condovo
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The developer here being the University of Toronto...
Toronto U of T: Robarts Library Renovations & Robarts Common | ?m | ?s | U of T | Diamond Schmitt
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UtakataNoAnnex
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And they should know better.
AlexBozikovic
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someMidTowner
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I'd be so much more into this if it wasn't attached to Robarts.
old boy
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Well, it is sort of Brutalist in a brutal and cheap sort of way.
ProjectEnd
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I still can't get my head around using capless SSGs on 90% of the project, then slapping silver caps all over the *entrance*.
Mystifying...
Mystifying...
UtakataNoAnnex
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It's Spring you know. And the birds are singing, "Cheap, cheap, cheap...cheap!" >.<
ADRM
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Exactly -- hard to see past that inexplicably poor detailing. I wonder what their provenance was, too; budget isn't typically a problem with U of T, and for all of DSAI's recent struggles on multi-family residential, they usually bring a better eye to institutional. Tough to know where the breakdown occurred.
Rascacielo
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Today
P23
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Hardly surprising. I don't think they've put up a nice looking building in the last 50 years at least.
ADRM
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AlbertC
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Focusing on the past 25 years or so, I'd say U of T has had a fair amount of quality new architectural contributions to their downtown campus. The ones that stand out for me are: the Terrence Donnelly Centre, Woodsworth College residences, Bahen Centre, and Max Gluskin House.
On the enigmatic side, but I actually like the Graduate House too at Spadina & Harbord. Personally find it to be one of the more interesting miscellaneous/odd ball buildings in the city.
Trending towards the hit or miss territory for various reasons but I'd say the following have more positive than negative aspects: Rotman expansion, Leslie Dan pharmacy building, Goldring Centre, Jackman Law building, New College III, Daniels faculty of architecture new addition, Myhal Centre.
If expanded to 50 years, I think there's a lot of understated gems especially various buildings along Huron Street between Harbord and Ursula Franklin Street.
On the enigmatic side, but I actually like the Graduate House too at Spadina & Harbord. Personally find it to be one of the more interesting miscellaneous/odd ball buildings in the city.
Trending towards the hit or miss territory for various reasons but I'd say the following have more positive than negative aspects: Rotman expansion, Leslie Dan pharmacy building, Goldring Centre, Jackman Law building, New College III, Daniels faculty of architecture new addition, Myhal Centre.
If expanded to 50 years, I think there's a lot of understated gems especially various buildings along Huron Street between Harbord and Ursula Franklin Street.
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yin_yang
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The new business building is also quite nice.
UtakataNoAnnex
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I'm upvoting this for what I presume are sakura blossoms...
Rascacielo
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They are indeed, and one of the few in Toronto that are not fenced off.