FAC33
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Alas, though, FCP hasn't been "ivory" in years. If there's one thing this reclad underscores, it's how dirty the old marble had gotten. You didn't really notice it until you saw the contrast with the new material.
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Alas, though, FCP hasn't been "ivory" in years. If there's one thing this reclad underscores, it's how dirty the old marble had gotten. You didn't really notice it until you saw the contrast with the new material.
dt_toronto_geek
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The poor condition of the marble was clearly noticeable years before the re-cladding began as many pieces of marble had been replaced contrasting the difference.
steveve
Senior Member
FCP on a Rainy Day, seen from Trump Tower
it is only when you're up in these buildings do you realize how beast they are! such massive buildings both in footprint and in height!
what floor was this taken from?
Bruvyman
Active Member
The other day I saw a reflection of Scotia in FCP for the first time ever. Until now the cladding appeared very non-reflective, but as it gets lower, it becomes apparent that there is a nice subtle reflective quality to it.
Traynor
Senior Member
I thought about that reflectivity when I did that huge skyline render. Here's a close-up of the core. Note the reflections in the facade of FCP. (I cheated the Canada Tower's reflection to the left so your eye can figure what was being reflected. It should be farther to the right.)
MDV3
Active Member
uggghh i hate canada tower... why are they using the country's name for an everyday short tower....... disgust
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Bruvyman
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Great attention to detail Traynor. I hadn't seen a high enough resolution of your render to make that out. This reclad has really been a substantial, and I feel appropriate makeover for FCP.
Let's hold judgement on "everyday" and "short" until this thing gets a little further along. All we have to go on are low quality youtube clips and I would bet it will undergo some changes before the final product is decided. I am curious about how this one will end up. I can't disagree on the name though... not a fan unless its truly iconic.
Let's hold judgement on "everyday" and "short" until this thing gets a little further along. All we have to go on are low quality youtube clips and I would bet it will undergo some changes before the final product is decided. I am curious about how this one will end up. I can't disagree on the name though... not a fan unless its truly iconic.
androiduk
Senior Member
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Traynor
Senior Member
^LMAO
You also could have put:
Now killing fewer Pedestrians!
You also could have put:
Now killing fewer Pedestrians!
egotrippin
Senior Member
Fewer than zero?
steveve
Senior Member
Bring in that Walmart rollback sucka!
wopchop
Building Toronto
The balcony of L30.
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
Two more floors are complete as of today, this took 13 days.
April 19th -
Another two floors completed as of today -
FAC33
Active Member
Another two floors completed as of today -
I'm just wondering--the counter at the kiosk in the FCP lobby never changes by more than one floor at a time. Right now it's on 53, and I expect we'll see it updated on Monday. But the updates we see here are always about two floors being complete. Do they just do two floors and then move the scaffolding, or what? The kiosk updates have been moving at about 1 floor per week.
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
They are now completing approximately one floor a week, that is true. I only provide a photographic update every two floors as I thought that it would get kind of old pretty quick if I updated every time one floor was completed. Until recently it took about a month to complete two floors, so it was a little more of an exciting update back then.