Lmao is that brown construction paper behind glass?

Those swatches really do all read like they could be titled "Bleak Toronto Sky on a Depressing Winter Day #1–6". Hopefully it turns out well in execution.

This is reminiscent of the neighbourhood furor around the Davenport Diamond. Are there downsides to the people living nearby during construction and afterwards? Definitely yes. Would the tunnelling option they propose be wildly more expensive and also disruptive? Also yes. We cannot afford the...

I feel like the people in control of a development company should have to write their names into the concrete of every building they build just so everyone knows who is responsible.

I went back through the thread and maybe I missed it, but why is this called Forma? Does it mean something or is it just a random made up word? It doesn't seem to fit at all to me and sounds super generic.

So why is this able to go straight up from the street, whereas the City seems to insist on or at least strongly push podium and setback topology almost everywhere else? (Not complaining, I like it.)

Definitely development has to destroy ecosystems to happen that's just how it is, and I'm not trying to say that I'm even against development at Ontario Place. But there's a difference between context-sensitive development that could happen here (that could maintain or foster natural ecosystem...

This is already under construction and significantly far along if it's the same place I'm remembering. I'll try to take a photo next time I walk by.

The selling off of Ontario Place and bulldozing a current ecosystem to put in a glassed over tropical vacation spa is truly offensive and gross and absurd. The Ford gov (and supporters) should be made publicly to defend this ridiculous decision that will make our city worse and go against the...

Yeah the panels on this look like they're made out of particle board or something. They look cheap and kinda rough now and I'm scared of how they're going to age.

The execution on this building is full of surprises. Can't wait but slightly nervous to see what they do with the docking bays/freaky mouths lol

Yes — it is more difficult for non-white and in particular Black artists' shows to get booked at venues. In Toronto and elsewhere. It is a historic cultural trend and is a thing still today and is an unfortunate dynamic. Based on either conscious or subconscious racist trepidation on the kind of...

This should just be a permanent music space. They are endangered in this city. Many have closed and it's hard to start new ones with neighbourhoods not liking noise, zoning, and absurdly-high-rent being barriers. We are in need of them far more than parks at this point. Which isn't to say parks...

Looks like this building maybe used to have a storefront? Would be good to bring that back.

Colossus without the Colossus? If they wanna keep the name they should keep the UFO!!

Really appreciate the switch to warm coloured materials. The design of the building is great, but the previous version was very imposing and monolithic.

I love this new version, but it will very much come down to the cladding. I hope it has good texture like in the render above and doesn't get downgraded to cheap panels.

I like this one! Contrary to what the other poster said about it being just a "same old square building", sometimes simple geometry is best. I'd rather this next to me than something that tries to do some "break up the massing" and "stepping back" stuff and then have it end up just looking...

Rare case where the neighbourhood will maybe be supportive even if the ask is significant here lol. I live in the area too and the smell is quite noticeable at times (though it's weird, it doesn't exactly smell... that bad? but when you know what it is it makes it worse). I eat meat and...

I'm curious what's going on in that lower right corner door in the last render above — the northmost corner on the Yonge side. It seems like they are removing part of the facade to reveal something underneath? At least it appears so from the worn way it is depicted in the drawing. Is this...