Toronto Nicholas Residences | ?m | 35s | Urban Capital | Core Architects
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scamander24
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Benito
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James
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It's looking very nice indeed.
Tewder
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The podium feels out of proportion to me, it needs some mediation between the brick and tower. Not sure who's designing buildings in Toronto these days. The materials do look good though.
modernizt
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White precast, standard red brick, and cheap-looking sconce lights that were apparently picked out of a Home Depot parts bin?
James
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I'm not sure what's cheap-looking about the sconce lights. Is it because the design is simple and not ornate? I'm not sure having fancier, more extravagant exterior light fixtures will add that much more value to this building design.
Automation Gallery
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Hmm
, everything above the red brick is blah
, everything above the red brick is blahLyphe
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Gotta say, looks pretty good to me. Especially where it meets the street.
Benito
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I really like what they've done at the street level. It is very nice walking down that stretch of Nicholas St. now.
TheKingEast
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Looks very sharp at street level. Red brick really has a timeless look. Much better than black brick.
stjames2queenwest
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watching it go up I didnt think I was going to like it much, but now that its up its growing on me, especially the tower portion, seems to be just slightly lavender in colour, and the penthouse levels look nice especially at dusk. It's a simple, pretty, little tower.
salsa
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I agree. I thought this was gonna look as banal as the renders, so it's nice to finally see a building turn out better in real life.
Watercolour renderings don't tend to impress on UrbanToronto. They are not an indication that the building is not going to turn out well though. It's just another marketing choice, one that is meant to emphasize the heritage aspects of the building in this case, and not an indication of the eventual build quality.
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Still, what it could have been
..oh well another box will do
Or it could look like the original 'peanut' design for 75 St. Nicholas Street, only taller:
