Toronto Aura at College Park | 271.87m | 78s | Canderel | Graziani + Corazza
cruzin4u
Senior Member
After further inspection, you are right. It is the cranes for Sick Kids. The Aura crane is yellow and white. And all this time I thought what I was seeing was AURA - damnit!
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dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
After further inspection, you are right. It is the cranes for Sick Kids. The Aura crane is yellow and white. And all this time I thought what I was seeing was AURA - damnit!
I looked at Google Earth some time ago and if I lined things up correctly I should eventually see the Aura cranes (and building) rise in behind the Encore at the Met building (the shorter of the two buildings).
caltrane74
Senior Member
Here's a sneak peak before the official photos are uploaded
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Uh oh... I was hoping it would be a simple mullion pattern like The MET or similar buildings... but this looks like a very busy grid pattern. Let's hope that the architects had the sense to make the mullions are dark in colour, to visually minimize them. If they are light in colour and contrast with the glass, that would look very cheap (it always does). Look no further than the silver spandrel/ dark blue glass combination on Waterclub Condos... yuck.
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Atlantis
Active Member
Here we go!
Starting with the north side fifth floor residential, which is hard to get a closeup from ground level. Can anyone get something from higher up?
Same residential floor on the south side. These ones clearly show the kind of cladding they are using.
What exactly is this material supposed to be?? Some one earlier mentioned granite, but I'm not yet convinced that it is. From a few of the closeup shots of neighbouring panels, the grains in the cladding look more repetitive than I would have expected from natural material.
South west and west facades so far.
Starting with the north side fifth floor residential, which is hard to get a closeup from ground level. Can anyone get something from higher up?
Same residential floor on the south side. These ones clearly show the kind of cladding they are using.
What exactly is this material supposed to be?? Some one earlier mentioned granite, but I'm not yet convinced that it is. From a few of the closeup shots of neighbouring panels, the grains in the cladding look more repetitive than I would have expected from natural material.
South west and west facades so far.
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Oh dear Lord, they are using a GRID pattern of mullions/ window frames... in SILVER.
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Brilliant photo update though, Atlantis
urbandreamer
recession proof
^What did you expect from these "architects?"
This tower belongs in SCC.
This tower belongs in SCC.
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A little common sense that cladding that keeps somewhat consistent with the strong horizontal lines of the podium or at least minimizes the divisions between panes of glass by using dark mullions. (i.e. The MET). That's what I was expecting for this signature project. lol
urbandreamer
recession proof
The Met and Encore are appalling though too. I remember discussing them in comparison to the Murano towers which both launched around the same time...c.2005.
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Well that's your opinion. I wasn't expecting G+C to use mullion-free glass on the residential portion on this project... we knew that they were planning on using window wall. But I was hoping for a dark colour that would minimize the appearances of the window frames. Anyways I'm going to wait for other people's opinions now.
I wasn't expecting G+C to use mullion-free glass on the residential portion on this project... we knew that they were planning on using window wall. But I was hoping for a dark colour that would minimize the appearances of the window frames. Anyways I'm going to wait for other people's opinions now.whatever
Senior Member
I've been trying to hold back on this one because I don't want to sound like a broken record, but man, I don't know, the whole thing just looks so random and haphazard. The more wall they put up the worse the whole thing looks. It kind of reminds me of a kid playing with photoshop for the first time and trying out every brush for the hell of it
So in one glance at this building you can see: clear glass, tinted glass, charcoal glass, 4-sided structural glazing, pad and cap, aluminium panels, (faux?) stone, curtainwall, and window wall. And that's just the materials, without even getting the random cutouts and projections. Can't wait for them to throw the tenant signs, balconies, storefronts, and vestibule glass into the mix.
(Now I'll go and bite my tongue for another few weeks)
So in one glance at this building you can see: clear glass, tinted glass, charcoal glass, 4-sided structural glazing, pad and cap, aluminium panels, (faux?) stone, curtainwall, and window wall. And that's just the materials, without even getting the random cutouts and projections. Can't wait for them to throw the tenant signs, balconies, storefronts, and vestibule glass into the mix.
(Now I'll go and bite my tongue for another few weeks)
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
I'm beginning to get surprisingly excited about this project now. Perhaps it will be a let-down, it's far too early to say, but I'm optimistic after seeing these great photographs lately.
CanadianNational
Senior Member
Personally, I think the bit of cladding on the tower that we can see looks really problematic at this point. However, I thought the cladding on the James Cooper Mansion was awful - but once most of the tower was clad, it fell into looking alright. Not spectacular, but alright.
A greater volume of this stuff on Aura might normalize it and help it make sense of itself. Let's hope so, because if this tower is going to be an eyesore, it's going to be titanic.
If that bit we're seeing is extended all over the tower, it's not unreasonable to think it may look more like this, if the rendering were adjusted:
A greater volume of this stuff on Aura might normalize it and help it make sense of itself. Let's hope so, because if this tower is going to be an eyesore, it's going to be titanic.
If that bit we're seeing is extended all over the tower, it's not unreasonable to think it may look more like this, if the rendering were adjusted:
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