Toronto EQ Bank Tower | 105.18m | 23s | First Gulf | Sweeny &Co

[torontologist]

Ooooh boy, that's some heavy massing.

May not be an issue once a few floors are (inevitably) lobbed off.

 

[Edward Skira]

Remember it isn't a large property.

 

[maestro]

G+C? I'll eat my hat.

 

[ProjectEnd]

It's almost certainly not G+C. I'm going with DSAI or, possibly, &Co here.

 

[Red_Bulmer]

The orange split at the top is so small as to be barely noticeable, not sure why it's there. Seems like an odd choice.

It looks like they are trying to marry the brick the new tower.

 

[tripwire]

It looks massive!, dwarfing the neighbouring buildings, but apparently it's only 18 storeys.

 

[grey]

I counted about 24 storeys including the podium and mechanicals. Yeah, it's huge for the area. I don't like the way it dwarfs SAS.

 

[maestro]

It's almost certainly not G+C. I'm going with DSAI or, possibly, &Co here.

Guess I'll go with B+H and KPF

 

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[stjames2queenwest]

Looks pretty cool to me. I like that it looks a bit like a crystal. Wish it wasn't blue but I appreciate the amber glass and the angular form

 

[Transportfan]

Ooooh boy, that's some heavy massing.
May not be an issue once a few floors are (inevitably) lobbed off.

Downtown East is growing. More height is inevitable.

 

[Miscreant]

I generally like it, and I really like that this area is starting to develop. It's been dour around there for a long time.

 

[maestro]

Damn. I bow to you.

 

[ksun]

It looks massive!, dwarfing the neighbouring buildings, but apparently it's only 18 storeys.

Yes, I don't think this building is inappropriately huge for the neighbourhood. It looks huge because the nearby buildings are inappropriately small for the downtown of a large metropolis of 6M. I think in many cases we should stop considering whether a building is too tall/big for its surroundings, but rather whether it is suitable for our future vision of the area. This particular location is 5 minutes by transit to the CBD and the central waterfront, and it is laughable to think a 18s is "too big". If we keep comparing new proposals with the surrounding buildings which were built when Toronto was a village, then the city can never really grow, can it.

It is a nice design and totally appropriate. It is up to the nearby area to catch up with this, not the other way around.

 

[Miscreant]

Damn. I bow to you.

Watch your back now. I might need to use it later.