Toronto Maple House at Canary Landing | 89.61m | 26s | Dream | COBE Architects

[skycandy]

Undulating prep along podiums....seen out front and back (next two pics).

 

[drum118]

Nov 27

 

[Rascacielo]

Today

 

[lomeri]

I love these especially looking from front but wow do I ever wish that brick was RED.

 

[DavidCapizzano]

Agreed ^

Medium ironspot 46 is a lovely brick if used in moderation and in the right location, but it's kind of overkill here. It just lacks that distillery district red punch that is needed to make it feel like part of the area. I'm worried because these three buildings, in addition to block 7 will all use the same brick which will feel pretty monotonous once completed. Fortunately blocks 3&4 & block 20 seem to be shaking the materials up a bit.

I get the impression that the developer / architect community sees bright red brick as very passé - I'm sure if you conducted any kind of public poll you'd find that the general consensus would cite red as a favourable choice given that there's so much historic red brick in the city.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Agreed ^

Medium ironspot 46 is a lovely brick if used in moderation and in the right location, but it's kind of overkill here. It just lacks that distillery district red punch that is needed to make it feel like part of the area. I'm worried because these three buildings, in addition to block 7 will all use the same brick which will feel pretty monotonous once completed. Fortunately blocks 3&4 & block 20 seem to be shaking the materials up a bit.

I get the impression that the developer / architect community sees bright red brick as very passé - I'm sure if you conducted any kind of public poll you'd find that the general consensus would cite red as a favourable choice given that there's so much historic red brick in the city.

I consider it small mercies that they aren't using dark grey bricks here - at least this is broadly reddish and warm. As to red brick and popular choice - we could easily flip to the other extreme - Boston.

AoD

 

[DavidCapizzano]

I don't know... walking around some of the newer parts of Toronto can definitely make one yearn for some bright boston red. I'd take it over too cool for colour toronto

 

[daniel_kryz]

Won't we have Distillery bricks (old style red bricks) for the podium?

 

[DavidCapizzano]

Bricks on the first two floors will be the same colour as the upper podium (Endicott Medium Ironspot 46) but in the "artisan" finish

 

[daniel_kryz]

That's good, at least they understand that the podium has to be detailed.

 

[skycandy]

 

[ADRM]

Pump this emerging curved street wall directly into my veins.

 

[Rascacielo]

Today

 

[MisterF]

Agreed ^

Medium ironspot 46 is a lovely brick if used in moderation and in the right location, but it's kind of overkill here. It just lacks that distillery district red punch that is needed to make it feel like part of the area. I'm worried because these three buildings, in addition to block 7 will all use the same brick which will feel pretty monotonous once completed. Fortunately blocks 3&4 & block 20 seem to be shaking the materials up a bit.

I get the impression that the developer / architect community sees bright red brick as very passé - I'm sure if you conducted any kind of public poll you'd find that the general consensus would cite red as a favourable choice given that there's so much historic red brick in the city.

Sadly the design world has a tendency to dismiss what the public prefers. There's also a tendency to want to do something new instead of sticking with what's proven to work. The result is an association of red brick with buildings of a certain age and a reluctance to use it in new buildings. This dark coloured brick is better than black or grey but a brighter colour would be better still. Same with Mirvish Village - it's a fantastic project that would be even better with some brighter colours.

 

[daniel_kryz]

Sadly the design world has a tendency to dismiss what the public prefers. There's also a tendency to want to do something new instead of sticking with what's proven to work. The result is an association of red brick with buildings of a certain age and a reluctance to use it in new buildings. This dark coloured brick is better than black or grey but a brighter colour would be better still. Same with Mirvish Village - it's a fantastic project that would be even better with some brighter colours.

That's what frustrates me. I still really like this project and Mirvish Village, but it's as if some things were purposely done to avoid a clear resemblance to older methods. There are talented architects but I feel like, even with outstanding projects, there are some elements where they stubbornly stuck with the principles of modernism. My argument is: who cares? If it looks good, creates/protects a sense of place, and functions around people... that's all that matters.