Toronto Aura at College Park | 271.87m | 78s | Canderel | Graziani + Corazza

[urbandreamer]

Real baked beans...hmm

I mostly take photos of new buildings when I travel. I actually probably spend more time walking around cities shooting new buildings then going shopping or hanging out in bars & cafes.

Guess I'm that sort of urbangeek

 

[caltrane74]

Thanks for the great picture, Caltrane. It's a nice relief to all the beauty bitching.

NP. New Android software update for Jellybean - half the people on this Forum probably have the Sphere setting on their Camera Phone now.. Lol!

 

[kris]

photosphere is unfortunately only on stock/nexus devices running 4.2(no 4.1)

its pretty awesome, for others pretty much all phones have panorama built in which does similar though photosphere can do 360 and you can make mini planets like this

 

[dt_toronto_geek]

Feb. 23 2013

Today

 

[Hipster Duck]

i'm sure they will--it's not every city that builds 78-story condos without the assistance of a real architect.

I was thinking about which cities this might be and, apart from us, they're all in Asia. Maybe Panama City.

 

[innsertnamehere]

This is designed by a real, licensed architect. A good one? not so much.

 

[urbandreamer]

Well, approved by an architect at any rate.

 

[rpeters]

It would be cool if this site had interactive embedded polls in the homepage. I would be interested to see what the actual spread of opinions is for this building (at least among ut users). I am starting to think this building is the new "trump" in that a majority of people seem to not like it.

 

[kweku]

It would be cool if this site had interactive embedded polls in the homepage. I would be interested to see what the actual spread of opinions is for this building (at least among ut users). I am starting to think this building is the new "trump" in that a majority of people seem to not like it.

For me there are a number of reasons I am disappointed by this building, I cannot speak for others.
This building is situated at one of the key corners of our city, at College Park, a significant historic area next to the college park landmark.

It was also the first tall building in our city in a while, and supposed tallest condo in Canada so everyone was on board with the hype.
As a Ryerson Alumni, and a skyscrapper enthusiast, I was particularly excited to see this project approved next to my alma mater.

But when the dust settled with over half of the building completed, took a trip to Ryerson area and stopped by to see it in person, and boy I was disappointed.
With the size and height of this project, at least we should have got something similar in asthectics like the Absolute towers in Mississauga.

 

[jje1000]

In my opinion, people are dissatisfied not because of the architectural style, but because everything looks cheap and poorly finished.

People do notice things like uneven mullion spacing on the first 40 floors, shoddy base treatment and that basement.

Imagine if the entire building was finished like the Legacy at Millenium Park tower in Chicago:

 

[VoicesCarry]

When viewed from certain angles, Aura appears to be fabricated from clear plastic Lego blocks.

 

[urbandreamer]

27 April 2013: Good news: Aura is now closed.

 

[someMidTowner]

^ How does this apply to anything?

 

[urbandreamer]

It's a hipster joke.

 

[vegeta_skyline]

It's a hipster joke.

Its just lame.