Duca Canterbury Place Retirement Res & Office Bldg (NYCC, 17s, Hendrik Op 't Root) COMPLETE

[Hypnotoad]

Render:

March 22

 

[interchange42]

What is that? Postfauxism?

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[scarberiankhatru]

If (I'm simplifying) Toronto Style + Silly Hat = Postfauxism, then yes.

 

[299 bloor call control.]

+ Caps Lock Arial building signage


This thing is hideous. And the condo tower looks like they originally designed it to be 7 stories but then got a height variation and forgot to erase the roof of the original design.

 

[smuncky]

update from aug. 20th

 

[Edward Skira]

What a waste on the Yonge side. I know its a market demand issue but a 10 or 15 storey office building would have been a better idea.

 

[scarberiankhatru]

Maybe it'll look less gross when the windows go in. Maybe not.

The new DUCA offices don't seem any bigger than the old building. If memory serves me correctly, some of the new building's Yonge frontage is available for lease (I'm assuming a DUCA branch will take up most of the ground floor).

 

[taal]

I walk by it everyday and I have the exact same thought ... what a waste. And no the space is not bigger at all for Duca ... if I were to guess it's actually smaller ... considering the units on the bottom floor are for lease ... I really hope thing get's replaced with a 15/20 story office building in the near future just like it's neighbor across the street.

 

[junctionist]

What is that? Postfauxism?

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It's just Postmodernism. In this case, it's a modernist structure with some historical references and ornamentation. But these precast references look very cheap and off the shelf.

 

[adma]

Yeah, Duca season, in all its Pomo glory

 

[Solaris]

Render:

does anyone have news on when + who will build the tower behind DUCA?

 

[Conrad Black]

The tower behind is underway I believe. Its a seniors residence.

 

[scarberiankhatru]

The tower behind is underway I believe. Its a seniors residence.

As I've stated several times already in this thread, no, the seniors' tower is not underway and construction won't begin until the new offices fronting Yonge are finished.

 

[SP!RE]

Ah well, it's an ugly shit-ass project anyway.

 

[interchange42]

Houston, we have an architect: Hendrik op 't Root, and here are a couple of renderings:

(or if the images are not showing up, try this link to the first one of them, then use the thumbnail to see the other.

and a movie to watch should you wish to swoop majestically about planet North York.

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