Toronto Parliament Street Data Centre | ?m | 5s | BRL Realty | WZMH

[TheKingEast]

That is some sick cladding.

 

[junctionist]

Developers should incorporate such creative cladding in condo and office buildings around the city.

 

[freshcutgrass]

As a friend pointed out to me, the slats will present a perfect roosting place for pigeons and birds

Not if you electrify it!

 

[nfitz]

As far as data centers go, I know of only one other in downtown Toronto (Allied REIT’s building on Front St. West, east of Simcoe)

There's some smaller ones stuck in other buildings in downtown, often unknown to many in the building ...taking perhaps only part of a floor.

 

[cassius]

There's some smaller ones stuck in other buildings in downtown, often unknown to many in the building ...taking perhaps only part of a floor.

I operate one. There's dozens throughout the city and a few larger ones in the 905 as well.

 

[MafaldaBoy]

01 December 2014:


Parliament Street Data Centre by Jimmy Wu, on Flickr

 

[DSC]

That is some sick cladding.

It is amazingly like the rendering too.

 

[nfitz]

It is amazingly like the rendering too.

When do the pigeons come home to roost?

 

[DSC]

When do the pigeons come home to roost?

If you look at the cladding it is not clear where pigeons would actually perch/roost on it. If they do it would look rather cute covered by plastic owls!

 

[Razz]

December 22, 2014:

Finishing detail at the top floor with charcoal coloured corrugated metal cladding being installed today.


Closeup view of the metal cladding being installed.

 

[Edward Skira]

Would love to see a tower with these colours.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Would love to see a tower with these colours.

Indeed. I think there is a TAS project in NYCC that used terracotta - but this is truly the type of cladding that would do well if used in say, Southcore. A podiumful of this material would have added so much of the absent warmth in the precinct.

AoD

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

The podium on YC Condos is supposed to be terracotta panels

 

[ProjectEnd]

But do we really trust G+C to deliver anything worth looking at there?

 

[Razz]

January 2, 2015:

As viewed from Parliament Street:

North Elevation:

Below: South and East Elevations


Below: Close-up on the slats. They appear to have a very shallow depth, perhaps one inch at the most, in which case it seems highly unlikely these "ledges" will attract pigeons. Small birds - that's another matter...