Toronto Waterlink at Pier 27 | 43.89m | 14s | Cityzen | a—A

[Red October]

This project has a very creative and clever design, and is in a great location being where shipping took place years ago, but I will never understand why they decided to go with the typical condo glass and seafoam green spandrel. If they were going for the industrial shipping crates look, why not clad it similar to NEO Bankside? Seems perfect for this type of idea.

Still, glad that the foot of Yonge street is actually being used, and with a better-than-generic condo design!

 

[ProjectEnd]

This project has a very creative and clever design, and is in a great location being where shipping took place years ago, but I will never understand why they decided to go with the typical condo glass and seafoam green spandrel. If they were going for the industrial shipping crates look, why not clad it similar to NEO Bankside? Seems perfect for this type of idea.

Still, glad that the foot of Yonge street is actually being used, and with a better-than-generic condo design!

It's not 'typical condo glass,' it's a hybrid curtain/window wall and quite a step above said 'typical condo glass.' The answer as to why it wasn't clad similar to NEO is simple: budget. NEO is a high-end luxury product while Pier27 is pretty standard. Many of NEO's units look like this:

Cities take time to mature and develop. Toronto's in a bit of a teenage growth spurt now - lots of quantity but sadly, little quality. It'll be a few years yet before we get anything as good as the above.

 

[Tewder]

For those who are tired of certain motifs in the city... I wonder if people in 19th century Paris would say, 'oh geez, not another Haussmann... enough with the mansard roofs already!!'?

 

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Still, glad that the foot of Yonge street is actually being used, and with a better-than-generic condo design!

Well, it DOES have the Jadran - at least for a while longer :->

 

[Red October]

It's not 'typical condo glass,' it's a hybrid curtain/window wall and quite a step above said 'typical condo glass.' The answer as to why it wasn't clad similar to NEO is simple: budget. NEO is a high-end luxury product while Pier27 is pretty standard. Many of NEO's units look like this:.

No kidding, didn't know that's what the interiors of NEO were like, that would definitely explain it.

I knew the glass quality was high at Pier 27, I just always thought how cool it would be to have something like NEO Bankside on that prime spot.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Forget condos - we'd be lucky to get something as high quality in some of our office developments. And FYI - a 1 Bedroom 570 sq. ft unit in NEO Bankside will set you back 900K...Pounds.

AoD

 

[DowntownTO]

Not to derail the thread, but I just checked out the NEO website. Wow! Those may very well be the best interiors I've ever seen in a condo. Next level stuff.

 

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[Benito]

I really like this project. It really looks great.

 

[someMidTowner]

A breakdown of recent photos from the Forum featured on the News page: http://www.urbantoronto.ca/news/2014/04/aluminum-banding-appears-pier-27s-east-bridge

 

[Miscreant]

That crisscrossing pattern looks really good.

 

[someMidTowner]

Today:

 

[modernizt]

The colour of the spandrel on the bridge features is very unfortunate and really places an emphasis on the horizontal, but the cross-bracing motif is making a very nice effect. One of my favourite projects for sure.

 

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From this past Friday:

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The latest shots of Waterlink are up in this front page story, checking in on progress on the exterior details.

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