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So you concur?
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khris
Senior Member
Wow I really like it's transparency. I think this is going to turn out better than I thought.
egotrippin
Senior Member
This could just win me over. I really like the inset glass wall at street level, and the feeling of 'wow, only a few little columns are holding this thing up' that you get. I wonder what the finishing materials will be; stone seems a little out of place, I'm hoping for some nice metallic surface.
Ramako
Moderator
Careful, lest you summon the wrath of Urban Shocker.
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
Not at all - I adore funny, butch structures like the Ritz podium.
I also enjoy tall buildings like this, that slam into the ground without a mediating podium skirt to disguise what they're all about.
The Muranii towers have a common skirt, but both buildings have piloti-type pilasters that carry their energy down into the ground. The tower/podium-skirt combination is the rule nowadays, but variations like these - also shown nicely at Spire - still manage to reference the glory days of sleek Modernist towers surrounded by lovely open space.
I also enjoy tall buildings like this, that slam into the ground without a mediating podium skirt to disguise what they're all about.
The Muranii towers have a common skirt, but both buildings have piloti-type pilasters that carry their energy down into the ground. The tower/podium-skirt combination is the rule nowadays, but variations like these - also shown nicely at Spire - still manage to reference the glory days of sleek Modernist towers surrounded by lovely open space.
current
Active Member
February 26
From the corner of Bay and Adelaide looking north towards the heritage facade.
From Adelaide looking north.
The Bay is visible through the glass in the background.
From the corner of Bay and Adelaide looking north towards the heritage facade.
From Adelaide looking north.
The Bay is visible through the glass in the background.
Love the Xes in the windows! They are by far the most interesting feature of the architecture!!
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junctionist
Senior Member
The random plywood panels add a nice touch of warmth too. It's very exceptional!
luxome
Active Member
haha...the Xs to me feels like it's there for people to use as target to break the glass.
whatever
Senior Member
I don't know if it's been mentioned, but the hoarding at Scotiaplaza now has signage up saying that the PATH connection will be open September '09.
drum118
Superstar
The scaffolding should be gone by next week
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Wow - that old facade really screams "I am a freak!" from that corner. Phony phony phony. Should have been installed 20 floors up.
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drum118
Superstar
The Whole bottom should had been done the same as it would added more charm to the building
Quadruple the pretense, quadruple the charm? Might as well build a picket fence around the complex once the hoarding's down, and hire these girls as security guards:
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condovo
Senior Member
The mix of precast and stone really doesn't work for me. Why the cheap-out on such a small detail, relative to the overall size of the project? I do like the tower though, minus the facadism.