Toronto Core Condos | 84.12m | 24s | CentreCourt | P + S / IBI

[SP!RE]

I really like this design, to be honest! It's pretty good. Its relationship to its podium and its slender quality remind me of the previous St. Nicholas condo design (the peanut-shaped floorplate, before they made it a box.)

 

[Red October]

Good addition to the area.

 

[ThomasJ]

I'm worried about the structural stability questions involved with building sideways.

what does this mean

 

[Red October]

what does this mean

It's a joke because the picture originally posted was rotated 90 degrees.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Preliminary report from Sept 11 TEYCC:

http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2012/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-49499.pdf

AoD

 

[AlbertC]

Core Condos by CentreCourt Developments. Design actually by P+S =/

 

[ProjectEnd]

:/ all you want but the second rendering posted in the thread is a thousand times better than the atrocious Architecture Unfolded pile presented in the first post.

 

[AlbertC]

Standing by that emoticon. Podium looks especially weak.

http://centrecourtdevelopments.com/developments

 

[interchange42]

Weak in terms of architectural detail, or height of it, or…?

As we have an irregular sculpted form here, it's going to be pretty difficult to get a consensus on whether this looks good or not, but I appreciate the building's distinctive look. If this building is only going to be 24 storeys high, (there may be a hidden 25th floor not seen in this view) then to my eye the podium is of a pleasing proportion to the tower… but I'd be happy to see another floor added to the podium without lopping any of the tower off.

We will go after getting higher-res pics, get more info, etc.

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[urbandreamer]

Very weak considering its context. This is a suburban tower plopped across the street from an historic kirk. Redesign .. by Core Architects duh!

 

[MBS]

^Suburban? This project is the polar opposite of suburban.

 

[urbandreamer]

Yes, suburban in design. ie, zero contextualism, zero attention to detail. The podium is strictly functional, like a driveway with some boring glazing for another Sbux. Yawn.

 

[Red October]

Oh urbandreamer, you never cease to make me laugh.

 

[CanadianNational]

Good to see another tower with some mild sculptural qualities. I like the moxie of putting the illustrative black outlines around the split halves. It all looks fairly well balanced and not awkward. As long as they keep the contrast good and sharp and the details are fairly well handled, this one could look pretty good. Glad to see this block getting built on, as well.

 

[khris]

What a great looking building!