Tewder
Senior Member
Toronto gets some more sexy curves...nice!
Nice to see so many cool projects coming on line... with some architectural flare... Ritz, Shangri la, L Tower... now these. It's important that Toronto's built form starts reflecting what an amazingly groovy, cool, rad, dope city we Torontonians inhabit and mold. New buildings should be at least as handsome as we all are, eh Cal?
I realize this discussion should be done as a PM, however I wanted to ensure the jealousy quotient is as high as possible from our fellow forumers.
My bad. Hopefully the mods can delete my other post. *walks in shame*
As mentioned...
Project is called - Ice Condo's at York Centre.
2 High-rise condo's at 65 and 55 stories. 1 31 storey 800,000 sq ft office building. Design by Peter Clewes. LEED certified. Designed in a Scandanavian Designed theme with perhaps the largest green roof ever developed in Toronto.
egotrippin: You are not ignorant. Like a moron, I had posted the information in the wrong thread (18 York St.).
The first phase of "ICE" is expected to be introduced in early Summer 2008, so it's safe to say that it has been approved.
Units range from 400 sq foot studios to 1,100 sq foot 3-bedroom units.
Oh well, chastise me if you will, but these do not do it for me. Yes they are tall, and possibly appropriately scaled for the area, however they look like pretty much like every other office tower going up in Asia at the moment -tack on a few balconies and "wow", you just converted that generic asian office tower into a Toronto condo.
I have to admit, that while Clewes is assisting in Toronto's changing architectural language, he is not doing anything exceptional, nor is he creating pieces that are innovative. But this in no way means that I am advocating further 'boot' inspirations from Libeskind, or other architecture notables, but I think it is just what it is, unimaginative.
Disagree with me, as you probably all will, but what makes his work really so innovative? Again, Infinity condos they are not, but I fail to see the creative genius in his work, that so many wish to suggest.
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