yin_yang
Active Member
Exactly what I expected from Gehry...looks simple, but upon closer inspection it is complicated and BRILLIANT!
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AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Photo update:
From Dundas and McCaul.
Supports for the eastern "tear".
Close up.
South facade.
Blue titanium under the sun.
Old atrium.
Temporary south staircase enclosure.
West emergency egress stairs.
Galleria Italia from the west.
Viewed whole.
Future entrance.
Back to the McCaul end.
AoD
From Dundas and McCaul.
Supports for the eastern "tear".
Close up.
South facade.
Blue titanium under the sun.
Old atrium.
Temporary south staircase enclosure.
West emergency egress stairs.
Galleria Italia from the west.
Viewed whole.
Future entrance.
Back to the McCaul end.
AoD
smuncky
Senior Member
that first picture really shows what a sexy beast this is.
Canuck
Active Member
Bravo Gehry. Bravo.
ProjectEnd
Superstar
Looks awesome...thats all I can muster, I'm so pleasantly surprised with the way this is turning out!
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lawsond
Guest
from all these flattering posts, i take it i am the only one who finds this addition uninspiring and more like the departure drop-off of an airport terminal or a convention centre facade than a work of art.
i guess i will look harder next time i go past it.
i guess i will look harder next time i go past it.
HiRiser
Active Member
First pic is fantastic. This one is surprisingly stunning. dare I say better than the ROM
JasonParis
Moderator
I dare say you won't be the only one to dare say that!
TKTKTK
Senior Member
I'm still a little queasy about the external staircases. Even in the renderings they feel awkward and stiff. Maybe in person they'll resolve more elegantly.
syn
Senior Member
Nope. I'm not a fan of the exterior either. I'm really looking forward to the inside though.
jn_12
Senior Member
I'm not a fan of how flat and uninteresting the back wall is. Maybe the staircase will help, but I feel like it either needs more windows or something to soften it and make it look less blocky. It kind of looks like it was made of lego and they ran out of special pieces. The front is great though.
scrappyTO
Active Member
I think the tower shows a definite restraint, but it's that very restraint that allows the spiral motif to be visible as it rises from the front galleria mullions, through the interior via the serpentine ramp and interior staircases, right up through the Walker Court roof and outwards from the box in several directions in the form of presently static-looking staircases. I'm hoping their cladding adds the missing movement. If Ghery had fussed up the tower more, he'd probably blow the budget and we'd criticize the adornment as cheap or meaningless. The simple structure also nods towards the other buildings in and around the rear elevation, reinterpreting their window patterns into a singular expression. Or did I smoke too much?
MetroMan
Senior Member
^ no, I think you got that right on.
Although I would have welcomed a slight undulating to the façade, I think that the monolithic look of the tower provides an excellent backdrop for the true star: the serpentine staircase.
Although I would have welcomed a slight undulating to the façade, I think that the monolithic look of the tower provides an excellent backdrop for the true star: the serpentine staircase.
whatever
Senior Member
The stairs are going to be clad in stainless, so between the metallic sheen and the curved glass they'll have a huge 'wow' factor.
TKTKTK
Senior Member
I think the undulation, and the monolithicness will be solved by the proper cladding. That crazy blue titanium has a lot of personality, covering an area that large with shiney blue, pillowed, panels, will be really something.
I cladding on the stairs will help their form somewhat, but they still look really awkward, even in the renders. They feel kinky and jinky, rather than fluid.