Despite the smaller scale I prefer the tower design on this project over the Well.

I agree that it looks better (warmer) but are the panels actually all beige (different) or is it that the two strips of back-painted beige glass makes the same panels (as on the first tower) look more beige than on the first tower (I say that because side by side the panels themselves look near...

I put this up on the Master Project discussion as well. There is a minor variance application to expand Phase 1 to include the western part of the originally planned Phase 3. It's being done to accommodate the new road that's being built along the northern edge of the development (as that...

There is a minor variance application to expand Phase 1 to include the western part of the originally planned Phase 3. It's being done to accommodate the new road that's being built along the northern edge of the development (as that road runs below the building that's being shifted from Phase...

100% agreed, although I'd point out that in Regent Park the Daniels Artworks building also decent ground realm (at least compared to the rest of Regent Park) on Dundas, and may look even better if they get some restaurants patios along there. Similarly, on Queens Quay East, as much as everyone...

I have mixed feelings about that podium. Part of me likes the chaos / randomness of it. Reminds me of the the split level brick retail in Yorkville

It would be great if they could get density built here while maintaining the full heritage structure. From an Engineering standpoint, would it be feasible (without being unreasonably expensive) to suspend the center portion of the building over the existing heritage structure? Presumably it...

Are all of these newly announced Transit oriented communities (I'm referring to the 6 in the 2023-10-19 Urban Toronto article) lands that are being expropriated by the Province?

Have they made provisions for doubling the width of the (double length) Commissioner St bridge and the southern (yellow) New Cherry St bridge for future potential extensions of the streetcar route (needing a second narrower bridge for the streetcar)? Do they still have access to deliver those...

I saw it in person this weekend. True it looks cheap but if Toronto's going to be cheap I would gladly replace all the grey spandrel in this city with these bright colors.

Where exactly are the streetcars supposed to go in the context of the bridges? Do they go on one of the bridges (the south)?

I like the building but I wish that the townhouses on the south side would have used the same solid looking panels as the rest of the podium, rather than the cheaper looking little window wall panels with all those mullions.....it takes away from an otherwise laudable cladding job

I would gladly see redevelopment of every public and private golf course in the GTA that is reasonably close to transit (for example, near York Mills subway, or the future LRT station at Eglinton and Jane). I know that many of them are made up in large part of a flood plain, but then I'd still...

Taken back on July 17th. It shows that they wrapped the lower level concrete pillars (which I presume to be necessary for up to a certain height on an otherwise wood framed building) with wood in order to artificially increase the appearance of a wood frame. I'm not critical of it. I...

The overwhelming majority of setbacks/stepbacks in this city involve stepping back the building from the yellowbelt (low rise residential) and not parks. I can appreciate the desire to step back (transition) from a park but the stepbacks from the yellowbelt are ridiculous, and the city is...

If we can get the people that design the hoarding in this city to start designing the buildings it would be a much more colorful/better looking city...how is it that the hoarding people have figured out that color can be attractive but somehow the architects insist on on trying to color...

I hope the wood elements stay unexposed/uncovered. It adds some much needed warmth to the podium. I really like the bronze cladding on this building but wish there was more of it, and more exposed wood, at the ground realm, because as it stands, despite some attractive cladding above the...

If giving the Future Project design an award forces/shames the developer into actually building what's on the drawings and not value engineering/Torontoing it to death then I'll incorporate a new org to start giving out awards to any half-ambitious proposal drawings in this city

2023-06-04 photos

Pics taken on 2023-05-27 showing some of the non-precast facade. These pics all show the south and east side of the building (mostly the east side)