Toronto Nobu Residences Toronto | 156.66m | 45s | Madison Group | Teeple Architects

[WiddleBittyKitty]

The deal with the I-never-met-a-curve-I-didn't-like crowd is that it's just that: there's no discrimination, all curves are good curves. Similarly all boxes are boring boxes to them; there's no ability to discriminate between the handsomely proportioned and detailed boxes and the clumsy ones.

 

[gristle]

And this thing is a clumsy curved box.

 

[Parkdalian]

This development is rapidly soaring to the top of my hate list. Ugly and destructive.

 

[Ramako]

Mediocre schlock.

 

[Automation Gallery]

Mediocre schlock.

I dont know, hard to tell from a blurry paper print.....could actually look good in the hood with some corner/crown LED lighting.

 

[ThomasJ]

I dont know, hard to tell from a blurry paper print.....could actually look good in the hood with some corner/crown LED lighting.

i agree with you, Automation. btw, i can't believe there aren't any better renderings of this one out there yet.

 

[caltrane74]

I think it's awesome! - A detailed rendering would be nice though.

 

[scrapergeek]

The fact that most people on this forum hate it leads me to believe that 99.999% of the public will like it, myself included!

 

[urbandreamer]

15 Mercer is the worst proposal of 2011.

A market correction would eliminate the risk of it getting built. But the owners are probably just upzoning the site to flip to an established developer.

 

[Northern Magus]

I think it speaks to why design review panels are essential in this city.

It's got potential, but it definitely needs some work.

 

[caltrane74]

Well, I thought these guys were more than halfway soldout?

If that is the case, probably not much chance of it going under before it gets built.

 

[khris]

That is ugly!

It's not on sale... how could it be halfway sold out?

 

[caltrane74]

I might have been thinking the Mercer and got them confused.

As for the building itself, I think it's very slick. - But it's a wait and see game if they still have to get approval and take it to market.

 

[urbandreamer]

caltrane, I really have trouble understanding your aesthetic tastes. OTOH, you think the new aA-4$ is beautiful; on the other, you're saying this proposal is "very slick." I'm confused, because to me, this project is awkward cheap and in fact very 3rd world, while an aA is First World.

 

[caltrane74]

This looks like a rough rendering, let's see the details!