CN-Royal Trust Office Complex

[p5archit]

I found this in a competitions site, or something like this..It is a proposal for a new Tower in Toronto, designated for the area around the train tracks-for CN and Royal Trust. Not sure if this is new or old..looks pretty new- and the date says 2002..so??This is the winnning entry..
anyway have a look:

not such a bad design, a lot of glass and metal i would suppose. I don't mind the large curved glass facade, adds a little bit of differentness-always blocks and corners-etc..


p5

 

[pw20]

Its very modern Europe meets the Toronto box... i like it.

 

[alklay]

That is a good looking development.

Sorry, I am a bit confused. Is this a proposal for an actual building that will be built at an actual site?

 

[rdaner]

Where did you find this?

 

[officedweller]

Probably the site of the Higgins (?) tower or the Fairmont Hotel.....

 

[Ed007Toronto]

Didn't Royal Trust go bankrupt (or at least was taken over by one of the banks) 5-10 years ago? Can't see them having need for a new building. I'd say its old.

 

[wyliepoon]

A boxy office building with some curved walls to make it stand out.

I don't find anything especially unique about it.

 

[Canuck 36]

The wave design is nice... like most things it could be better.

 

[p5archit]

no question..that it isn't great..but its not bad! It has some potential, compared to many buildings in this city!
I found it on a competitions site-but the link is from Dunlop Architects, Toronto! I wouldn't be surprised if this is kind of old-due to the fact that it is a model and not a rendering!

I am not sure for what section of the city is what meant for, but i would guess somewhere around the Skydome..

anyway....could work???

p5

 

[Archivistower]

I think this is very cool and I would love to see it move ahead. It's only about 18 stories or so, perhaps that is do-able even in the current climate.

 

[andreapalladio]

Royal Bank owns Royal Trust now. All of the retail branches have were absorbed into Royal Bank branches several years ago, but as far as I know, Royal Trusts commercial operations are still in the Royal Trust Tower at the TD Centre.

 

[mark simpson]

My guess would be the trizec-hahn re-development project for 151 Front (ugly brick ~6 storey slab neighbouring Citibank)
It was pre-leasing just recently as a 16 storey tower. BTW, The Higgins development is a 32 storey slab!

 

[jamesnumber2]

Just checking through old files this was an old proposal from around 1988 on the site where the Matrix and Apex condos now stand.

 

[BuildTO]

Interesting. The first thing that strikes me is that it seems all of the interesting features of this design are seen in the renovation of the mid-rise building on the west side of university, down around Adelaide or Wellington. Same architect, maybe?

 

[SD2]

Aside from the curve I think it looks like crap.