marcus_a_j
Senior Member
April 8, 2008
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Ziggy
Active Member
Nice pictures!
The glass is looking good! Nice and shiny
The glass is looking good! Nice and shiny
Redroom Studios
Senior Member
wow, were you hanging out a window in that first pic?
marcus_a_j
Senior Member
^Not quite. I was on the top level of the Green P lot between Duncan and Simcoe. I just stuck out my arm and took a whole bunch of shots hoping that at least one would turn out ok.
detroitbootybass
Active Member
Some of those shots really drive home how large the building is really going to be...
caltrane74
Senior Member
Some of those shots really show how sweet the glass cladding will be...
(18 years for a "real" office tower. - If they had been going up maybe, one a year, I'm sure I wouldn't care about this one. ..So this remains very exciting for me to watch)
(18 years for a "real" office tower. - If they had been going up maybe, one a year, I'm sure I wouldn't care about this one. ..So this remains very exciting for me to watch)
Conrad Black
Senior Member
So an updated version of Commerce Court going by the cladding already up.
urbandreamer
recession proof
Yep. Am I the only one that finds this cladding boring? RBC looks so much better....
alklay
Senior Member
I too fear that this will end up being just a big grey box. Once finished though, it will probably just blend into the background.
When one thinks of the vision and daring of both the developer and architect with regards to the TD Centre, one can only lament the lack of creative drive on this bland project.
caltrane74
Senior Member
You can't blame everything on the developer. They had a more interesting proposal if you remember. But the city was concerned about shadowing at NPS.
Anyways..
I like the cladding, it is unique for Toronto, with regards to it's colour and reflective type glass, then you add in the size of the project and it's coming twin tower and you have a winning combination.
Anyways..
I like the cladding, it is unique for Toronto, with regards to it's colour and reflective type glass, then you add in the size of the project and it's coming twin tower and you have a winning combination.
While I am not a huge fan of this project's architecture, I am started to allow myself some small amount of hope that the cladding will be a bit more interesting than what I have been expecting. There seems to be a particular balance of reflectivity and transparency to these windows that we haven't seen in this city before: at least certainly not at this scale.
That said, RBC still looks better to me, but both projects have a long way to go before we'll see their ultimate effect on both their immediate surroundings and the skyline at large.
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That leaves only 99% of the blame at the developers (and the major lessees) feet then: the City may restrict the development to a particular envelope, but the developer has nearly carte blanche within that envelope.
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caltrane74
Senior Member
Yes, but with the restriction on hieght, the developer has to consider the motivation for building the tower. (which is profit) To get the same sq footage into that space now you are almost forced to go with the most basic design.
Edit: Give Brookfield credit. They wanted to us a real show stopping Manhattan style skyscraper. ( Like the one they are planning on the railway lands in Manhattan)
But our city elders gave their plan the boot.
Edit: Give Brookfield credit. They wanted to us a real show stopping Manhattan style skyscraper. ( Like the one they are planning on the railway lands in Manhattan)
But our city elders gave their plan the boot.
alklay
Senior Member
And I do not recall the city rejecting any design because of shadowing.
CDL.TO
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Nor do I.