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The out-of-place aesthetic cheapness of the unfortunate unclad raw concrete pillars are the only letdown in what's otherwise such a stunning and polished project. Should have been wrapped in something stone-like or metallic.

Aesthetic and civic atrocity.

Every once in a while Toronto's deep-seated culture of parsimonious, provincial-minded indifference rears its ugly head. The reluctance to rise to occasions that demand greatness (à la Daniels Waterfront, YC Condos, and countless others) speaks volumes about the continuing lack of confidence...

There's something refreshingly daring (and un-Torontonian) about HPA's diagonal cross-bracings, and so contrary to the risk-averse bland timidity that characterizes so much of this city and country's 21st-century built form. Would not be out of place in an Asian or European metropolis.

The level of aesthetic, environmental, and civic negligence exemplified in these third-rate renderings of fourth-rate spreadsheet-gridline "architecture" is borderline criminal.

Not sure if it's all worth having to stuff (what looks like) grout/tar into the crevices between prefabricated modules that look like they're on the cusp of falling apart...

Not the typical-Toronto spandrel heap, but can't say I love it. There's a certain "brutal" heavy-handedness to the side façades that evokes the authoritarian/despotic spirit, if not exactly the aesthetic language, of Soviet/post-Soviet Commieblocks/Putinblocks. The clean, uncluttered design of...

Contrary to the sentiments of some posters here, I actually quite like the tower cladding here. Notwithstanding perhaps the superficial (admittedly somewhat unfortunate) resemblance to typical-Toronto cheap spandrel, there is definition/texture/clean lines and an unmistakable aura of thought-out...

To finish up ghastly spandrel builds that were initially conceived in the 2000s-2010s is one thing. To openly propose new spandrel in 2023 (and render it for the "public eye", if that weren't enough) is to sink into the lowest depths of civic and urban depravity. At a time when we in Toronto are...

Knew it was going to be amazing. Hariri + Pontarini rarely disappoints. My favourite local/Toronto-based architect firm, by far.

I'd be more than ecstatic if this not-even-third-rate spandrel pile gets eviscerated by an army of wrecking balls someday. *Minus the decent podium-level + office component.

A decent enough design in and of itself with clean lines and minimal/tasteful use of back-painted grey spandrel. However, entirely unworthy of Yorkville and the top-flight finesse/sophistication such an upscale corner of the city demands.

Plausible and valid points, but I think the bigger issue comes down to cultural sophistication. I find that Torontonians/most Canadians--in marked contrast with peoples with richer histories and/or a more firmly developed sense of identity/pride--remain generally unappreciative of...

If such specimens of janky, insipid design aren't enough to move this city away from its relentless grey-spandrelization, I don't know what will.

I'm far from an expert on the economics of condo development, but a return to solid exterior walls/cladding materials (brick, stucco, etc.) and non-grey/bland colour choices (e.g., warm natural reddish tones, bright aqua/white, to name only a few examples) would be a great place to start. They...

All-glass City-Place-type condo architecture should be employed in moderation; a sea of them destroys any semblance of solidity or permanence in a neighborhood's built form.

The cladding choices in the tower portion, plain as they might be, lend at least somewhat of a sense of solidity and permanence to this building that is near-impossible to achieve with (cheap and utterly disposable-looking) grey spandrel/window-wall.

First-rate design sophistication and well-thought-out proportions. We could certainly do with many more mid-rise developments like this in Toronto.

It's a pity that two mediocrities--the cheap Daniels Waterfront and the tacky Sugar Wharf--have been sandwiched between this and the highly distinguished Monde. It speaks volumes about our still-underdeveloped aesthetic culture that these two hulking masses have been allowed to occupy a prime...

Quality glass material with this one but it's well past time this city moved past the coma-inducing wraparound-glass/muted-colours condo aesthetic. It's all so 2013.