Toronto Pinnacle One Yonge | 351.85m | 106s | Pinnacle | Hariri Pontarini

[hawc]

Please excuse the crosspost, but interesting to see how close it's getting to the height of the CN Tower's observation deck.

 

[DarwinP]

It Would’ve been nice to have the top crown have a more sculptural tapered in design like the 2 IFC in Hong Kong. It Would elevate the overall building to an iconic status. The height and slenderness gives it the presence and dominance in the skyline, but the flat rooftop falls shorts

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[kotsy]

Please excuse the crosspost

No need to even mention.

 

[Johnny Au]

January 18, 2026:

 

[interchange42]

There is a bit of a debate going on about that one as some of us believe the elevation diagram has the top part of the facade cut off in the picture to show where the top of the mechanical is either way the box needs to be there as it houses the TMD as well as other life support systems for the building Just hoping that the glass raises up enough to block it from most angles I would have actually loved to see the cladding on this come to a point at the top give the building a similar feel to the spire in Russia

I think the diagram was intended to clearly present the levels and mechanical details and doesn't mean that the glass crown portion was dropped.

If there's a debate, it's ill-informed. The glass now stops with a parapet wall at 109, exposing the top of the uppermost mechanicals. I get that some, many, most, ALL of us would rather believe that the glass walls were still going to surround the top of the building, but they aren't anymore. Pinnacle is cheaping out. I'd love to be able to embarrass them into doing the right thing and completing the glass shroud as originally planned, but instead, Pinnacle seem to be fully willing to embarrass themselves and this city in perpetuity.

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[kotsy]

If there's a debate, it's ill-informed. The glass now stops with a parapet wall at 109, exposing the top of the uppermost mechanicals. I get that some, many, most, ALL of us would rather believe that the glass walls were still going to surround the top of the building, but they aren't anymore. Pinnacle is cheaping out. I'd love to be able to embarrass them into doing the right thing and completing the glass shroud as originally planned, but instead, Pinnacle seem to be fully willing to embarrass themselves and this city in perpetuity.

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This is absolutely shocking and a travesty!

 

[mburrrrr]

Maybe the current BMU design is the issue with a higher glass wall?

The bay is starting to freeze over. I assume the wind will die down tonight and @skycandy will be out tomorrow morning with one of his beautiful annual downtown shot from Polson Pier.

 

[hawc]

Can someone post a quick side-by-side of the original design and the new one that @interchange42 is talking about?

 

[mburrrrr]

Can someone post a quick side-by-side of the original design and the new one that @interchange42 is talking about?

Something like this 2022 vs 2025

 

[flonicky]

 

[tstormers]

Something like this 2022 vs 2025
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Absolute garbage for a supposed iconic tower, especially one that will be the secondary face to the world after the CN Tower in all photos going forward.
I get money, but have some pride in it.
I think it is was done for the BMU (I think was mentioned), which will probably stick out like a sore thumb similar to Monde

Do we have any renders on how this new look will be lit up at night?

 

[hawc]

Something like this 2022 vs 2025
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Okay, sorry, I'm a little dense here. Which is the bad one? The one on the left or the right? And why's it so bad?

 

[3Dementia]

The one on the left has a grey mechanical box above the curtain-wall crown... the version on the right had the mechanical fully hidden/enclosed by the curtain-wall (as it should be), not sticking out for the seagulls to see.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

If there's a debate, it's ill-informed. The glass now stops with a parapet wall at 109, exposing the top of the uppermost mechanicals. I get that some, many, most, ALL of us would rather believe that the glass walls were still going to surround the top of the building, but they aren't anymore. Pinnacle is cheaping out. I'd love be able to embarrass them into doing the right thing and completing the glass shroud as originally planned, but instead, Pinnacle seem to be fully willing to embarrass themselves and this city in perpetuity.

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I dunno...it just feels like a place holder to me, where they haven't decided what to exactly do here. But they needed something official to submit to The City in the meantime...

...I guess we will know if they decide to submit a minor variance or not at the last moment as to what the top part will look like for the ages. So I haven't written this off no matter how ill-informed my hopes are here until that fat lady sings.

 

[ctf5650]

I dunno...it just feels like a place holder to me, where they haven't decided what to exactly do here. But they needed something official to submit to The City in the meantime...

...I guess we will know if they decide to submit a minor variance or not at the last moment as to what the top part will look like for the ages. So I haven't written this off no matter how ill-informed my hopes are here until that fat lady sings.

They have also made it clear multiple times that plans can and do change, and seem to be figuring it out as they go along, main examples being the addition of a 106th floor and, later, a full restaurant out of thin air.