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This would look much better and feel better for the street if the brick came down to grade instead of a wall of glass.

Garbage. Really disappointed to see such an awesome site / opportunity squandered like this.

Looks like trash. A mess of mullions and spandrel panels.

A whole lot of articulation (in fact, it's a dog's breakfast, imo) to create something that ultimately looks completely generic and forgettable.

100% this. Same boat here. There is an idea of a building's shape and form as a piece of urban furniture and then complete disregard for the liveability of the spaces inside. And those two are deeply interrelated most of the time.

A scissor "stair" is in fact two stairs, just sleeved around each other into one core. Also a quick note - Staff do not make the call on this, it's the Ontario Building Code, unless you are referring to a plans examiner. At a high level: a scissor stair counts as two means of egress because...

The 3B market unit layouts here are garbage. Clearly "investor unit layout" thinking went into what is supposed to be a rental building - that is, desirable to end users. I am completely puzzled, as an architect familiar with the challenges of unit layouts, how a rational rectangular unit of...

66 storeys of steaming hot garbage 🤮🤮🤮

What I would give to see AI slop banned on here 😩

I am truly confused by this detail. It bothers me so much I can't help but post about it. There's this tiny "frame" element around some storefront glass and it's supported by steel elements that are vastly oversized and surely undo any perceived visual benefit that the projecting window would...

It's a collaboration of two firms, both designing the building. a—A is the Architect of Record, because they are the local architect. An AoR can be a firm who comes onboard to execute the project and is not involved in as much "design" decision-making, but an Architect of Record can also a...

Such a fantastic project. I think my only gripe is that the mullion finish is too light in tone / perhaps too reflective. It visually muddies the "cage" of precast around it from a distance.

The base of this tower and its public realm are both atrocious. What were they trying to achieve here, architecturally speaking? Paint dripping down a dull, unactivated black brick box? 😩

Better make sure we talk about pedestrianization or streetscape enhancements for another 15 years and do actually nothing!

I don't like the new design either but I need to ask you which renderings you are looking at because almost none of the depicted building is grey. Fun fact: if the previous building had exposed timber at its exterior as depicted (though not sure how that would ever be achieved from a practical...

I am familiar with the challenges of creating a good architecture on challenging budgets, such is the challenge in the Toronto developer market generally. But this thing is devoid of any architectural details whatsoever. Arguably the place where budget matters the most to the public - the public...

Wow. This is truly the most perfunctory Toronto crap you could possibly imagine. "Depressing" isn't even the start of it. I am actually angry for the future residents of this place that need to avert their eyes as to not feel like they are returning home to a prison each day.

Buildings 1A1/1A2 are a Rezoning, not a building design (and there are no renderings) so I think it's premature to comment. 1B (Henning Larsen) looks great, very similar to previous design in a lot of ways. No comment about the rest of it. -__-