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    Toronto Toronto | 355 Sherbourne | 172.8m | 48s | Kindred Works | KPMB

    Excellent video on the subject, by About Here, from Vancouver:
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    London Toronto | 550 Ridout Street North | 98.91m | 31s | York | PDT Arch

    I hate to gatekeep, but do these London projects really belong here?
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    Toronto Toronto | Pinnacle One Yonge | 351.85m | 106s | Pinnacle | Hariri Pontarini

    I'm just glad Pinnacle didn't hire aA for this one. Imagine a copy pasted wraparound balcony design X3 a la Casa directly on the waterfront. Shudders...
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    Toronto Toronto | Forma | 308m | 84s | Great Gulf | Gehry Partners

    If your attention span is so limited that you think the US only started behaving this way when Trump came into power, idk what to tell you. Elbows up crowd when the US bombs, invades, and terrorizes for decades: Nothing Elbows up crowd when Trump says something stupid: BOYCOTT! I agree that...
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    Toronto Toronto | One Bloor West | 308.6m | 85s | Tridel | Foster + Partners

    Is this Toronto's first Mass Tuned Damper, or are there other such installations? 🤔
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    Toronto Toronto | Park Road | 97.43m | 28s | Capital Developments | Diamond Schmitt

    the glass on this one looks to be really high quality/low iron. I know it's window wall based on the installation, but it looks so uniform, I actually thought it might be curtain wall from some angles
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    Toronto Toronto | Forma | 308m | 84s | Great Gulf | Gehry Partners

    I really hope I don't jinx it by saying this, but I'm really impressed with how well the panels are aligned in relation to each other. Given all the creases, that's no easy task! From what I've seen thus far, the panel gaps are remarkably uniform! Also, I'm really excited to see the...
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    Toronto Toronto | Forma | 308m | 84s | Great Gulf | Gehry Partners

    "I judge people with different opinions" is a weird take. People are allowed to evaluate based on what they've seen so far. I've already given objective rationale for why I think this is being handled less than ideal; the exposed fasteners, and poor corner handling being the most obvious signs...
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    Toronto Toronto | 50 Scollard | 147.62m | 41s | Lanterra | Foster + Partners

    looking great! this one really surpassed my expectations
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    Toronto Toronto | 8 Elm | 218.2m | 69s | Reserve Properties | Arcadis

    I avoid any condo with wrap-around balconies. The clutter, trash, cigarette butts, bird poop is a lot. Not to mention I rarely use the balcony, yet it blocks my view 24/7. Above the ~15th floor, balconies are useless. I'm glad we're getting more curtain wall "floor to ceiling" window buildings...
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    Toronto Toronto | Forma | 308m | 84s | Great Gulf | Gehry Partners

    I like this building/design, but the attention to detail is seriously disappointing. Exposed fasteners, clunky corner handling, poor window/cladding transitions. Comparing this to The One is wild to me. The difference in execution is appreciable even from a distance; up close, it's not even...
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    Toronto Toronto | 8 Elm | 218.2m | 69s | Reserve Properties | Arcadis

    wrap-around balconies are the worst, laziest design choice IMO
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    Toronto Toronto | Forma | 308m | 84s | Great Gulf | Gehry Partners

    it's kind of a shame that the corners aren't handled any better :/
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    Toronto Toronto | Forma | 308m | 84s | Great Gulf | Gehry Partners

    My biggest concern is the exposed fasteners. I was wishfully hoping we'd see the panels tack welded to the frame, but there's no way they could've done that at scale. Another solution would've been to have the panels manufactured with mounts that could be fastened from behind or something like...
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    Toronto CAMH Queen | 60.3m | 7s | CAMH | KPMB + HOK + TreanorHL + Diamond Schmitt

    It's funny how much better that building looks better in person than it does in that pdf

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