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[whatever]

There's another failed unit in caltrane's first shot, about 10 floors down from the top of the windowwall. That's the third failed unit I've seen on this building, and it makes me wonder about the quality of glass. Anyone know who's supplying the glass? (Not the windowwall, the glass?)

Edit: And up near the top it looks like there's a handful of windows that are several shades lighter than everything else. It's definitely not a shadow thing. Anyone else notice them?

 

[buildup]

Do you mean the photo taken at 6:45pm by Caltrane? I see a window that looks sort of rust coloured 10 floors down, towards the right side of the building. Is that what you are referring to?

 

[whatever]

Yep, that one. I've also seen one on the east and one on the west elevations. Unusual to see so many fail so quickly.

And there's definitely some different coloured glass higher up the building. You can see them in dt_toronto_geek's shots of Casa
http://www.urbantoronto.ca/showpost.php?p=356127&postcount=1998

 

[buildup]

Are you saying the glass colour changes after installation? What would cause that?

 

[urbandreamer]

Improper sealing between layers? aka, gas has escaped?

 

[Mike in TO]

 

[Mike in TO]

Similar to the first photo in the previous post, but a couple floors lower and different lighting:

 

[steveve]

Fantastic work! ^^^

U Condos will fill in a very nice gap in that shot!!!

 

[jwill]

The discoloured glass might represent a failure of the low-E coating. It isn't the most reliable technology.

 

[greenleaf]

This was from about a week ago from the ROM:

 

[steveve]

Uptown and Crystal!... way to go !

i remember taking that exact same shot 2 years ago!... what a change!... they really do fill in a large gap!.. i can't wait to see the completed Uptown when its done!... gonna be sweet!

nice shot

to me, our skyline is way to transparent... you can see from one side of town to the other, in certain places with very little obstruction!... this is a minor example but still... I'd like to see ourselves one day having the same major density as NY! (maybe... minus all the congestion!)

 

[caltrane74]

photo by me
Crystal Blu / Uptown
Taken: Jan -14 - 12.30pm
cladding installation continues
roof forming on Crystal Blu

 

[casaguy]

It looks like the same grey cladding I'm seeing on the Solaris tower along the 401.

 

[steveve]

Great shot of the roof Cal! I can't wait for cladding to reach that high!

 

[Solaris]

It looks like the same grey cladding I'm seeing on the Solaris tower along the 401.

casaguy ... I think spandrel panels on Solaris are somewhat similar to CrystalBlu, but Solaris' spandrels maybe possibly be more blue-ish grey ... and Uptown's precast colour is also similar to Solaris'

Spandrel + Precast Colours