Recent content by Don Mills

I fear the diagonal windows will be one of the first value-engineering casualties !

They do have prominent and wealthy alums, and they do have a good endowment; unfortunately, most of those alums give to UofT, not Trinity specifically, and they can't use their endowment for capital projects. They'll need targeted fundraising for this project specifically...a la Jackman Law...

One hopes...but they don't have deep pockets like UofT, as a federated college I don't think they can access UofT's capital funds for "architectural excellence"...

What if I drop my Double Venti Soy Latte...while I'm steam cleaning the carpet? huh? :)

From UofT directly , if you don't have paid Globe subscription... https://www.utoronto.ca/news/new-u-t-building-create-cultural-and-intellectual-gateway-between-university-and-city?utm_source=UofTHome&utm_medium=WebsiteBanner&utm_content=NewUTBuilding

Saw this shot and thought wow cool MEC is doing a living wall on the east side, before realizing it's the Bathrust Centre :(

Agreed, the Howard side of the podium should allow for street-level retail/services to animate the area a bit, and hopefully tie it in with the West end of Howard, otherwise it will be a dreary stretch; it's rather Steeles/Keele-ish currently, with no-man's land on 3 sides.

I wonder if the design choice is deliberate to appeal to their current target demographic, who is more comfortable with the SmartCentres design vernacular, compared to their original olde-time demographic who was likely more in tune with the pomo/deconstructionist logs and concrete warehouse...

The curve is on a 1 m radius as originally designed, pretty tight. There is also the matter of the frit design. I think their standard suppliers won't touch it becuase of the low volume, its a small buliding, which means specialized suppliers, but not at the cost they're willing to pay! Value...

I hate for this to be my first post, but they're having trouble sourcing glass for the rounded corners with the desired radius and cost, that detail may be value-engineered out, which changes the equation entirely in my view.