Gilles Saucier is one of the few architects working at this scale who uses glass as a material to its full potential and not as a means to an economic end. It really goes to show that good design can be applied to any building typology, construction material, budget, etc.

The overall effect will have to be judged with time, but the detailing of the railings right down to the mounting brackets are top notch. One really has to appreciate the quality of design and finish which sets this on a different level than almost any other project in the city at the moment.

I really can't understand the careless treatment of patterns in the window design. The inconsistencies are really brutal: vents are misaligned vertically , small windows are surrounded by a field of spandrel and there is very little consistency overall. It's so discouraging because the design as...

This thing is awfully monochromatic and not in a carefully refined way. Also the paneling of the pre-cast is done in such a way that the panel gaps are noticeably different from the incised rustication lines. The combination looks a little sloppy.

I mean its not something I would personally design, but for what it is, it's successful. In a city that has some disasters being built on prime real estate downtown... This feels right contextually.

The design and material palette are solid. The quality of construction appears to be quite good. What really stands out are the proportions. The podium and towers relate well. The podiums are really well executed with the proportions of retail, deep modulation and stepped penthouses. The...

I was in attendance tonight so I'll give a brief summary of the discussion. The principal players were Councillor Joe Cressy, Marian Prejel from city planning and Roland Colthoff from RAW. The applicant or developer took a back seat on this one. The tone was fairly contentious from the outset...

The glass mounting brackets add some nice fine grain detail to the facade.