Toronto Quay House | 73.15m | 21s | Empire | Kirkor

August 23, 2024

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I think this one is way worse. The grey and white looks really cheap and ugly in person. The street level looks like it's going to be completely stupid. The building is a total dump. The other towers have some precast brick and a passable street level and the worst buildings are in the back and partly hidden by balcony glass. Maybe there needs to be a poll to get to the bottom of this.
 
I'll admit my opinion is based on images, and no actual in person experience of walking around the buildings. But I do like the expression of white frames, especially from the last image. At least from a distance, this looks much better than the Lighthouse buildings, which remind me of any generic housing development from the last 70 years, just with grey tones instead of warm toned cladding.
 
Good proportions and scale for the site, pleased with the colour choices, not spandrel, and its not a vast expanse of soul less glass like we see on so many buildings. It's a good contrast to the reddish tones next door and across the street. This is, by no means, an architectural masterpiece but I prefer it to a good half of new Toronto builds.
 
Appreciate it only being 21 stories. Makes me wish they cut the height in half on some of these incoming towers in the triangle lands and Canary district.

Is there any civic body that would have numbers on elevator wait times around the city? In respect to planning and permitting? I know they set a minimum of elevators for residents - but there’s gotta be numbers on that right?
 
Surprisingly, this is working out fine largely because of the symmetrical window pattern. For some reason architects in this city love to make busy, asymmetrical designs that, when coupled with crappy materials, just look horrible (YC condos for example being my most hated). If you have a clean design the materials don't have to be as high quality to look pleasing
 
unrealestate said:
Surprisingly, this is working out fine largely because of the symmetrical window pattern. For some reason architects in this city love to make busy, asymmetrical designs that, when coupled with crappy materials, just look horrible (YC condos for example being my most hated). If you have a clean design the materials don't have to be as high quality to look pleasing
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Define 'fine'. To my eye this is a VERY forgettable building that is, thankfully, not terrible large and (except for the mechanicals) not visible from my living room window!
 
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