Toronto 10 Lower Spadina | 163.26m | 49s | Arkfield | BDP Quadrangle

[ProjectEnd]

@Northern Light @Paclo: docs are up now.

 

[Northern Light]

Thanks to a heads up from @ProjectEnd .....

Architect is BDPQ

From the Docs:

Site Plan:

Ground Floor Plan:

Materials: @DavidCapizzano

Too late for comments, LOL Long day.

But @HousingNowTO will be flagged for obvious reasons!

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

...it's been my observation that with anything BDP Quadrangle at the design helm things tend to less SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK! I hope I am not wrong here either. >.<

 

[interchange42]

...it's been my observation that with anything BDP Quadrangle at the design helm things tend to less SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK! I hope I am not wrong here either. >.<

The one high quality rendering is still from quite a ways out, and the design feels preliminary to me. I suspect we have a ways to go design-wise before City approval and final design on this one!

Our front page story is up here now:

49-Storey Waterfront Tower Proposed at Spadina and Queens Quay | UrbanToronto

Arkfield Development has proposed a 49-storey mixed-use tower at Spadina an Queens Quay on Toronto’s Central Waterfront. Designed by BDP Quadrangle, the condominium would include ground-floor commercial space, 511 units, and rise to a height of 163.26m.

urbantoronto.ca

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[DavidCapizzano]

Thumbs down!

Weird terracing / massing at the crown? Unsettling!
White precast? With a formliner? Good grief
Blue tile? For the waterfront? Groundbreaking

Keep it simple, and add some warmth to the material palette.

I'm assuming this is very early days and Arkfield will need to partner w another developer to actually build this, should they ever choose to do so. Hopefully as this moves through the meat machine it will get better.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

The one high quality rendering is still from quite a ways out, and the design feels preliminary to me. I suspect we have a ways to go design-wise before City approval and final design on this one!

Fair enough!

 

[daptive]

Thumbs down!

Weird terracing / massing at the crown? Unsettling!
White precast? With a formliner? Good grief
Blue tile? For the waterfront? Groundbreaking

Keep it simple, and add some warmth to the material palette.

I'm assuming this is very early days and Arkfield will need to partner w another developer to actually build this, should they ever choose to do so. Hopefully as this moves through the meat machine it will get better.

 

[Skyhighzz]

How can anyone judge what this building will look like? Entirely vague, like a ghost.

 

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[cadice]

Question. How likely will this proposal go through?

Especially such height being so close to the water.

The buildings east and west of this are only 21 storeys.

 

[Koops65]

Yeah and the buildings just to the North are ~50 floors...

Are you suggesting that no building is allowed to be taller than it's neighbour?

 

[cadice]

Yeah and the buildings just to the North are ~50 floors...

Are you suggesting that no building is allowed to be taller than it's neighbour?

I think there should be layers built from the water? Let’s say 20-30 floors along Queens Quay, 40-50 north of Gardiner, 60-70 along Front. Or else in the future there will be a wall of 50-floor buildings along Queens Quay.

But I just want to know how likely this will be approved.

 

[rbt]

Are you suggesting that no building is allowed to be taller than it's neighbour?

Barcelona?