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At the Yonge and Bloor site of Mizrahi Developments' The One in the heart of Toronto, construction continues on the complicated lower floors of the building. Since the pouring of the sixth level slab of the building last month, forms have been under construction for the that level's walls; the sixth will be where the much of the residential and hotel amenities will be found. Next will be ten identical levels of hotel floors, where forms can be reused and the construction pace will quicken.
Looking ahead to the future upper residential levels of The One, Mizrahi Developments has recently shared new renderings of 'way up there' on a redesigned webpage for the building.
At the top of its 85 storeys, The One is to be topped by a 'crown' of columns and beams that define a rooftop of private gardens to be enjoyed by the residents of the four, four-storey Grand Penthouses. Just below them, suites of the Limited Collection start on the 62nd floor and go up to the 81st. All of the suites included in the collection have the option to be completely customized, with adaptable interior floor plans.
As we take a look down the tower, The One is wrapped in a distinctive lattice-like exoskeleton. The inside-out approach to the structure of the building allows for maximum space and flexibility on the inside, without more traditional, massive supporting walls running through the building.
Light and ample volumes dominate the interior while the exterior is graced with a skeleton of striking diagonal trusses, giving The One a commanding aesthetic look.
Residences continue down the tower to the 19th storey, interrupted occasionally by pairs of mechanical and locker levels. As the mechanical levels are cutaway from the tower's exterior walls, wind hitting the building will be dissipated somewhat at the each break, allowing for comfortable conditions at the base of the building. A cross-section of The One gives us a better idea of some of the building's components.
Designed by UK-based architects Foster + Partners with Toronto's Core Architects, The One was approved at a height of 85 storeys, 308.6 metres. The slender tower, stretching 1,012 feet into the sky, is among the pair of projects currently contending for the title of Canada's tallest building, along with the 312.5-metre SkyTower at Pinnacle One Yonge, which is now in the early stages of construction only a couple of kilometres to the south.
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