Pinski
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Question - post #715 what is the large pit beside the rising podium/tower?
Toronto Nobu Residences Toronto | 156.66m | 45s | Madison Group | Teeple Architects
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bmiller
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55 Mercer
daptive
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The steel holding up the heritage section is coming down.
Shot from today:
Shot from today:
Red Mars
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Jul 3, 2021
emphurent
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My friend does work on some of the prefab stuff going up in the city, and he told me he was working on the black panels for this the other day. Sounds like they are some really good quality stuff, he was pretty amped about them. He did say there will for sure be no 357 King issues here. Expect them to be much more the quality of the Waterworks panels. Won't say too much more though.
I also found a page with some of the tower details that I can publicly post about, not sure if any of these have been posted before, but as materials start to ramp up this makes for a good reference.
(Via: Petra Bogias)
A material sheet, the interior faces of the the tower (facing the courtyard) will be extremely mirrored, and the podium glass details look great too:
The golden glass material on the tower will be a slightly darker variant as used on the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, also designed by Teeple! You can also find examples of the exact material being used here on their website. (Via: Pilkington Glass)
I also found a page with some of the tower details that I can publicly post about, not sure if any of these have been posted before, but as materials start to ramp up this makes for a good reference.
(Via: Petra Bogias)
A material sheet, the interior faces of the the tower (facing the courtyard) will be extremely mirrored, and the podium glass details look great too:
The golden glass material on the tower will be a slightly darker variant as used on the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, also designed by Teeple! You can also find examples of the exact material being used here on their website. (Via: Pilkington Glass)
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UtakataNoAnnex
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That perforated metal won't be causing any wind/noise issues when installed? That became the source of nightmares when residences first moved into the E Condos a while back.
StephenR
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emphurent
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From what I've heard there may have been wind tests done (not just for noise though).
As most of the suppliers are named here, i'll give some insight into some of the other materials further...
Numbers to reference here... (Via: Petra Bogias)
1. Podium level will feature a mix of frosted textured glass and regular glass.
(Via Pilkington Glass)
3a. Included on the previous material sheet I posted above, here's an example of it in use.
(Via OKATECH)
6. Pilkington Eclipse Sunset Gold is the product being used on the tower portion, an example of this exact glass is below. It appears darker than the gold variant, but combined with black will likely have a defined elegance.
(Via Pilkington Glass)
And for those who are interested about how it looks inside....
(Via The Record)
7. The inner faces will feature Pilkington Mirropane panels. There aren't actually any large scale examples of this material, so I found an image that matched somewhat. I wonder if the sun will bounce really strong off these.
(Via Glass Online) (Via Getty Images)
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Lachlan Holmes
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Pictures from the morning of Sunday, July 4th:
ushahid
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seems like this project will break the monopoly of grey Spandrel and green glass in the entertainment district.
urbanexplorer
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Man it would be nice if they would add tree planters along this street. I know they wouldn’t get a ton of light but jeeze that is a concrete jungle.
got it right
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From day one I thought this project (based on the renderings) was too nice for the location......
karledice
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Agreed, it is unfortunate that the entire West side of the west tower is blocked by 55 Mercer
The entire base is blocked from the street view by King Blue podium and Icons 1, 2 and the Germain hotel
The North side is blocked by the King Blue and Maverick towers
While the towers and the finishes themselves are on track to becoming way more nicer than the mentioned buildings
emphurent
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Thinking on it more, depending on the order of construction with the projects around it, there may be very few angles you can see it from a distance. Oxford's Union Park will block most of the other views this building will be seen from.
This mockup I made shows a view that will probably only be visible for a couple years. The Gehry Towers just looked cool so I added them too... and 55 Mercer.
Side note: I think Teeple really understands use of colour so much better than IBI, these two projects will demonstrate that perfectly. Nobu uses its colour and shapes boldly to make for a classy design, meanwhile 55 Mercer just has random terracotta added amidst a bunch of other design ideas without much thought...
(Via Google Streetview)