Toronto Concord Sky | 300.2m | 85s | Concord Adex | Kohn Pedersen Fox

[Skyhighzz]

I hope the WHITE vertical strip pattern stands out more when completed than the dreaded … other colour(s).
That’s my only hope for this not boring tower design that I quite like.

 

[fanoftoronto]

Looks like the height of the building in the thread title changed... Is it a supertall by UT standards now?

I believe UT measures the height from the lowest publicly accessible entrance which makes this building a supertall. This is the same qualification used by the CTBUH. The 299m height is in the architectural plans as the plans measure from the main entrance which is around a metre higher than the lowest entrance.

Minor change, but it adds bragging rights to us as Toronto currently has 3 supertalls under construction concurrently!

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

Glad the goal post of what the developer was claiming got moved to what everyone else has been saying for awhile now...

 

[C-mac]

I believe UT measures the height from the lowest publicly accessible entrance which makes this building a supertall. This is the same qualification used by the CTBUH. The 299m height is in the architectural plans as the plans measure from the main entrance which is around a metre higher than the lowest entrance.

Minor change, but it adds bragging rights to us as Toronto currently has 3 supertalls under construction concurrently!

I'm glad that we have the "bragging rights" but at the same time...when you're talking about 1 meter does anyone really notice? It's not like tourist look at the building and say "that looks about 299 meters. One short of a supertall",

 

[ardwold1]

Cladding continues along north and west

 

[Parkdalian]

Beat me to it!

 

[ushahid]

probably the nicest glass on this part of Yonge.

 

[GenerationLee]

I'd laugh if the cladding in between is oh so finely crafted grey spandrel.

 

[PasticheProtégé]

Some would laugh, some would cry, but Concord Adex would laugh their way to the bank if that happened.

 

[daptive]

Hmmm, I'm gonna be very cautious heaping lots of praise. It may be decent glass, but it's still on a poorly designed building overall.

 

[artemperederii]

Fingers crossed

 

[GenerationLee]

Aye, Gerrard and Yonge may lay as the crossroads to ambivalence after all. Away from the flash of Dundas Square, and equally apart from the established esteem and patronage of College Park/Yonge and College.

 

[DarwinP]

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Hmmm, I'm gonna be very cautious heaping lots of praise. It may be decent glass, but it's still on a poorly designed building overall.

That’s an older render. This is what the white cladding is supposed to look like:

 

[Koops65]

hmmm

 

[Milaisacat]

The liberal use of white "renderite" as a material in renderings is always a bit dubious. So far this project is proving decent, particularly with respect to the curtain wall glazing, so I remain cautiously optimistic.