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

nogoro said:

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.
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As long as you're not suggesting that "we" means everyone reading this thread. Just because a few people are bemoaning the work so far does not mean that everyone reading the thread should be assumed to be falling into line with the whinging about something unorthodox here.

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I don't think it was whining about something unorthodox here though. Rather, many I suspected assumed it was cladding until we were told it was an installation instead. And to be fair, many of us have been exposed to fine examples of Frankencladding on this forum and naturally assumed the worst before that fact. And perhaps that's the point of what the artist is doing here...

...my opinion after that fact still remains though. That is, it's still cladding even if it comes with an artist's signature. And for good or bad.
 
interchange42 said:
As long as you're not suggesting that "we" means everyone reading this thread. Just because a few people are bemoaning the work so far does not mean that everyone reading the thread should be assumed to be falling into line with the whinging about something unorthodox here.

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Glad to hear there is a spectrum of responses to this installation. The developer could easily have done nothing, but decided to hire a respected Canadian artist to put something up for us. Just the putting in this effort is miles ahead of what others in town are doing. I hope this will be the first (?) of many future attempts to spruce up building exteriors.
 
UtakataNoAnnex said:
I don't think it was whining about something unorthodox here though. Rather, many I suspected assumed it was cladding until we were told it was an installation instead. And to be fair, many of us have been exposed to fine examples of Frankencladding on this forum and naturally assumed the worst before that fact. And perhaps that's the point of what the artist is doing here...

...my opinion after that fact still remains though. That is, it's still cladding even if it comes with an artist's signature. And for good or bad.
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nogoro said:
Glad to hear there is a spectrum of responses to this installation. The developer could easily have done nothing, but decided to hire a respected Canadian artist to put something up for us. Just the putting in this effort is miles ahead of what others in town are doing. I hope this will be the first (?) of many future attempts to spruce up building exteriors.
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evandyk said:
I haven't gone to see it in person yet, but looking at the pictures, it looks like a fun little quirk.
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I also don't expect everyone to agreement with me either, and I admit that I haven't seen it in person yet and that might change my opinion...

...I just think that this kind of thing is highly subjective and it's always worth remembering that we nearly never get unanimity on anything on this Forum (and three cheers for that, that would be boring)!

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I walked by there just now (Friday sunset) and my feeling is that there was never an intention to make it look realistic. Where the printed panels intersect with solid colours it is very abrupt. On the other hand, I did not find a single repeating pattern in the texture, so maybe they are all unique and not a cheap wallpaper pattern. Another observation is that the grey and blue panels extend to the adjacent side of the building facing the alley, so perhaps this art installation will, like it or not, also continue there.
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I took these photos on Thursday but forgot until now lol. 1. Showing the inside of the most westerly commercial unit on Bloor that abuts "Her Chef" restaurant. Maybe almost ready to be occupied? 2. This view from the laneway west of Markham. What's with this big cinder block building that is not old enough to be heritage but not new enough to be used as-is? 3. The Kitchen hopefully ready to get cookin' soon! Pretty tall looking steps.
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