Toronto Sun Life Financial Tower & Harbour Plaza Residences | 236.51m | 67s | Menkes | Sweeny &Co

[Ryan_T]

I wonder... are they prioritizing cladding or something? Maybe the inside is barely wired/plumbed.

 

[G.L.17]

Yesterday morning:

 

[Contra]

That reflection is quiet nice.

 

[drum118]

Jan 23 and more up on site

 

[Marlone]

Does anyone know which retailer will move in to replace the previous Target?

 

[UrbanAffair]

It's so difficult to tell how the balcony treatment will affect the overall look, but I am optimistic. For now, every little spot that isn't filled in with balcony yet, takes away from it.

 

[interchange42]

The spots that aren't covered by a balcony don't take away from the overall look, they create the overall look. That look is a combination of objects and voids and the transitions between them. Without the voids and transitions, these towers would just be Casa IV and Casa V.

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[UrbanAffair]

That's not what I was referring to, but perhaps I didn't explain it very clearly. I realize that there are parts without balconies altogether. I mean the unfinished sections of the actual balconies, where there will be balcony glass but at this point they just haven't installed it completely. I do actually prefer this overall look (once complete) to Casa simplicity.

 

[Ryan_T]

The problem I'm already seeing is the grey bars that are between the balcony gaps. I'd like to imagine the balconies as a sort of high-tech layer wrapping itself around a square tower, but those grey bars are very distracting. There's almost always two between the wedges. At least it's consistent all the way up the building.

 

[HarryHoudini]

New update video from Menkes

 

[G.L.17]

Photos taken from ICE by my friend:

 

[Armour]

This tower's western profile is really nice, but the rest of the building is pretty humdrum (excellent quality materials and execution, however).

 

[G.L.17]

Visible from the Financial District; plus a little photo dump around the site:

 

[NBGtect]

These looks great with pumped up colour saturation. Futuristic movies filmed here should showcase these.

 

[Lenser]

Or maybe a movie about tyrannical Orwellian overlords - the dreaded Blue Meanies of the future.