Oh, I understand those openings in the tower now: that's where the spaceships fly into, for servicing. ;)
 
Ramako said:
I liking this shapeless mass less and less. The bulges are unattractive and the roof just looks silly.
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I can see how it wouldn't appeal to everyone....it is a bit bulbous, but still like it....it's different, and somehow, I dunno, aquatic?

/like a gigantic sea creature
 
yyzer said:
I can see how it wouldn't appeal to everyone....it is a bit bulbous, but still like it....it's different, and somehow, I dunno, aquatic?

/like a gigantic sea creature
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Yes, in that it has the same proportions as a sea cow.
 
"The Manatee" - Toronto's finest office tower, now open for business...:)
 
yyzer said:
I can see how it wouldn't appeal to everyone....it is a bit bulbous, but still like it....it's different, and somehow, I dunno, aquatic?

/like a gigantic sea creature
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I like the overall form, but how it meets the sidewalk still needs a lot of work.
 
alklay said:
Oh, I understand those openings in the tower now: that's where the spaceships fly into, for servicing. ;)
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Reminds me of...

Chancellors_Suite.jpg
 
"Do you really think they'd be hiring Adrian Smith to design if this wasn't something a little more than conceptual?"

Edward, maybe I should have used a word like preliminary rather than conceptual. The designer is part of the marketing process. Actually, I have come to understand that that is actually one of the primary roles of the architect. Foster + Partners is designing and planning Oxford's neighbouring Convention centre proposal. This does not I feel make the project more likely to be built, nor actual does it mean that Foster + Partner will even be the designer of the actual structure that is built in the end. Maybe I am wrong and this project is fully flushed out with tenants already waiting to be announced. It just sounds to me like Cadillac Fairview and Oxford are engaging in a little friendly competitive proposal-ing on their respective Front Street properties.
 
Wasn't the Foster + Partners design revealed early though as part of Oxford's casino bid?
 
maestro said:
Both have hundreds of thousands of square feet housing several thousand employees in multi-level basements (largely converted vaults) under the bank towers. Poor saps.
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The one Bank I am familiar with having a large number of employees in a multi-level basement - it was not previously a vault (vaults are not generally that large) - the space was previously back office processing area for all the various paper items which constituted financial transactions (cheques, drafts, remittances, etc. etc.), and associated paper report handling. All done electronically now, so the paper processing space was freed up and redeployed for office use. And yes, not the most fun working down there.
 
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