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Hydrogen
Guest
Maybe the repairs on FCP should have a pixel motif worked into them - but on purpose.
egotrippin
Senior Member
Scotiabank Plaza, Commerce Court North, BCE Place, and the TD Centre are all examples of better skyscrapers. B/A Centre is great, but the previously mentioned towers are much better designs.
Then of course we have many great, underappreciated skyscrapers that are less noticed because they aren't as tall. Simcoe Place and the Sun Life towers come to mind. If any of those three were B/A height, they could easily make my favourites.
isittimetomoveyet
Active Member
I agree, Simcoe place seems to be an underrated building. I really like the design though... how many floors is it? 30 - 40?
Redroom Studios
Senior Member
33 floors, 148m. and ya, I love it too... been sitting alone on that western skyline for so long and now its getting lots of new neighbours.
urbanboyto
Active Member
BAC looks nice...the glass is more interesting than I thought it would be and I like the beveled corner..but it still seems banal...perhaps the ensemble when it is finished will be a classy box like Commerce Court or TD Centre.
And yes the FCP looks absolutely horrific..the owners should bite the bullet and reclad.
And yes the FCP looks absolutely horrific..the owners should bite the bullet and reclad.
LowPolygon
Senior Member
i never understand the enthusiasm for Scotia Plaza. it sure is tall, and its a decent colour, the windows are ok, but that upside down ziggaraut on top is a total deal breaker.
its basically the lamest and the tamest 'postmodern' gesture you can imagine and its just totally unconvincing i think.
i will also never forgive it because it led to crap such as:
Redroom Studios
Senior Member
Scotia rules!
yyzer
Senior Member
Absolutely!
ProjectEnd
Superstar
Wow, this enthusiasm for Scotia is kinda disturbing - probably because I'm working in one right now....eerie...
Ryuinfinity
Active Member
But Scotia Plaza rocks!
Dan416
Senior Member
I like Scotia as well.
adma
Superstar
I dunno, it seems like a mid-late 80s dorkscraper to me. The architectural equivalent to those early Cancon Muchmusic videos by the likes of Rock & Hyde...
3Dementia
Senior Member
Speaking of dorks. Scotia-dork absolutely soars beyond it's measley 900 feet, cost 600 million bucks back in the '80s, is covered with stunning red granite that hasn't aged a bit and is simply ... a great skyscraper... that no amount of erudite, head up your butt, archie-expert comments will devalue. It's a 9 out 10 even decades after completion.
TKTKTK
Senior Member
I KNEW I recognized B/A's curtain wall from somewhere!