Toronto The Pemberton | 215.79m | 68s | Pemberton | a—A

[Strange Advance]

I know, "Ugh, spandrel!", and 11 YV is much-disliked here by most commenters, but I genuinely like the look of it. Personal aesthetic preference. So many Toronto skyscrapers are interchangeable, especially in terms of cladding, but 11 YV looks like nothing else in T.O., with its beige-brown colour (a welcome change from the ubiquitous blues and greens) and the classical setbacks of which I wish modern skyscrapers had more. As for spandrel, I am not a student of architecture or an architectural purist. My preference in skyscraper architecture is boxy massing and textures rather than massive, plain sheets of glass. 11 YV's metal window frames give it an interesting, intricate patina that it would not have without them.

 

[ImmenselyMental]

As seen from across Cumberland this afternoon:

 

[Red October]

I know, "Ugh, spandrel!", and 11 YV is much-disliked here by most commenters, but I genuinely like the look of it. Personal aesthetic preference. So many Toronto skyscrapers are interchangeable, especially in terms of cladding, but 11 YV looks like nothing else in T.O., with its beige-brown colour (a welcome change from the ubiquitous blues and greens) and the classical setbacks of which I wish modern skyscrapers had more. As for spandrel, I am not a student of architecture or an architectural purist. My preference in skyscraper architecture is boxy massing and textures rather than massive, plain sheets of glass. 11 YV's metal window frames give it an interesting, intricate patina that it would not have without them.

I prefer the way it meets the street over a big wall of glass...

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

I know, "Ugh, spandrel!", and 11 YV is much-disliked here by most commenters, but I genuinely like the look of it. Personal aesthetic preference. So many Toronto skyscrapers are interchangeable, especially in terms of cladding, but 11 YV looks like nothing else in T.O., with its beige-brown colour (a welcome change from the ubiquitous blues and greens) and the classical setbacks of which I wish modern skyscrapers had more. As for spandrel, I am not a student of architecture or an architectural purist. My preference in skyscraper architecture is boxy massing and textures rather than massive, plain sheets of glass. 11 YV's metal window frames give it an interesting, intricate patina that it would not have without them.

If it wasn't for the unfortunate choice of cladding here, the tower in question would have looked amazing. Right now, it's a person with all the good looks wrapped in a Herb Tarlek suit...

...as for this tower, it looks promising so far where cladding is concerned. /touch wood

 

[ImmenselyMental]

As seen from across Cumberland this afternoon:
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Two weeks later, as seen from slightly further west:

Glazing installation has started at the northeast corner of the tower floorplate; it appears to be window wall (albeit a type similar to what is used at 8 Elm), but let's see how the forum responds to this:

 

[ProjectEnd]

Two weeks later, as seen from slightly further west.

Glazing installation has started at the northeast corner of the tower floorplate; it appears to be window wall (albeit a type similar to what is used at 8 Elm), but let's see how the forum responds to this: View attachment 710510

That is curtain wall (and quite beautiful, too).

 

[ImmenselyMental]

That is curtain wall (and quite beautiful, too).

Thanks. If that is the case, then it is probably more similar to the podium at Concord Sky, with the grilles at the top of the glazing panels.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

This may put a lot of other towers around here to shame with a couple of exceptions...