Hypnotoad
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Duca Canterbury Place Retirement Res & Office Bldg (NYCC, 17s, Hendrik Op 't Root) COMPLETE
- Thread starter taal
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What is that? Postfauxism?
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scarberiankhatru
Senior Member
If (I'm simplifying) Toronto Style + Silly Hat = Postfauxism, then yes.
299 bloor call control.
Senior Member
+ Caps Lock Arial building signage
This thing is hideous. And the condo tower looks like they originally designed it to be 7 stories but then got a height variation and forgot to erase the roof of the original design.
This thing is hideous. And the condo tower looks like they originally designed it to be 7 stories but then got a height variation and forgot to erase the roof of the original design.
smuncky
Senior Member
update from aug. 20th
What a waste on the Yonge side. I know its a market demand issue but a 10 or 15 storey office building would have been a better idea.
scarberiankhatru
Senior Member
Maybe it'll look less gross when the windows go in. Maybe not.
The new DUCA offices don't seem any bigger than the old building. If memory serves me correctly, some of the new building's Yonge frontage is available for lease (I'm assuming a DUCA branch will take up most of the ground floor).
The new DUCA offices don't seem any bigger than the old building. If memory serves me correctly, some of the new building's Yonge frontage is available for lease (I'm assuming a DUCA branch will take up most of the ground floor).
taal
Senior Member
I walk by it everyday and I have the exact same thought ... what a waste. And no the space is not bigger at all for Duca ... if I were to guess it's actually smaller ... considering the units on the bottom floor are for lease ... I really hope thing get's replaced with a 15/20 story office building in the near future just like it's neighbor across the street.
junctionist
Senior Member
It's just Postmodernism. In this case, it's a modernist structure with some historical references and ornamentation. But these precast references look very cheap and off the shelf.
adma
Superstar
Yeah, Duca season, in all its Pomo glory
Solaris
Senior Member
Render:
does anyone have news on when + who will build the tower behind DUCA?
Conrad Black
Senior Member
The tower behind is underway I believe. Its a seniors residence.
scarberiankhatru
Senior Member
As I've stated several times already in this thread, no, the seniors' tower is not underway and construction won't begin until the new offices fronting Yonge are finished.
SP!RE
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Ah well, it's an ugly shit-ass project anyway. 
Houston, we have an architect: Hendrik op 't Root, and here are a couple of renderings:
(or if the images are not showing up, try this link to the first one of them, then use the thumbnail to see the other.
and a movie to watch should you wish to swoop majestically about planet North York.
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(or if the images are not showing up, try this link to the first one of them, then use the thumbnail to see the other.
and a movie to watch should you wish to swoop majestically about planet North York.
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