Toronto The One | 328.4m | 91s | Mizrahi Developments | Foster + Partners

[Canadian Chocho]

Huh? I prefer metres (metric in general) but I wouldn't go as far as saying it is objectively better because its more 'human'. Imperial and metric lengths are both arbitrary. Not everyone's foot is 12 inches.

 

[Lenser]

Both systems involve somewhat arbitrary assignments of value, but at least metric is consistently based off of 10. Whereas feet, inches, miles, yards, pound? It's a mishmash. There's nothing terribly "human" about it.

The metric system is slowly making inroads here. I'm well into my 50s now and I'm used to thinking of kph when driving and these days I notice more young people talk in terms of kilometres rather than miles. But human height? In North America at least we're still happy with feet and inches. In another generation or three, I'm not so sure Imperial is going to be dominant.

Anyway, back to the topic at hand. I don't remember how many floors the One is supposed to have, but I too find it handy to have both a building's proposed number of stories as well as its height listed. It's nice to have different ways of gauging a building's relative height and size. I realize that office buildings have a higher floor height in general but we've also seen instances of residential towers with different floor heights depending on where the floor is located. It's just another way of conceptualizing any given project.

 

[steveve]

Link to a night rendering I haven't seen before (we've seen the day version but this one shows off potential lighting schemes). From the official website:

http://onebloorwest.com/gallery/bloor-night

 

[Strange Advance]

I don't remember how many floors the One is supposed to have, but I too find it handy to have both a building's proposed number of stories as well as its height listed.

I believe it is 80 floors, and I agree that showing both figures in titles is preferable. http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=105731

 

[Automation Gallery]

I agree that showing both figures http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=105731

But then again the height is wrong

 

[Strange Advance]

But then again the height is wrong

Yes, so we'll just have to wait until something official trickles down.

 

[Edward Skira]

Agree - I miss the stories in the titles

We had a problem with the length of the thread titles. We had to pick one so we went with metres rather than storeys.

Here's the night shot.

I would love to see this become a two tower project with the building with the Scotiabank biting the dust.

 

[G.L.17]

Won't rule out a possible phase 2 sometime down the road.

 

[caltrane74]

There is probably still time, if Scotiabank wants to get in on the action.

 

[maestro]

I disagree, Liberty Village floor heights are far different from The Four Seasons, or the Hazelton.

Seriously

 

[maestro]

But then again the height is wrong

You sure about that?

The elevator overruns are apparently gone.

 

[Automation Gallery]

You sure about that?

The elevator overruns are apparently gone.

Well if that is the case, the mods should change the title to read 319m

 

[interchange42]

There's no point in changing the thread title until plans are resolved here.

42

 

[AndreaPalladio]

There is probably still time, if Scotiabank wants to get in on the action.

Does Scotia even own that building though?

 

[ThomasJ]

We had a problem with the length of the thread titles. We had to pick one so we went with metres rather than storeys.

makes no sense. adding "80s" or "29s" etc barely adds to the length of threat titles.

people are upset - for a reason. the number of storeys is one of the most important descriptors. re-add the # of storeys asap.