Toronto 1200 Bay | 326.5m | 87s | ProWinko | Herzog & de Meuron

[Amare]

Get your popcorn ready ladies and gentlemen, the NIMBYs will be all over this one

 

[Jon77]

?????????!!!!!!!!!?????????!!!! This just made my day

 

[condovo]

Other than the height and width, I find this uninspired. I guess like Renzo Piano's courthouse, it'll come down to the detailing.

 

[DarkSideDenizen]

I can hear the cries for Jesse Ketchum already.

 

[interchange42]

We've got our front page story up now, here, which corrects a couple of claims from the Globe article, in particular refining the claim about it being Canada's tallest, and Prowinko's first Canadian project. You'll also find our database file linked at the top of the page which includes higher res images!

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[Towered]

Fast forward 2 years to the approved 55 storey version with a scintillating design by G & C.

 

[Alex L]

Uninspired. Is the height there just to try and impress? It's a corner location on major streets and adds nothing. So many people walk by there. I think the upper floors are just another safe location for the very well-off to bunker down.

 

[cd concept]

Isn't this proposal to close to the 80 Bloor west proposal ? Or are they going to get rid of 80 Bloor to build this. I rather take the 80 Bloor over this long stick in the sky !! .

 

[Tulse]

In the render looking south, shouldn't The One be visible?

 

[GabrielHurl]

It wouldn't look as impressive if there was a similar height tower in the picture

 

[Tulse]

It wouldn't look as impressive if there was a similar height tower in the picture

Well, yeah, and I suspect that is precisely why they did it, although it seems rather misleading.

 

[Bjays92]

Isn't this proposal to close to the 80 Bloor west proposal ? Or are they going to get rid of 80 Bloor to build this. I rather take the 80 Bloor over this long stick in the sky !! .

Globe article mentions integrating both projects with shared understanding utilities I think.

Either way, especially in a downturn it would be really nice to see a building like this approved imo.

 

[Ciarlandini]

Globe article mentions integrating both projects with shared understanding utilities I think.

Either way, especially in a downturn it would be really nice to see a building like this approved imo.

I think they said that would lead up to Critchley Ln being converted to a pedestrian walkway.

 

[Koops65]

 

[junctionist]

Other than the height and width, I find this uninspired. I guess like Renzo Piano's courthouse, it'll come down to the detailing.

I hope it's not another chapter of Toronto getting the world's best architects to build their least remarkable projects here.