such a powerful colour is really commanding, but not TOO serious.