unimaginative2
Senior Member
The height's fine in that location but wow is that design ever mediocre!
Toronto YC Condos -- Yonge at College | 198.42m | 62s | Canderel | Graziani + Corazza
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buildup
Senior Member
I wish more of these new buildings in the vicinity of College Park took inspiration from the same period, and tried to use marble or masonry.
SP!RE
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Working on my own edgier version of the design with less of a "gastro-intestinal" look to it.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
It's getting a bit too centi/millipede-ish - a tad disturbing.
AoD
AoD
canarob
Senior Member
The Human Centipede Residences, where Toronto stays connected.
flonicky
Active Member
Especially since some of the art deco elements fit well with a lot of contemporary work. Also, this building completes the intersection and makes it a contained 'room', so having some College Park building design elements continued on that side would give the intersection a more complete feeling. As for the wavy balconies ... the whole concept already feels dated.
Tulse
Senior Member
I like that a lot more, especially the sculptural aspect of the balconies at the corner. I think the building would be more interesting with that approach on all four edges.
metroTO
Active Member
Better, but it looks like half a snowman or an edamame bean.
Maybe it will look better if the ball pattern alternate from side to side and the projections are more subtle -- the graphic pattern is a little too loud.
I don't think it's too loud - I like it quite a bit actually - but that strikes me as a really good design for the lakefront somewhere. The design suggests billowing sails to me, and waves as well.
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someMidTowner
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I like SP!RE's version a lot more than the current plans....If only developers cared enough about the end result to hold design competitions...of course if they did that they would have to shell out more than the bare minimum......
adHominem
Senior Member
Screw it. Let's just have David Cronenberg design all of our towers.
SP!RE
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What I'm finding is that if G+C continued the balcony glass between the actual balconies, as long bands of juliette balconies (like at ICE), along the west and east elevations, we'd be rid of that gastro-intestinal curvy shape that doesn't fit the jagged balconies, but the balconies would still create that cool effect.
I hope I explained that somewhat clearly because I think it's a simple touch that would fix a lot of the issues we don't like in this tower.
I hope I explained that somewhat clearly because I think it's a simple touch that would fix a lot of the issues we don't like in this tower.
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
The Full Sequence.
SP!RE
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If people are just looking to take shots at my very initial design sketch, I can take it down you know! Yeesh.
canarob
Senior Member
I was commenting on the project itself -- no disrespect to your sketch intended!