It almost looks like the BMU opening can actually be closed off. Is that the case? Does anyone know how the BMU will reach the other side of the building when it's so far down from the top? Can it really extend that much or is there a second BMU?

The irony in your post is that every city you listed has horrendous architecture. Specific to North America, Miami is the only other city I know of that spams window wall balcony riddled condos the way Toronto does (Vancouver is in a distant 3rd place). With that said, I actually think that...

Wow, this looks like it'll be the best lit building in the city 😍

That's pretty misleading. Atlanta might have 6% more tree cover, but it has about 1/3 the density of Toronto (comparing only city propers, I don't want to embarrass Atlanta too much). As a whole, an area that includes X million people in Atlanta would have far fewer trees and disrupt more of the...

I see aA is still mooching their Casa design. What is this, Casa 20 by now?

I hope dogs don't ruin this park like they've ruined every other park in this city :(

This building is proof that Toronto developers need to ditch their obsession with balconies.

Those panels are so tall! Nearly every other development in the city, would've used 2 or more panels to cover that height. Also, the use of something other than glass to cover the slab makes the panels look larger. Compare to the glass panels at the one, which are also full-floor-length, but use...

I'll admit, I usually dislike the wraparound balcony idea that aA usually designs. HOWEVER, these have turned out to actually be quite pleasant. I would still rather non wraparound balcony designs, but if we are going this route, this is how it should be done. I especially like the juxtaposition...

Damn, that is such a shame :( Any chance of actual curtainwall in the sections where it was depicted in the rendering?

It's funny you mention that, because I love this structure for the exact reasons you dislike it! It reminds me so much of brutalist univeristy libraries; especially Scott, but also Weldon, Robarts, etc.

This building looks so much like modern, understated, high quality, bulky Japanese office architecture, and I love it!

Are those renderings current? They depict a different design for phase 1 than what has been built.

This is a stunning building. The mechanical level definitely could've been done better, but it's not the disaster I thought it was going to be. Shim-Sutcliffe should be proud of what they've accomplished here.

This is looking fabulous, and the restrained use of balconies certainly helps with that!