Toronto Mirvish Village (Honest Ed's Redevelopment) | 85.04m | 26s | Westbank | Henriquez Partners

[GenerationLee]

Part of me is glad I haven't gone to Bathurst and Bloor in a while. The lack of colour here really drives home the moniker "The City of Grey".
That being said, the project is really quite impressive, but really needs a pop of warm tones.

 

[ProjectEnd]

Time for city to stop allowing this. Reminds of the absolute crap art allowed for Uptown condos on Balmuto st (the window frames at street level; art is fine, absolutely weak component and should not qualify.)

It was Crystal Blue, not Uptown. Or, as old heads will remember the duo: Cruptal Blown.

Surprised you didn't mention the ultimate public-art-dog: Cinema Tower.

 

[adHominem]

It was Crystal Blue, not Uptown. Or, as old heads will remember the duo: Cruptal Blown.

Surprised you didn't mention the ultimate public-art-dog: Cinema Tower.

No, it was Uptown – Crystal blu has those silly cut-out glass shards in the precast, and Uptown has the window frames with a bas-relief image stamped in them that's somehow supposed to count as public art.

(We're not gonna talk about the flintstones entrance at cinema tower that i secretly kinda like because it's goofy)

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

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the westbank IG just put up this photo, taken before they installed the printed brick/stone facades.
perhaps it is this person: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Wallace_(artist)

I guess the lack of praise for this building was either due to budget cuts which affected the outcome, or we just don't "get" his art in this case.

It's still just cladding IMO, even if comes with an artist's signature...

 

[rdaner]

Taken 22 July.

 

[egotrippin]

This might've been interesting if they'd used panels with actual relief, instead it's got a weird uncanny valley thing going on.

 

[Vminkov]

Ok but the triglyphs are kinda cute though

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

To be clear, I am not opposed to artists using cladding as their medium...

...but it may set precedents for the likes of Kirkor and G+C to do weird things like this. And not in a good way. >.<

 

[ProjectEnd]

No, it was Uptown – Crystal blu has those silly cut-out glass shards in the precast, and Uptown has the window frames with a bas-relief image stamped in them that's somehow supposed to count as public art.

(We're not gonna talk about the flintstones entrance at cinema tower that i secretly kinda like because it's goofy)

Maybe I'm losing it in my old age (and admittedly I did think OP was talking about the crystal 'reveals' on Cruptal), but what bas-relief is there on Uptown?

 

[adHominem]

Maybe I'm losing it in my old age (and admittedly I did think OP was talking about the crystal 'reveals' on Cruptal), but what bas-relief is there on Uptown?

This is what makes it so crummy! It's the frames and mullions of the ground-floor windows. If you zoom waaaaay in on streetview you can just about make it out:

 

[ProjectEnd]

Ha! Incredible. I'd somehow forgotten completely about that. Brutal!

 

[Northern Light]

Maybe I'm losing it in my old age

Ahem, you're younger than me; you're barely middle age, hush!

 

[The Preservationist]

I've been middle aged for decades...

 

[3Dementia]

I've been middle aged for decades...

I'm aging in the middle.

 

[interchange42]

I believe it is meant to be an art piece by Ian Wallace

Cool. Glad to see a not-so-serious take on what otherwise could have been flat, featureless spandrel panel. This is some whimsy and humour at work in a city that is mostly too serious and unimaginative. Bring on more flights or whimsy more often please!

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