Torontovibe
Senior Member
It could have had great retail space, if they would have kept the boot. I still grieve for the loss of that boot. :-(
It could have had great retail space, if they would have kept the boot. I still grieve for the loss of that boot. :-(
Lansdude
Active Member
Was remarking on the Altus Group building in the comment just before mine.
drum118
Superstar
June 18
Traynor
Senior Member
It never ceases to amaze me when an architect misses a golden oportunity to tie, thematically, the new and old structures together.
If you are going to make this mechanical thingy covered in siding instead of patterned, ceramic-fritted glass (as we all expected)...Why not make the slanty dark parts out of aged and patina-ed copper (or replicate the look at least in some modern material) so as to match the Sony building from this view?
Something like this quick render:
(Close-up from drum118's image above plus some of my crappy Photoshop work)
UGH! I give up on today's designers. They have no eye for this stuff.
If you are going to make this mechanical thingy covered in siding instead of patterned, ceramic-fritted glass (as we all expected)...Why not make the slanty dark parts out of aged and patina-ed copper (or replicate the look at least in some modern material) so as to match the Sony building from this view?
Something like this quick render:
(Close-up from drum118's image above plus some of my crappy Photoshop work)
UGH! I give up on today's designers. They have no eye for this stuff.
drum118
Superstar
Some times designers can come up with some great stuff, but the manufactors can't build it due to lack of skills or material that will do the job in the first place. Then there is the high labour cost to do it, if it is a real custom job, that it price out of the project.
Being on the manufactoring side, I can defend the designers to a point, but over all, they lack the skill and vision of our fore fathers. Had to show some of them over the years how to do thing right and they get more money than I do.
Being on the manufactoring side, I can defend the designers to a point, but over all, they lack the skill and vision of our fore fathers. Had to show some of them over the years how to do thing right and they get more money than I do.
androiduk
Senior Member
What a bizarre looking structure right now. It looks like a low rise commercial building with a lean-to attached to it. Absolutely no hint that a nice addition to our skyline is coming.
Traynor
Senior Member
Then again... I suppose we won't have to look at this crappy aluminum siding very long... After all, this is Toronto:
(Original by drum118 found in this thread)
(Original by drum118 found in this thread)
Marcanadian
Moderator
Viagra presents: The L Tower!
Red October
Senior Member
From this weekend:
All photos by me.
All photos by me.
greenleaf
Senior Member
From Saturday.
androiduk
Senior Member
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Lansdown
Banned
The corner entrance cutout has started to take on some grandeur in the last few days. Already quite fetching in its skeletal form.
Atlantis
Active Member
hahaha, awesome pic! For a second I thought someone has put up a skeletal structure around the antenna on the CN Tower
For a second I thought someone has put up a skeletal structure around the antenna on the CN Tower From Saturday.
CanadianNational
Senior Member
^ Whoa! For a second there I thought it looked like the Tokyo Sky Tree.
Jasonzed
Senior Member
from today
