cruzin4u
Senior Member
You were right Kahlua, there is a dark tint to the glass.
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Parkdalian
Senior Member
What a bizarro design aesthetic. Let's hope it hangs together when completed.
myfive
Active Member
Yeah...it's quite interesting. You really need to go and look at it because the pictures don't really capture it. It's a tri-tone, tri-texture type cladding. The light grey is a metallic, the medium grey is a glassy type of texture that you see a lot of now in kitchen backsplashes, and the dark grey...almost black trimming is very close to what is on X next door. And the actual windows are still to com. Should be nice compliment to the very basic black X next door. Couture figures to have a lot more personality to its look.
cruzin4u
Senior Member
Cladding continues to be installed. It is taking shape and I am confident it'll look pretty good once it's all said and done.
Couture taken from Bloor Street E bridge (above Rosedale Valley Rd). Crystalblu is going to be blocked out from this view (is that a good thing? many would say yes).
Couture taken from Bloor Street E bridge (above Rosedale Valley Rd). Crystalblu is going to be blocked out from this view (is that a good thing? many would say yes).
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SP!RE
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Those silver panels look so cheap though... and in five or ten years they'll be so much worse. I'm not sure I like them. : /
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
It's early yet, but it looks to me like we're getting another Crystal "Blu" v2.0 here.
cruzin4u
Senior Member
All the photos of the cladding have been taken during overcast days. Hopefully the sun will show itself so we can see what it looks like in the light. What will help out Couture will be the black in the middle.
Judging from these images, there is variation in the cladding going on. The cladding reminds me more of James Cooper Mansion than anything else. The gray will help offset the darker tones (of the glass and the black in the middle).
Judging from these images, there is variation in the cladding going on. The cladding reminds me more of James Cooper Mansion than anything else. The gray will help offset the darker tones (of the glass and the black in the middle).
Torontovibe
Senior Member
This will clearly not be as ugly as Crystal Blu. This colour grey is much nicer than the grey on Blu. The black centre will also help design wise. I'm sure this will be much nicer than the worst coloured building in Toronto, Crystal blu. (Although, the horrible coloured Parade, comes a very close second)
Mississauga Slim
Active Member
Apologies for a post expressing nothing but negative opinion, but I really loathe this project. Not because it's egregiously bad, but because everything about it seems so deliberately bland, wishy-washy, and non-committal. Like the prime directive was "Play it safe at all costs!!!" To me, that's somehow even worse than putting up something ugly, tacky, or vulgar. At least those qualities make some kind of statement.
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
The west side of Couture late this afternoon, from above -
taal
Senior Member
Kind of looks like that cladding on that MCC project, parkside.
caltrane74
Senior Member
I am liking this one. - It will make a good contrast to the X Factor next door.
urbandreamer
recession proof
Not liking it at all. Ironic that a condo pretentiously named Couture doesn't know how to wear its dress properly.
Affordable
Banned
I agree : Couture is becoming a Coutear
But we should not be so down about this...this is T.O not NYC. So expect more of this..thats the trend here.
But we should not be so down about this...this is T.O not NYC. So expect more of this..thats the trend here.
junctionist
Senior Member
I won't expect such mediocrity (though let's wait a bit longer for the finished product). Toronto has the capabilities to produce and build beautiful architecture. Also, NYC has its share of banality.