Toronto Richmond Adelaide Centre: EY Tower | 188.05m | 40s | Oxford Properties | Kohn Pedersen Fox

[grey]

The public space has a lot of potential, too. Oxford Properties held a bunch of tenant events over the years when I was working there, like summer BBQs. It's not as large as Bryant Park, but some green space or a skating rink might take pressure away from Nathan Phillips Square, which gets really crowded. It would also liven up this normally desolate part of the core, and there will soon be residents nearby to help push that along.

 

[Ramako]

New renderings: http://www.oxfordbigblocks.com/building-page.php?building=100-adelaide

The design has been slightly altered and slightly shortened. Also note that it lists there being only 900,000 sq. ft. available whereas it had previously offered up to 1,000,000 sq. ft.

 

[AlbertC]

 

[gristle]

Makes you want to dine at "Restaurant Hub."

Looks very interesting. I just hope the building isn't so toothpaste-green as shown in the video. Also, hats off to them for getting the moon so far north in that night shot.

 

[taal]

New renderings: http://www.oxfordbigblocks.com/building-page.php?building=100-adelaide

The design has been slightly altered and slightly shortened. Also note that it lists there being only 900,000 sq. ft. available whereas it had previously offered up to 1,000,000 sq. ft.

Well as you said it is shorter now, so that likely explains the space available now.


It seems they added a new interesting feature to the roof though !

 

[p5connex]

Well 900k sf. vs. 1 million sf is equivalent to 4 floors at roughly 24-25,000 sf - so it would be 40 storeys plus mechanical. Not a major reduction by any means.

Well as you said it is shorter now, so that likely explains the space available now.


It seems they added a new interesting feature to the roof though !

 

[SP!RE]

I'm in love with this design... and I love how the fins peel off the facade at ground level... I'm a big fan of that effect.

I think this is a design that would look very good even if it was built at a shorter/stumpy height, OR as a much taller building.

 

[fred]

I'm in love with this design... and I love how the fins peel off the facade at ground level... I'm a big fan of that effect.

I think this is a design that would look very good even if it was built at a shorter/stumpy height, OR as a much taller building.

Before you get too excited, just remember how beautiful the original ROM Crystal design was when it was first proposed, and then look at that hideous aluminum sided structure they saddled us with!

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Nice - quite like it, something simple and memorable.

fred:

Highly doubt they will clad it with aluminium - much less aluminium cladding from Josef Gartner.

AoD

 

[SP!RE]

Before you get too excited, just remember how beautiful the original ROM Crystal design was when it was first proposed, and then look at that hideous aluminum sided structure they saddled us with!

I fail to see just about any parallels between this project and the ROM.

 

[steveve]

HUGE impact from NPS.... this along with INDX is gonna really change everything about the view... it won't be the classic FCP, Bay Adelaide, Scotia Plaza, and Trump fest.

 

[someMidTowner]

HUGE impact from NPS.... this along with INDX is gonna really change everything about the view... it won't be the classic FCP, Bay Adelaide, Scotia Plaza, and Trump fest.

BAC and trump part of the classic view? where was i for this

 

[Urban Shocker]

HUGE impact from NPS....

Which is precisely the sort of effect that locating the Sheraton Centre tower so far to the west was designed to set up, forty years ago.

 

[DarkSideDenizen]

43 Simcoe and 156 Front may be visible from some points here also---Should look spectacular.

 

[vegeta_skyline]

Well 900k sf. vs. 1 million sf is equivalent to 4 floors at roughly 24-25,000 sf - so it would be 40 storeys plus mechanical. Not a major reduction by any means.

Based on the render, its 39 floors (occupied) plus 4-5 for the mech. That would probably put a tad under the RBC center's 42s + 2-3s mech. So we're talking about 600ft/183m.