Toronto 175 St Clair West | 55.7m | 14s | Resident | Richard Wengle
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Amare
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Richard Wengle is one of a few firms that is saving Toronto from itself. I loved the initial preliminary renderings for this project, but i'm still loving this.
Jaye101
Active Member
Is that Stone??!
ushahid
Senior Member
^It is for now.
Northern Light
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Architect is Richard Wengle:
Forest Hill – Plaza Partners
plazapartners.com
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This shows very good promise.
As always I do worry about potential 'cheapening'.
But should this design hold with quality finishes and workmanship, I'd be quite pleased.
Northern Light
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I've tended to like his modern stuff better so far.
The historical stuff often seems to end up looking cheap and mismatched, whether its a residential (SFH) client or whether its a mid-rise.
I'm entirely content to lay that on the client. Though some of the images I've seen are posted by him/his firm on their website or social media. Some should not be.
That said, this has great potential, if the design can be executed to the highest standards.
WislaHD
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Richard Wrengle is quickly becoming one of the only firms I trust to design new mid-rises in the St Clair-Summerhill vicinity.
ProjectEnd
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Oh good god no.
ferusian
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GenerationLee
Senior Member
This could look pretty awkward if they cheapen this...though the design does seem to be a bit lacking anyway...perhaps the streetlevel and lack of retail. The building is very long which makes this look a bit too monotomous, even if its well executed.
jaborandi
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It appears to be quite confident in its sense of occasion.
PMT
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north-of-anything
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The first word that came to mind when I saw this was "Stalinist". Please no.
Brother Jonathan
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The new building across the street (next to Glenn Gould Park) seems to be using something that looks like real stone for the first couple stories, and then something that looks very fake for the rest of the building.
I assume this building will take the same approach.
Edit: here's a screenshot of what I'm talking about from Google street view. I wouldn't be surprised if this proposal takes the same approach.
I assume this building will take the same approach.
Edit: here's a screenshot of what I'm talking about from Google street view. I wouldn't be surprised if this proposal takes the same approach.
AlbertC
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Among other things, the massing is just too monolithic for me.
The Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest comes to mind:
en.wikipedia.org
The Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest comes to mind: