U of T: Dept. of Economics Max Gluskin House (3s, Hariri Pontarini)

[Silence&Motion]

I noticed that there's no thread for the Max Gluskin House that is being built for the Dept. of Economics at 190 St. George.

Info on the building can be found here: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~keynes/dept/buildingmap/

This is the progress of the building as of yesterday...



It's like a miniature Royal Conservatory of Music.

 

[billy corgan]

Clean look and it doesn’t overwhelm the old house. Nice project.

 

[simply Dan]

Agreed. Perfect scale, simple clean design.

 

[nmoraitis]

Thanks for the photos. Also, I'm pretty sure a thread already exists for this project.

**Edit: My bad, I thought there was a thread on this**

 

[interchange42]

This is the only thread for this project.

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[Silence&Motion]

This building is pretty much done on the outside.

Looking west on St. George

Looking into the courtyard from the south-east

...and south-west

From the laneway behind the building

 

[ProjectEnd]

Is that Corten steel cladding the rear?

 

[interchange42]

It's a beautiful colour (and it looks to me the way that the cones outside of the ACC and the arch at the Queensway Cineplex should look), but is Corten steel usually installed above windows? Won't rust stains on the first floor windows be a problem if that's Corten?

BTW, it would seem that the building is pretty much done. It was occupied in time for the new school year, and was officially opened in October, so unless anyone knows any better, this thread will soon be moved to Buildings, Architecture & Urban Design.

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[alklay]

It really is a beautiful colour and a beautiful material, whatever it is.

 

[CapitalSeven]

Corten is what the Alsop building at Filmport is to be clad in, assuming it ever gets built. 8 stories of this with amoeba swiss cheese holes in it should be a remarkable sight

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

I think it's actually wood.

AoD

 

[jks]

I doubt it would be wood, although it really really looks like it. Wood isn't very durable as an outdoor cladding material.

 

[khris]

Wow it is really beautiful. Definitely welcoming and warm.

 

[rather_draconian]

It's definitely not wood...it's some sort of metal. The overall design is OK, but the part of the old house that they chopped in half doesn't look pleasing anymore. It just looks square and stumpy with a skinny connector to the other part of the house.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

It's definitely Corten.

http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/index.php/index/renovations/currentStatus

AoD