These surfeit of multiple 'magic lantern' and 'l'heur d'or' renderings reminded me of this photoshop extravaganza: https://www.archpaper.com/2018/08/modernist-houses-thomas-kinkade/

I'll be sorely tempted to be there throwing eggs if they do. Now that would be a fun reversal of the fates. (Gay men used to get eggs thrown at them going in and out of the place.) Actually, it would be nifty if someone opened a commemorative and perky gay bar there. It'd do well with...

To me, with the slight embossing on its sloping outer walls, it reminds me a bit of San Francisco's Transamerica Pyramid, as though a chunk of it just dropped in.

Here's a pic I took of the building back when The World's Biggest Bookstore was being demolished.

This is a whimper of a picture, but for what it's worth...

I was not a fan. Oddly, I find that the bigger they get, the pattern seems to be working increasingly well. I wonder if they took some clues from the Tour Nuages complex in La Defense, France, or even from the "Shangri-La" towers model in Terry Gilliam's 'Brazil'? Anyway, I like the idea, I...

Why not build it out over the water to the south of OP, or on its own new little island? The island option would be more expensive, to say the least, and the EA's would be interminable, but putting it out above the lake on pier-like supports is eminently do-able. It would be a moderate and new...

The existing 'join' between Jackson Square and the former Eaton Centre addition. Never in my life have I ever thought I'd defend that Po-Mo folly, but on the face of it, I fear the existing brickwork is far superior to what the new development will deliver. There's no reason why a facadectomy...

What a great collection of pics. Thanks for pointing these out, and posting.

Being somewhat familiar with the area, I think this plan - though better than the first draft - is still lacking. From the renderings, the buildings look a bit podgy in advance. The four towers are indistinguishable from one another, which will make the views of the thing look lumpen from any...

The oddest thing about this pic is that from this angle, the basic form of the building looks really interesting. It looks vivacious and pert - someone, somewhere along the way really tried. But - ye gawds - everything applied onto this frame seems both horribly discordant and unrelievedly...

I really like the Partisans work I've seen in real life (esp. Ravel), and their two tower proposals - but this time....erm, I think I have to side with thecharioteer on this one. The new addition does not look sympathetic, nor even respectful. The original building has a great, reserved sense of...

Fantastic. It's not just taxidermy or a token gesture of facadism. I hope it sets a precedent.

Great ideas! -I would love to see a deep, thorough re-working of the Dundas Street entrance. Bring it back the glassy, airy feeling - but perhaps greenhouse it up a notch, perhaps expand it...up? - making it a good spot to collect yourself between the mall's busyness and the street's...

I'd love to see some of the Pop-nautical references brought back - especially the profuse greenery and trees, and the original style railings. The original closeness of the railing's bars/metalwork guaranteed perceptible comfort when standing near or leaning on them - unlike the new metal-topped...

Ceiling scaffolding this evening.

South facade. . SW corner at Duke and Frederick Street, looking NE

They really are throwing everything but the lovely at this thing, hoping to bring some sense of coherence, variety and, one surmises, interest. It's spandrel-ific! It's drab-tastic! One's eye runs to and fro over it seeking some pleasant resting spot where it might find a bit of relief from the...