japrologue
Active Member
it looks awesome, much better than L tower
Toronto Aura at College Park | 271.87m | 78s | Canderel | Graziani + Corazza
steveve
Senior Member
very very very nice! ^^^. I'm surprised... this thing is like a mirror!.. Four Seasons has some serious competition ahead of it. IMO, it's a mixture of the four seasons cladding and shangri-la... ON STEROIDS!
vegeta_skyline
Senior Member
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I will gladly accept this kind ^^^ of spandrel paneling on a building any day.
TheKingEast
Senior Member
Not to rain on the parade....but don't a lot of spandrel happy buildings have non-spandrel podiums? I guess what I'm saying is, do we know if this will be the glass going all the way up?
KA1
Senior Member
snapped another one too, the glass is really quite stunning (in my opinion)
I hope that somewhere down the road glass panels don't start falling off like Murano.
khris
Senior Member
Very very nice! I quite like it. I doubt the glass will be like this all over the whole building. I would think there will be a mix and match of different styles. I look forward to seeing more.
Johnzz
Active Member
Wow! Very nice.
As I’ve said before, once complete Aura will be much more impressive then artist renderings currently portray.
Regarding the glass quality, here’s an old quote from the following article:
http://www.collegeparkcondos.com/pdf/media/ANewAuraANewEra_11_25_07_Star.pdf
The Aura design review was initiated by Canderel after its first proposal was rejected by the city in August 2006. Renowned architects Eberhard Zeidler and Rene Menkes were brought in to begin the process. Three more respected names Bruce Kuwabara, Josh Chaiken and Jon Pickard were added later when the panel became a joint process with the city.
Canderel president Michael La Brier says he’s enthusiastic about the finished design, which led to a settlement at the OMB last week. “I would never have used low-iron glass if the panel hadn’t suggested it,” he says. “It’s a more expensive, high-quality glass. It will mean that when you look up from the street, the windows will look very clear and transparent.”
Canderel certainly went beyond their comfort zone, choosing such high quality materials for this project. But then again, it is there signature building!
As I’ve said before, once complete Aura will be much more impressive then artist renderings currently portray.
Regarding the glass quality, here’s an old quote from the following article:
http://www.collegeparkcondos.com/pdf/media/ANewAuraANewEra_11_25_07_Star.pdf
The Aura design review was initiated by Canderel after its first proposal was rejected by the city in August 2006. Renowned architects Eberhard Zeidler and Rene Menkes were brought in to begin the process. Three more respected names Bruce Kuwabara, Josh Chaiken and Jon Pickard were added later when the panel became a joint process with the city.
Canderel president Michael La Brier says he’s enthusiastic about the finished design, which led to a settlement at the OMB last week. “I would never have used low-iron glass if the panel hadn’t suggested it,” he says. “It’s a more expensive, high-quality glass. It will mean that when you look up from the street, the windows will look very clear and transparent.”
Canderel certainly went beyond their comfort zone, choosing such high quality materials for this project. But then again, it is there signature building!
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DC83
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Thought I'd jump on the bandwagon and post some photos from yesterday as well:
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ThomasJ
Active Member
snapped another one too, the glass is really quite stunning (in my opinion)
whoa...nice. reminds me of a show I saw on Discovery or one of the networks re: Burj Dubai (or whatever they've renamed it to now) where they couldn't get the glass curtain wall right and had to keep going back to the drawing board!!
japrologue
Active Member
agree! look forward to it!! i think they may use blue/ silver glass for the upper part tho
caltrane74
Senior Member
Aura Ground Floor
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androiduk
Senior Member
Anyone know what this type of app. usually refers to?
Application: Zoning Review Status: Not Started
Location: 388 YONGE ST
TORONTO ON
Ward 27: Toronto Centre-Rosedale
Application#: 11 293741 ZPR 00 ZR Accepted Date: Oct 17, 2011
Project: Apartment Building Other Proposal
Description: Request for comments from Transportation Services (ROW Management)
Application: Zoning Review Status: Not Started
Location: 388 YONGE ST
TORONTO ON
Ward 27: Toronto Centre-Rosedale
Application#: 11 293741 ZPR 00 ZR Accepted Date: Oct 17, 2011
Project: Apartment Building Other Proposal
Description: Request for comments from Transportation Services (ROW Management)
savevp
Active Member
snapped another one too, the glass is really quite stunning (in my opinion)
Shangri-La all over again??!!
Johnzz
Active Member
caltrane74
Senior Member
No that was here...
Application: Zoning Review Status: Not Started
Location: 388 YONGE ST
TORONTO ON
Ward 27: Toronto Centre-Rosedale
Application#: 11 228208 ZPR 00 ZR Accepted Date: Jun 27, 2011
Project: Multiple-Use Building Addition
Description: Proposal to construct an addition 3 sty's on top of approved 75 sty condo (with commercial at grade). Additonal 48 residential units. AURA AT COLLEGE PARK. 382-388 Yonge St. See active permits under 382 Yoneg St and 388 Yonge St.
Application: Zoning Review Status: Not Started
Location: 388 YONGE ST
TORONTO ON
Ward 27: Toronto Centre-Rosedale
Application#: 11 228208 ZPR 00 ZR Accepted Date: Jun 27, 2011
Project: Multiple-Use Building Addition
Description: Proposal to construct an addition 3 sty's on top of approved 75 sty condo (with commercial at grade). Additonal 48 residential units. AURA AT COLLEGE PARK. 382-388 Yonge St. See active permits under 382 Yoneg St and 388 Yonge St.