Undead
Senior Member
Hotel chair enthusiast?
Toronto 100 Bond | ?m | 21s | Cedar Podium | Arcadis
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reia
New Member
where would the other building be?I will leave one more comment.
The Provincial Press release seems to indicate that another building is coming..
Ontario Newsroom
news.ontario.ca
rdaner
Senior Member
^Not sure but I imagine that it would be adjacent.
Arcadis has announced that they are the architects, and have released more renderings. I'm including the new ones plus some close-ups here, will pop them into the DB file shortly:
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70Challenger
Active Member
Seems to want to relate to the Bond Place Hotel. I kind of like that building but not the non-original ground floor panelling.
They really should restore and integrate the existing brick buildings. Another example of why even insignificant older buildings should be preserved. No human scale, warmth or texture when starting from scratch. And what's with these IKEA colours for no reason?
They really should restore and integrate the existing brick buildings. Another example of why even insignificant older buildings should be preserved. No human scale, warmth or texture when starting from scratch. And what's with these IKEA colours for no reason?
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LUVIT!
Senior Member
I'd call this a Block Buster! As in ruining the whole block!
TMU's primary colour is pretty close to the IKEA blue. It appears here and there across the campus, this isn't the first place.
(Not to say that I find there to be anything redeeming about this plan, don't mistake my defence of blue or my posting of the images as an endorsement.)
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UtakataNoAnnex
Superstar
I mean it's not Campus One level of bad, but still retains all the jank of being Kirkor'ish, IMO...so it's not that great either.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
I think it would have looked better if they went with all white exterior cladding on the upper floors - instead of the two tone approach which made the whole thing look busy and ironically more massive.
AoD
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innsertnamehere
Superstar
I'm really concerned about wind conditions around this building. I'd love to see if they put absolutely any thought to that issue.
70Challenger
Active Member
It looks so much like IKEA that I forgot about the uni's colours. The blue worked on the Student Learning Center because it sort of blends with the sky looking up, but here it's just an assault on the streetscape.
HighRiser
New Member
Yayyyy colour at the ground level! Bring it on, I say!