Toronto Cinema Tower | 142.64m | 43s | Daniels | Kirkor Architects

[DtTO]

there has been more than enough Section 37 funds given by developers for the streetscape of the area....ask the city what they are doing with it?

The Mirvish-Gehry lawyer fees don't pay themselves!

 

[TOBoy]

Yabba dabba doo!

 

[tris]

This thing looks spectacular at night when it's lit up... trust me.

 

[neuhaus]

This looks a bit tacky to me...

Yikes! That entrance is beyond tacky!!!
The colours and execution is inexcusable and would definitely be a deal breaker for me if I was looking at a place here. It reminds me of a cheap theme park set -- for some reason I was thinking Rainforest Café. The two downspouts are literally parts you would find at a Home Depot for a DIY home project shows that either the architect is a complete idiot or the developer didn't want to spend any more money to accommodate this crude art work. The entrance doors to the lobby look very pedestrian and lacks any sense of arrival -- I have seen fire exits much more attractive and special than this.

I hope this artwork is reversible, I'm sure some condo board in the future will want to strip this monstrosity and have something that is more tasteful, sophisticated and less to maintain.

 

[arvelomcquaig]

That’s disgusting. Can this building get any worse?

 

[skyrise]

^^^+1

 

[SP!RE]

Toronto's public art mandate falls so short of what it could be. This is an example of things gone particularly wrong.

 

[someMidTowner]

For the third time, the downspouts are temporary!!!

 

[neuhaus]

The least successful examples are ones like these which are integrated with the actual building.

I think the most brilliant art turned architecture (or vice versa) would be by James Wines of SITE Architecture for his façade designs of Best Department stores in the 70's:

By the way, what are those three odd red boxes on the pavement?

 

[SP!RE]

For the third time, the downspouts are temporary!!!

The least of our concerns then, since the rest of the entrance is permanent

 

[WeirdFishes]

How does a mistake like this entrance happen? Horrible. First the tacky base and now this. On the bright side it's great for season pass holders at Wonderland.

 

[DtTO]

The vomit from passers by will match nicely with that green layer of the "geological formation"

 

[Bogtrotter]

Yeh this really is quite horrid- looks like something you'd see on Clifton Hill.

 

[TheKingEast]

Imagine coming home to this every day?

 

[Miscreant]

I'd love to hear the developer's take on this....