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I suppose it's a combination of cheapness and design aesthetics (which I'll concede is subjective to a point). I appreciate that they didn't make the ground floor a long expanse of glass, but the material and layout they went with is probably worse. White precast screams off-the-shelf and...

It is no doubt best admired at night: From here.

Everyone hates the upper half... I think it's going to be the ground floor that's the true disappointment. Low ceilings and cheap precast panels. Hurray!

Is this a design element by Tridel? If not I doubt we'd be so lucky to have such a coincidence.

Cannot be unseen. Pretty interesting interpretation, I like it. See below. I'm surprised it took so many replies for someone to point this out. Even at 80 storeys, what would one guess the pricing would be for such "extravagance" when combined with the location, $900psf? $1000psf? The...

Some hate the coloured glass, some hate all the grey. No pleasing everyone it seems. As for the greenery, are the planters even filled yet?

There are plenty of underground streams in this city, you don't need to be near the lake to have water issues.

I imagine it will be quite the feeling driving along this stretch once this is completed. With the two halves similar in scale (at the point of the expressway) and identical in materials, it'll be like driving through the middle of a single structure.

^ I'm quite certain they are one in the same.

Well now it's only 9, with less units. Pleasing NIMBY constituents is typically job #1 for Matlow.

Member for four and a half years and just had your first post. Anyways, welcome to UT. Let us know what the turn out is like.

Your expectations of the CBC are much too high.

In regards to "slapped together" I think the only thing apparent from your photos is that the whole thing is pretty dirty. Not saying it's built to high standards, but from what I can see it's hard to claim it's terrible workmanship. Now as for design and materials, that's another story.

The only thing they've built in Toronto is Crystal Blu, and I don't think anyone would refer to that as a "breath of fresh air". Sure the designs for E condos and Exhibit look nice, but lets wait till those are built before heaping praise. They're no MOD or Cityzen.

Wouldn't it be more appropriate if all these new threads for the LRT stations were in "Transportation and Infrastructure"? Just a thought.

Karen Stintz would likely throw her hat in the ring no? That's probably where I would lean (self-identified conservative). I suspect she'd garner a lot of the conservative vote after Ford is put out to pasture. On topic, this essentially rests with council right? Ottawa and the TPA would...

Hahaha I some how don't see this happening. Gets you all excited for the massive "upscale" retail development Riocan has planned for Front and Spadina, doesn't it!

This debate is a waste of bandwidth.

Thanks for that, good to know! I guess we can expect something around 2025 then. /sarcasm

To be entirely fair, if we're judging the worthiness of a building based on materials, Aura is using a decent amount of curtain wall. Not that it looks particularly good.