Y'know, I'd say that Ice is leaning.

It's decent infill that is designed to fade into the background while contributing to a strong streetwall effect. Once that lot to the west gets built with something more extroverted, this will probably be judged as something solid but unspectacular. Given some of the other buildings that have...

Yep, it's designed to bend and lean a little, otherwise it would break.

Now that most of this area is well under construction, I wonder when the office component of this development will get underway.

You could always try telling some tourists that there was an earthquake when they were pouring the forms. . . .

Thanks for sharing the gorgeous pics! I certainly can't wait til this view is complete.

I'm already looking forward to next summer, when these will all be finished and open.

Thanks for the update. I vastly prefer this building to its neighbour immediately to the west.

More than a little from me. I don't care at all what they do behind the gardiner, but this heritage building is one of the most special in the city.

Somewhat. The OMB is a tribunal that renders decisions based on provincial and municipal planning legislation. The alternative would likely be to have council make decisions that can only be set aside by an administrative court. Wich may sound fine until you realize that developers regularly...

Indeed. I've been looking forward to this one for some time now. As far as I'm concerned, it can't go up fast enough!

Personally I don't find the revised interior nearly as grating as the revised exterior.

You know who lives on the other side of that entrance?

I prefer the 8s building as well. I find myself wishing the other two were a couple of storeys taller.

The current redesign is nice enough, but in my view it's bland and anodyne when something unique and eye-catching is what's required. This design won because it delivered a landmark building to, as you term it, "a historically significant pocket of Toronto". And most of the elements that...

From a design perspective I think it has the potential to, but ultimately it will depend on the quality of the cladding.

Without a doubt. Although I still find myself wishing they'd built an off-off broadway sized theatre in the podium.

It looks tremendous. I hope The Esplanade gets done over like this.

That's far better news than any photo update! :)

Not quite. The result would be a Dubai-like cacophony. If everything stands out, then nothing stands out. Good design doesn't mean attention-seeking. Good design can include understated and harmonious. Good design can contribute first and foremost to the greater urban context. When...