Toronto 115 Dupont | 22.33m | 5s | Zinc Developments | Cumulus

[interchange42]

This is on the route from worth-a-trip-into-the-back-lane-to-see-this to glad-it's-hidden-behind-other-buildings.

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And now we've crossed into buildings-as-a-form-of-punshment territory. Truly bizarre. How much more tortuously ugly can it get… and why is it just getting worse?!

Remember this:

That's where it started. You can revisit the rest of those images here.

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[concrete_and_light]

I kinda like it!

 

[ProjectEnd]

Wow. I am certainly here for neo-brutalism, but this is the worst of the stuff that should and will soon be torn down. Why are we replicating it??

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Wait till you find out the wall isn't concrete but grey painted EIFS. Faux-Neo-Brutalism with none of the permanence. ducks

AoD

 

[ProjectEnd]

Yikesssss!

It seems that this one is intended to be two different ceramic panels so at least we're not quite at the bottom of the barrel yet...

 

[Uncle Martin]

The geometry of this latest version seems to harken back to the original design. Speaking of which: Why was it abandoned?

 

[Towered]

Classic Toronto. I wouldn't expect anything less.

 

[DavidCapizzano]

Some new renders from http://www.zincdevelopments.com/115-dupont

 

[interchange42]

Some new renders from http://www.zincdevelopments.com/115-dupont

I'm not sure that first rendering is dark enough, I can still see it.

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[AlbertC]

Listed for sale at the price of $13,750,000:

115 Dupont Street | Canada | Cushman & Wakefield

www.cushmanwakefield.com

 

[interchange42]

Five measly storeys… for $13 ¾ million? Really?

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[AlbertC]

Five measly storeys… for $13 ¾ million? Really?

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Not even for a building with an attractive design either. If I'm paying that amount I'd want at least something by Shim-Sutcliffe.

 

[ProjectEnd]

You don't have to build with the existing architect. Just within the established permissible massing.

 

[AlbertC]

View of the site currently. That laneway is going to be significantly different in the future when 350 Davenport, the Freed project, and the Designers Walk redevelopment get built:

 

[PMT]