Toronto 700 University Avenue | 196.41m | 57s | KingSett Capital | KPMB

[ushahid]

some cool pics and read.

Redevelopment of 700 University Impresses at Design Review Panel | UrbanToronto

A unique proposal made a good impression with Toronto's Design Review Panel. KingSett Capital is proposing a major redevelopment of the Ontario Power Building on the corner of College and University known for its curved glass facade. Designed by KPMB Architects, the project includes a...

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[UtakataNoAnnex]

Front page write up is here: https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2021/02/redevelopment-700-university-impresses-design-review-panel

 

[JohnnyRaylander]

Is it commonly accepted that city planners prefer subway entrances/exits to be inside buildings to save on sidewalk space? As a subway user, I generally prefer entrances outside of buildings and they're easier to find.

I would expect the restaurants and stores in the building to also not be open much after 5pm as they'll be servicing the tenants of the building not the occasional straggler en route to the subway.

I also don't know if this affects how the building interacts with the public school right behind it but that penned in playground always strikes me as somewhat dystopian.

 

[ferusian]

Site Plan Approval application submitted:

Development Applications

Updated project description:

Site Plan Approval for the retention and modifications to the existing 19-storey office building to incorporate a 5-storey addition to the building, and to construct a new 56-storey residential tower containing 475 residential rental dwelling units located at the southwest portion of the site. The proposed residential gross floor area is 39,247.00 square metres, and the proposed new non-residential floor area is 29,797 square metres, for a total of 131,193.0 square metres of non-residential gross floor area.

 

[artyboy123]

New renderings are uploaded! Taken from the architectural plan via the Site Plan Approval:

 

[urbanexplorer]

That curved timber finished roof part is my fav part of the ground-level design.

 

[daptive]

That curved timber finished roof part is my fav part of the ground-level design.

I'm gonna just apologize for bringing the fruit company into another thread but that design truly reminds me of one of their stores in Bangkok–and that's high praise imo.

Source: Apple

 

[urbanexplorer]

I'm gonna just apologize for bringing the fruit company into another thread but that design truly reminds me of one of their stores in Bangkok–and that's high praise imo.

Source: Apple

Wow yeah I see what you mean - looks awesome.

 

[westtoeast]

Based on the materials cited in the SPA the entire residential tower is to be terracotta paneled curtain wall with punched windows too - seems pretty promising!

 

[daptive]

Took a look at the architectural plans myself and there are truly some funky layouts in this building; comes with the curved exterior I guess.

Also not sure where the 2nd bedroom of the 2BR in the first picture is.

 

[allengeorge]

Excuse my ignorance, but doesn’t Kingsett just upzone and flip?

 

[ADRM]

Excuse my ignorance, but doesn’t Kingsett just upzone and flip?

Previously that was the case, but they have new hires and a new mandate to build.

 

[isaidso]

What they've designed at the base works well. It's the tower that looks disjointed. That slab doesn't work with the existing curved building.

 

[smably]

Isn't this KPMB, not Adamson? I think the thread title needs an update cause I don't see Adamson's name anywhere on the latest architectural plans. @interchange42?

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

Adamson are still involved - their name is right there below KPMBs