Toronto YC Condos -- Yonge at College | 198.42m | 62s | Canderel | Graziani + Corazza

[Bogtrotter]

The tower itself is pretty much on par with the average point tower going up. That said the bar is pretty low- rectangular box with balconies and spandrel. It's at street level where it turns into a cluttered mess, just trying too hard to do something with materials that inherently look cheap. Why not just use some quality glass on the podium- keep it simple and elegant.

 

[cd concept]

The more simple and bold looking the better it is. Where do these architects get there ideas from !

 

[Contra]

This condo looks like it doesn't know what it's trying to do.

That seems to be a pretty consistent pattern with Graziani + Corazza...it's opulence with none of the class.

 

[ssiguy2]

I actually quite like this design with the squares of contrasting designs.

 

[officedweller]

The red glass at the base is probably intended to tie in to the red brick of the heritage building on College.
The darker shade of red glass matches the brick quite well.

A bit late posting these, but here's my construction update contribution.
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[Contra]

Doesn't really come off when it's about 80m away and a tiny little patch that shares no other similarities other than a splash of reds.

 

[isaidso]

In person, the 'red' bits look awful. It doesn't cover a large expanse of the podium so I'm puzzled as to why they went with something so cheap looking.

 

[modernizt]

I can think of about two dozen approaches to matching or creating a dialogue with the red brick of Oddfellows Hall and not one of them involves ugly grey snap caps at the mullions or an ugly choice of red that reads like the entrance to a mall from the early 1990s.

 

[Koops65]

My pic from Saturday:

 

[Edward Skira]

From Bloor. Big Canderel and baby Canderel

 

[ADRM]

From Bloor. Big Canderel and baby Canderel

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Canderel sure produces some ugly offspring.

 

[someMidTowner]

This afternoon:

 

[Amare]

^That picture truly captures how horrific this thing is. From street level it looks more palatable since the balconies cover up the brutal spandrel, but from the air you can see right through to those ugly strong grey spandrel panels which significantly minimizes the impact of what they were trying to accomplish with the balconies.

 

[travis3000]

Yes I agree the spandrel looks pretty disgusting.

 

[steveve]

This afternoon:

Great view, from the Livmore?