Toronto KING Toronto | 57.6m | 16s | Westbank | Bjarke Ingels Group

[stjames2queenwest]

This is amazing! It's an architectural landscape in and of itself. Love it

 

[Tuscani01]

*faints*

 

[Edward Skira]

Rendering

 

[Edward Skira]

The model

 

[Stupidandshallow]

Oh very cool! It's not Toronto enough though. What about privacy, shadows and skyviews!*

edit: *sarcasm

 

[neuhaus]

Oh very cool! It's not Toronto enough though. What about privacy, shadows and skyviews!

Privacy? Take a look at all the condos along the Gardiner corridor, Liberty Village and the Entertainment District. All those condos look on to each other have no privacy. Sure it's a bit radical for our city but what's wrong with that? Take a look at the Absolute Towers in Mississauga.
I really like this, kind of like Habitat in Montreal.

 

[Lenser]

Like Habitat for sure in its angular, modular aspects, but quite different in its massing - less compact, more organic, with a topography resembling mountains and valleys.

Bring it on.

 

[Ramako]

This is outstanding. Can't wait to see more details.

I hope they don't - this is the sort of rule-breaking the city needs and should be rewarded for.

AoD

If Thomson Residences, which is almost 300 metres to the west of this site, got 15 storeys of sheer streetwall there, I don't see why Westbank can't get ~20 storeys that are setback from the street here.

 

[GeneralGrievance]

Here's today's short editorial looking at the new renderings:http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2016/02/first-look-bjarke-ingels-design-489-539-king-west

 

[officedweller]

Looks awesome!
I wonder if it will be in raw/polished concrete or clad in stone?
If concrete, I wonder if it will come across as cold and dark.

 

[Automation Gallery]

. I don't see why Westbank can't get ~20 storeys that are setback from the street here.

Yeah no doubt, as it is im counting 21 storeys on most of those buildings

 

[Towered]

While this is indeed a very inspired design, I think it's wise to not get one's hopes up too much. We're always just one re-design away from an extremely dumbed-down version, and lord knows how often we've seen that happen. Toronto is, apart from a handful of exceptions, allergic to bold design.

 

[LUVIT!]

Absolutely stunning. I love the scale and the interesting stacking of the architecture. I want it and I want it bad.

 

[Benito]

Womderful!

 

[Armour]

Do you suppose we'll find out more when Bjarke Ingels is in town on the 23rd?