cruzin4u
Senior Member
Were the panels suppose to be white? The old (Sugarpath) vs. the new (Pier27).
AlbertC
Superstar
MafaldaBoy
Senior Member
today, from Redpath:
guitarchitect
Active Member
Well, that's what the renderings had - but at best the renderings are an optimistic hope for what the building should be. The design development process brings a dose of reality to that optimism, in the form of "value engineering"... I imagine it was probably expensive to treat/mix the precast so that it is a pristine white, but I don't know for certain because I wasn't involved in the project at that point. It's also possible that this is just the base layer, and it's going to get treated/coated/covered later on.
Xray_Crystal_Junkie
Senior Member
Seeing as how the colour is not uniform against the panels already up, I hope they coat it with something.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
That'd probably make it worse when it start peeling...
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mysteryman
Active Member
There's no such thing as 100% colour uniformity in any material.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
If only they have used a TiO2 infused concrete like the Meier's Jubilee Church in Rome:
http://www.italcementi.it/NR/rdonlyres/71A317A5-C938-46B7-ABA0-E8940A77199D/0/doc_WhiteCement.pdf
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http://www.italcementi.it/NR/rdonlyres/71A317A5-C938-46B7-ABA0-E8940A77199D/0/doc_WhiteCement.pdf
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anonymous0024
Active Member
Yesterday, from Cherry Beach:
Jasonzed
Senior Member
from today
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dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
I only come on this thread occasionally in the past year or so but I have to say, I'm really not happy with all these buildings going up on the south side of Queen's Quay.
Red October
Senior Member
As of right now they just look like 4 slabs akin to these ugly bastards.. We'll just have to wait for the top parts that go across and the cladding for it to look good. That and the landscaping will make or break this project.
figaro
Banned
Right on!
Everytime I walk past these hideous things, I am angry and frustrated by their existence at the very best location in our city! Only if there is a way to make them disappear!
On their east, These don't look any better either. Our waterfront is so ruined by these 1970s ugly monsters. sigh....
figaro
Banned
Agree.
Queen Quay itself, especially the south side, shouldn't be dominated by highrises, not to say pure residential highrise condos. Do we really want our southern most street just by the lake, which everyone Toronto skyline photos show, to be an avenue of glass towers? It is especially bad when QQ itself is not that wide.
I feel so bad about our city. QQ and its south should be nothing but green space, trees, parks, benches, sculptures, ice-rinks, the sort of thing everyone can enjoy. Stop the obsession of LIVING on Queen's Quay already!