That is the most ridiculous ad I've seen in my life. Utterly laughable. But I am looking forward to the design of the tower, with a name like that. :)

Nice. The frosted glass will look spectacular on this building - I think I might actually like the tower portion of this project after all. If only they did this in the distillery district.

I'm guessing that's Mill Street? Thanks for the pic, the street lights look very simple and modern - a refreshing change from the normal clutter seen around T.o It is a shame, however, that the street paving is just asphalt rather than a nice brick pattern as previously promised. That would...

The whiteish one is INDX Condos at 70 Temperance street. 54 Stories. http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthread.php/5559-INDX-Condos-(70-Temperance-CentreCourt-54s-)-was-Canada-Tower

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9BE5EBmKic&context=C30407d7ADOEgsToPDskK7YWp1Shgq-gOZOyfMB89l Here's a quick video I did in Google Earth showing the entertainment district projects. The camera pans along queen street facing south, starting at Spadina. This area will be completely...

For the love of god, please go window -> styles -> simple (or anything but engineering with corner hatches). Also try downloading the Sutton Place model from the 3D warehouse so you can work in some sort of realistic(ish) scale. Wyliepoon made one. And better yet, download Vray for sketchup...

Agreed. The drive in is very exciting compared to subway, bus, streetcar or GO where that experience doesn't really exist. Obviously transit is the way of the future, but it would be a shame to lose the experience. With regards to the negative effect on the pedestrian experience, I'd much rather...

I counted roughly 800 people in line this morning at 8am. Of course that was much too long of a wait for me so I got timmies instead :) But I'll check it out later on. I got a glimpse of the interior and it looks fantastic.

It's not necessarily a bad thing at all when you think of these towers as really tall infill. What matters is the ground level / street presence of each. A number of projects look promising: Festival turned out great with Canteen, Pinnacle on John's interesting public spaces by HP, Tableau's...

This project is insulting to 1BE, which I am confident will be spectacular. This just cheapens the design for both towers, and makes it look like Toronto went through a phase. Too bad.

I walk Carlton almost daily and it is certainly not a dead street even past midnight. It is by no means as busy as Yonge but why should it be? And oh my so many sushi options :D I've been looking forward to this opening for a while now, I'll get some pics of the Loblaws and Ryerson gym as soon...

I cant find the floor plans on the website right now.. but If I recall the second floor had a number of retail units (along the PATH), and the first floor had the one that Atlantis mentioned. Im assuming the second SFC tower will be similar.

I also think this is a refreshing change from the bland gray glass boxes we have, but also agree that it is overly cluttered. It is not decorated, as one suggested, but it has those two stupid protruding boxes and asymmetrical precast cladding sections. The top of the building is symmetrical...

I don't think architecture is all about one thing and one thing only - but this building has so much going for it: exceptional details, massing, quality materials, contextual relationship... absolutely love it. This project is stunning!

They may not have the same opinion as me, but does that mean I think I'm superior to them? No. Nor am I superior to those who like different foods, art, music and have a different favourite colour.

When it comes to aesthetic preferences, uh, yes.

I think for once in my life I'm hoping for a simple glass box. Why? Because there is an opportunity here to undo the harm College Park had on the old city hall view terminus. Even if just the upper floors were a simple glass curtainwall it would block off the view of college park from Front &...

^ I for one appreciate what Vegeta has to say. I am so sick of certain pretentious forum members writing off any opinion that differs from their own. What a bunch of crap. Every single thread. Its people like that who make this forum such a foul place. What a shame. Get this through your head...

Correct me if I'm wrong but the ford "vision" is only for the southernmost part of the portlands - south of the lower donlands. Waterfront had no plans for that area except their pilot soil testing facility. So what are we losing? We still get west donlands, lower donlands, east bayfront...

Silencing the naysayers is exactly the attitude that plagues the world of architecture. An article worshipping a building with arguments like having eight corners and allowing light into the offices is hardly convincing. As if breaking from the 4 corner box is revolutionary. Hardly. It doesn't...