Hipster Duck
Senior Member
For all those who have been antsy for an icon could this be it?
This is certainly the most inventive highrise that has been built in the City of Toronto in this boom, but it's not quite iconic. For one, it's in the one part of the skyline that already has all the landmarks. Secondly, it will probably be hidden by similarly-sized buildings around it in the future. Third, the architecture is good and the details are there...but it still feels like a B+ or A- building to me. The Ritz-Carlton evokes a similar response, even though it was also designed by a major international firm, KPF, as do the 2 Absolute Towers.
I don't know what it is that doesn't catapult it into landmark status. The height? But there are landmark buildings that are as short as their neighbours, or that have been overtaken by others over time, such as the Woolworth Building or the UN headquarters. The fact that the boot that was designed for it got chopped? The fact that its colour isn't very distinguishable from far away?