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Forma | 308m | 84s | Great Gulf | Gehry Partners
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A Torontonian Now
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I am glad that Gehry participated in a media event regarding the latest design. Given his advanced age, since this is the version that is likely to be built, it will be nice for posterity to know he remained involved and proud of it.
Contra
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emphur
Active Member
Yay some new renders to play with! 
I took the back end rendering and placed it more realistically. The view corridor down McCaul Street is gonna really transform. This new design has been growing on me, somehow this design really feels like it compliments the Alsop Tabletop.
(Background from Google streetview, Building renders via Frank Gehry & Associates)
I took the back end rendering and placed it more realistically. The view corridor down McCaul Street is gonna really transform. This new design has been growing on me, somehow this design really feels like it compliments the Alsop Tabletop.(Background from Google streetview, Building renders via Frank Gehry & Associates)
They look a little bit too far west to me, but amazing job!Yay some new renders to play with!
(Background from Google streetview, Building renders via Frank Gehry & Associates)
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MetroMan
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Yay some new renders to play with!
(Background from Google streetview, Building renders via Frank Gehry & Associates)
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I liked this until I realized that the iconic CN tower view is going to be gone.
syn
Senior Member
Iconic CN Tower view gone, but a new iconic view created. Plays well with OCAD.
cd concept
Senior Member
It's amazing how many people give this rendering a thumbs up. Can they create something different. Because this building is going to be seen from afar when completed ! And who knows if it's going to look good or bad! Like the complaints you hear today about the Aura Tower.
KhalilHeron
Active Member
You can literally say that about any building. Who knows if it'll look good??? Your opinion of the design doesn't and shouldn't matter to the developers or influence the design when the majority of people are fine with it.
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
To risk stating the obvious, they really can't afford to mess with the cladding on this one. So GG needs to stay away from the bargain spandrel from Home Depot...no matter how tempting it's on their budget it maybe. Or this project will turn to crap in an instant, IMO.
Not entirely gone. It will still peek out from the top, assuming it will be built from there.I liked this until I realized that the iconic CN tower view is going to be gone.
condovo
Senior Member
Riseth
Active Member
Oh please no. I hope that's just a mistake or an older render by the poster.
KhalilHeron
Active Member
Looks like the old design so i'm guessing it's a mistake
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
That's a pretty nihilistic statement - positing that prior track record of developers and architects doesn't matter (when it does). In this instance it isn't just the rendering - it is clear articulation by the architects involved what the design changes are - and how the details (cladding, massing, etc) will work. If anything I am inclined to believe the renders will undersell, not oversell this proposal.
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