For comparison, here is a rendering in the database: Here is a 160 Front Street West photo recently posted by Johnny Au:

Notice that the architects for this project is AS + GG and will be incorporating a zipper type feature similar to their 160 Front Street West project. Hope it turns out as well as that project has so far.

Do we have any renders of what that new cladding will look like?

Amazing video. Thanks for sharing. The King Street canyon at the 25 second mark was my favourite.

So with this being 240m the difference between it and the Ritz and the Ritz and RBC is roughly the same at 30m meaning roughly the height of half way up the crane as shown in Kotsy’s pic. So top line below??

Looking at that last pic of Skycandy, it might have been a better idea if the T3 Bayside building had the staggered cladding design climb from east to west instead of west to east as the western half of the south face is more visible with the Aitken Park being there.

Can someone explain how the angled beams we see in Benito’s construction photo above relate to the angled beams we see in the render below? Am I correct in saying that what we see in the construction photo will be inside the cladding and is structural while the angled beams in the render are...

^^ The reverse is true some would argue. Toronto’s new cladding looks dated from the past.

Article talking about supertalls and they include the 298m Forma? (Maybe because the west tower will actually be 308m based on the DB here in UT?) Good read regardless...

Thanks to Mburrrrr’s photo, my first sighting of the ‘cut-away’ on the east side similar to the prominent one on the south face.

Do I love it? No. But I’m afraid it would be replaced by another glass box. Having it adds some texture and variety making me lean towards keeping it.

As I understand it, once tenants in the building where phase 2 will be are able to move to phase 1, then the demolition and building of phase 2 can start.

Stupid question but are the new panels the ones where the blue is more pronounced?? (I assume so as the glass is more transparent allowing the blue sky to shine through?)

The article talks about the two towers having two different patterns in the cladding, One is clear curtain-wall glass; the other is steel, which has an irregular rippled pattern and is pierced by rectangular punched windows. However, looking at the renders they both seem to have the steel...

Agreed. I’m no expert but why don’t a lot of these buildings not have black blinds instead of the white ones that stick out like a sore thumb. Could be white on the inside but the external facing side should be black or a dark blue to blend in? Might be ugly or not practical but the current...

Perhaps it is behind that hoarding on the sidewalk as it appears to be low in this rendering..

W Hotels are known for having a fairly prominent ‘W’ on the exterior. Either I can’t see it in that last photo or it hasn’t been put up yet. Anyone know?

So many reasons to love this project. One subtle thing for me is how the windows are slightly staggered and sloped. Clean yet with so much visual interest.

I think they went glazing to allow as much light in as possible to give it an airy market vibe and to provide contrast to the main market across the street.

Stunning wood. We need more of that in Toronto but I find the colour of the wood doesn’t go perfectly with that colour red. .