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Toronto | 110 Eglinton East | 236.55m | 58s | Madison Group | Rafael Viñoly
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Can't disagree with that, @Skyhighzz. However, cultural change (and a growing appreciation/acceptance for quality, finesse, etc.) is...
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Toronto | 110 Eglinton East | 236.55m | 58s | Madison Group | Rafael Viñoly
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Right, but it can't be denied that the behaviour of developers, consumers, policymakers, etc. is really just a reflection of ourselves...
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telefann
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Toronto | 110 Eglinton East | 236.55m | 58s | Madison Group | Rafael Viñoly
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Need I mention Daniels, Canderel, Concord, et al. (and YC, City of the Arts, Nobu, et al.) to prove the point that a good share of...
Today at 3:06 AM
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telefann
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Toronto | 110 Eglinton East | 236.55m | 58s | Madison Group | Rafael Viñoly
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Canadian tall-poppy syndrome epitomized. Cutting down excellence, rather than championing it, has been part and parcel of our cultural...
Today at 2:57 AM
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Toronto | Nautique Lakefront Residences | 88.39m | 26s | Adi | Icon
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Insipid, janky trash. Tasteless and without a trace of aesthetic or material dignity. I'm looking forward to the day when this flimsy...
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telefann
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Toronto
Toronto | Concord Park Place: Block 9 | 157.75m | 46s | Concord Adex | DIALOG
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An Aqualuna-wannabe design gesture pasted on a cheap back-painted window-wall box with exposed spreadsheet gridlines. Desperate...
Apr 7, 2024
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Toronto
Toronto | Adagio | 85m | 26s | Menkes | Giannone Petricone
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This will cement Giannone Petricone's reputation as one of the new(er) rising stars in Toronto residential architecture, with its...
Apr 7, 2024
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Toronto
Toronto | 1125 Sheppard Avenue East | 126.12m | 40s | Concord Adex | DIALOG
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Equally pathetic is the notion that "the suburbs" are somehow less deserving of competent (let alone high-calibre) architecture worthy...
Apr 7, 2024
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Another POS development by 2 POS firms. There's not one redeeming quality in this garbage proposal and it's truly all around filth...
Apr 7, 2024
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Toronto
Toronto | Aqualuna at Bayside | 61.87m | 18s | Tridel | 3XN
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The calibre of design and fine-grained attention to shape, colour, and texture we're getting here are nothing short of world-class...
Apr 1, 2024
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Toronto
Toronto | 50 Eglinton West | 194.2m | 58s | Madison Group | AUDAX
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Appreciate the effort at non-spandrel solid panelling but that dark charcoal grey could not be more soulless and dreadful.
Feb 23, 2024
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Toronto
Toronto | Bloor & Dufferin | 122.35m | 37s | Hazelview | Turner Fleischer
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This will be quite a spandrel-y nightmare, going by the renders.
Feb 19, 2024
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Toronto
Toronto | The Saint | 151m | 47s | Minto Group | Wallman Architects
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Totally agree. Even "well-executed" glass-boxes à la architectsAlliance that use sleek curtain wall with minimal cheap grey spandrel...
Feb 19, 2024
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Toronto
Toronto | Canary House | 50.3m | 13s | Dream | BDP Quadrangle
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We talk a lot about grey spandrel on this site, but crudely painted-over brick is an aesthetic vulgarity in its own right.
Feb 17, 2024
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Toronto | 252 Church | 166.1m | 52s | CentreCourt | Arcadis
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@isaidso I've read many of your posts and a lot of our views happen to align. This is something I've always been baffled by, though: in...
Feb 1, 2024
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