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Your instinct for good design/proportions is spot on, unlike the developer's. For me, this type of decision by developers shows that we need to continue to collectively raise the bar for design so that decision-makers appreciate good design in existing properties and when selecting architects...

LOL The guide on our double decker Toronto tour bus told the passengers how not to pronounce Toronto because ‘the second T stands for tourist’😀

Start of curved feature:

From Thursday night

From Thursday evening.

Some images from this morning:Hi

More progress at the corner:

Here is the first portion of the diagonal feature on the south elevation.

Views of the angled curtain wall from the interior side.

Taken just now as viewed from the corner

Glazing installation at corner is in progress based on last night/this morning’s photos.

Maybe 'The Well' signage is the intended focal point for this terminating vista, which has otherwise not been taken advantage of architecturally.

Agree, the previous version was more interesting, especially the 3rd phase tower. Maybe HP got some heat on The Well for using fake diagonal bracing (certainly something that would be frowned upon in school so not sure what the justification was to do it in the real world other than a...

I always ‘worry’ that a percentage of visitors passing through Pearson or flying over the Mississauga downtown might think they are seeing the Toronto downtown core, as most people would not be aware that the fairly large cluster of buildings nearby Toronto Pearson int airport is not actually...

A retro look does not belong at the Rogers Center; if a majority of baseball fans like the retro look (not sure why baseball fans would require that, certainly not good in the year 2022) then Rogers made a mistake in having bought the SkyDome. The steps taken so far are not good Modern, like...