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junctionist said:
The comparison wasn't inappropriate given the similar look of the buildings. The point on energy efficiency is salient because of concerns over the environment which have become prominent in today's society. These interesting designs could be trend setters for cheaper condos, after all. Finally, the Toronto tower's rendering is cheaper and one will have to wait for the final result before jumping to conclusions.
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Excellent reply, Junctionist.

It is worth noting that New York suffers less extreme weather than we do, not that the units there won't need to be both cooled and heated, but fully glazed projects there wouldn't be as big a deal as here.

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junctionist said:
The comparison wasn't inappropriate given the similar look of the buildings. The point on energy efficiency is salient because of concerns over the environment which have become prominent in today's society. These interesting designs could be trend setters for cheaper condos, after all. Finally, the Toronto tower's rendering is cheaper and one will have to wait for the final result before jumping to conclusions.
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I do think that the comparison is irrelevant since the title of the article was “How Teeple's tower stacks up”. Since these two towers are proposed for two different cities what does it matter? As for energy efficiency – while energy efficiency is a concern for me I doubt that it is for the occupant of the 25 Million Dollar Condo in New York (who probably travels the World in a Private Jet). I seriously doubt that either design will be “trend setters” for "cheaper condos"
 
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They're not in competition with each other, but considering the group of staggered towers which have been designed recently, it a worthy comparison, at least for enthusiasts. Critics will likely support the most reasonable ideas proposed, not the ones which make apologies for a building because of the wealth of the buyer. After all, even if buyers are indifferent to environmental concerns, scientists, environmentalists and governments will not be.
 
Peepers said:
SECONDLY he concludes that the Toronto Tower is superior because it is “only 50 per cent glazed” therefore it is more energy efficient. If you can afford to spend 25 Million US$ for the 5000 SF New York Tower Penthouse are you really concerned about your energy bill??
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You are totally missing the point of green initiatives like LEED.
 
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Except for the ridiculous blob of goo that is oozing out of the lobby, the NY tower is pretty spectacular.

I find the renders of the Richmond Street project make it look like "cool" public housing in downtown Toronto.

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from today's Globe & Mail.....does she have the address wrong? also, with minimum size at 1000 sf, these condos are going to be expensive...

REAL ESTATE: 318 RICHMOND

Asymmetrical architecture will twist and sprout
DEIRDRE KELLY

November 8, 2008

Good news for architect buffs. In about four years, Toronto will get a new hotel/condo tower and it won't look like anything dotting the city's skyline. Think sculpture. Think ziggurat. Think Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

The asymmetrically stepped building, to be located at 318 Richmond St., at the corner of John St., will rise 35 storeys on a series of concrete chunks that will zig and zag upward, toward a heated rooftop pool with piped-in music. Designed by Toronto architect Stephen Teeple, the project is being billed as a "modern configuration," with half the exterior to be made of glass and the remainder of concrete panels.

The first 11 floors will be reserved for a 150-room boutique hotel and a 10,000-square-foot spa owned by TAS DesignBuild and operated by the uber-chic Gansevoort brand. The hotel chain has properties in Miami Beach and in Manhattan's Meatpacking District, and is a favourite of the international glamour set, Nelly Furtado and Mariah Carey among them. The Toronto location marks the company's first expansion outside the United States.

The property will also house 125 condo units, ranging in size from 1,000 square feet to upward of 5,000 square feet each - "depending on how purchasers want to configure them," TAS DesignBuild principal Mazyar Mortazavi said.

Breaking ground in a year's time, it is scheduled to open in 2012, said the real-estate developer who shares ownership of his company with his father, Babak, and brother, Kamyar. The triumvirate is also behind Giraffe Condos in Toronto's west end, and Zed Condos on Niagara Street, projects that display the same robust sense of urban design as their latest project.

"We've taken a more sculptural approach with this building," Mr. Mortazavi said. "It is not a point tower or slab-style building. We've articulated every level into outdoor terraces that will be planted with trees to form a series of parkettes staggered in the sky."

Condo residents will have access to the hotel's "urban" spa as well as its two signature restaurants that Mr. Mortazavi said will be manned by unnamed international chefs being wooed to come to Toronto for the project.

"But it's the architecture that will be the biggest wow factor," he said. "It's international in design and it is meant to appeal to an internationally minded purchaser, someone who will appreciate its iconic status within Toronto."
 
Yup, she's got the address and the location along Richmond Street wrong - it's not at John Street - it's mid-block.

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.. I think she got the address right, but not the description (318 Richmond W was the address of the former Volume/Joker nightclub).

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Will not be cancelled

Project is a go, based on sales of course
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Just to the west of that would be Allied's proposed office building.
 
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