Contra Senior Member Member Bio Joined Jan 4, 2012 Messages 1,703 Reaction score 5,569 Location Vancouver Oct 14, 2019 #196 "You know what would really polish this turd? Prehistoric seashell fossils!"
yonderbean Active Member Member Bio Joined Jan 17, 2009 Messages 292 Reaction score 273 Location Toronto, central west. Oct 15, 2019 #197 The swirly terracotta is true to the original building, though executed so poorly I wish they hadn't bothered. Those precast lintels are frightful.
The swirly terracotta is true to the original building, though executed so poorly I wish they hadn't bothered. Those precast lintels are frightful.
AlvinofDiaspar Moderator Member Bio Joined Apr 22, 2007 Messages 33,457 Reaction score 29,359 Location Toronto Oct 15, 2019 #198 They couldn't even bother matching the colour of the brick and the terracotta properly. This project is like the 365 for west of Yonge. AoD
They couldn't even bother matching the colour of the brick and the terracotta properly. This project is like the 365 for west of Yonge. AoD
Contra Senior Member Member Bio Joined Jan 4, 2012 Messages 1,703 Reaction score 5,569 Location Vancouver Oct 15, 2019 #199 The original building was screaming for something smaller and more tasteful like the Broadview hotel. This is a travesty.
The original building was screaming for something smaller and more tasteful like the Broadview hotel. This is a travesty.
A AlexBozikovic Active Member Member Bio Joined Aug 14, 2011 Messages 766 Reaction score 4,102 Oct 15, 2019 #200 If there is any good reason to reproduce a Victorian façade on a building like this, it’s to provide some degree of craft and detail at eye level. Oops!
If there is any good reason to reproduce a Victorian façade on a building like this, it’s to provide some degree of craft and detail at eye level. Oops!
AlbertC Superstar Member Bio Joined Apr 24, 2007 Messages 22,823 Reaction score 62,352 Location Davenport Oct 24, 2019 #201
japrologue Active Member Member Bio Joined Sep 2, 2011 Messages 168 Reaction score 79 Location Toronto Oct 24, 2019 #202 The cladding looks very bad...
T TossYourJacket Senior Member Member Bio Joined Feb 22, 2018 Messages 1,355 Reaction score 3,657 Location Church-Wellesley Oct 24, 2019 #203 This should win some kind of "ugliest building" award, or maybe "most excessive use of mullions" ?
AlvinofDiaspar Moderator Member Bio Joined Apr 22, 2007 Messages 33,457 Reaction score 29,359 Location Toronto Oct 24, 2019 #204 Call it De Stijl without the finesse or the colours. AoD
condovo Senior Member Member Bio Joined Dec 2, 2007 Messages 3,780 Reaction score 6,668 Location St. Lawrence Oct 24, 2019 #205 Ironic how U of T's Faculty of Architecture is being abutted by some of the worst architecture in the city.
Ironic how U of T's Faculty of Architecture is being abutted by some of the worst architecture in the city.
Edward Skira http://skyrisecities.com Staff member Member Bio Joined Apr 22, 2007 Messages 16,404 Reaction score 22,254 Location Toronto Oct 27, 2019 #206 condovo said: Ironic how U of T's Faculty of Architecture is being abutted by some of the worst architecture in the city. Click to expand... Easy case study. Just look out the window.
condovo said: Ironic how U of T's Faculty of Architecture is being abutted by some of the worst architecture in the city. Click to expand... Easy case study. Just look out the window.
T TheKingEast Senior Member Member Bio Joined Feb 16, 2011 Messages 6,460 Reaction score 3,835 Oct 27, 2019 #207 Shameful work. I know it's mostly the developer here, but damn Kirkor.
AlbertC Superstar Member Bio Joined Apr 24, 2007 Messages 22,823 Reaction score 62,352 Location Davenport Nov 6, 2019 #208
AlvinofDiaspar Moderator Member Bio Joined Apr 22, 2007 Messages 33,457 Reaction score 29,359 Location Toronto Nov 6, 2019 #209 Nightmare on College Street 2 - Mullions' Revenge. AoD
T TossYourJacket Senior Member Member Bio Joined Feb 22, 2018 Messages 1,355 Reaction score 3,657 Location Church-Wellesley Nov 6, 2019 #210 ??? This just gets worse and worse.