Toronto Eighty One Wellesley | 97.53m | 28s | Aragon Properties | Core Architects

Photos taken July 22, 2021:

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One of the white precast panels is already smudged (visible in the second picture and much more visible in person) while the building is still under construction. I hope they'll clean it up and maintain the panels in pristine condition once the building is done. Otherwise we'll be looking at some very dirty panels in a few years.
 
Was in the area the other night and IMO this building feels good in the space. Not too imposing or anything, just feels like a city. At first I didn't even notice it because it just felt natural to be there. Maintaining fine grain is vital in the Village, but I think density like this can kinda frame the space nicely if done well.
 
Rascacielo said:
Today. This building is certainly different. The precast panels will dominate the east and west facades, which are by far its longer sides. Neo-brutalism (although done with white precast panels instead of raw concrete)?

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I'm sure there's other examples out there, but yeah the side precast cladding does remind me of this brutalist building at the University of Washington in Seattle I once saw:


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That white-wrapped Ontario government building will look like a part of the building when they install more precast on the east side.
 
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