There's not a lot of anodized aluminum cladding on Toronto's big buildings, which you can normally identify by its metallic sheen; we tend toward powder-coated aluminum more often, which appears painted if good, or like vinyl siding if the quality is not so high. Anodized aluminum, however, shows up when developers are looking to show off a little more, and two buildings a block from each other, and across Yonge Street in Downtown Toronto, add colour to the busy corridor. The newcomer, 8 Elm is adding evermore bronze colouration as it rises higher, while Toronto Metropolitan University's Student Learning Centre's vibrant blue textured tiles clad the lower level chamfers that highlight the building's main entrance.