I get it. But claws come out quick on here.

I’m no apologist for trashy cheap city developers, who are based in Toronto, that don’t care about the city’s aesthetics. And I’m ignoring things built more than 20 yrs ago-Dark ages 4 T.O’s parochial low cost boring structures. But I wonder how many senior members look back & acknowledge what...

Hope so. I’ll take a golden’y tone over glum beige any day.

The design is fine by Foster + Partners. But i loathe this bland flat beige color. Does nothing. Give a bit of hue please. Lanterra Dev.

This is big international city impressive. Hope it stays this way.

The oneSky design was the better choice imo. But I don’t have big issues w this design. It has good potential. Also, I bet your reaction will be different after viewing the finished park. Love Park had grumblers too. And that’s a great space. But, I do agree with the lousy Yonge Dundas Sq & the...

So ordinary. Uninteresting. When you travel a lot, you know. All the same blah muted (grey-blue-beige) colour scheme, with all these Yonge St tower facades. It’s ridiculous & massively shortsighted. Reds, metals, coppers are forbidden in Toronto? Must be. City architect could help. Right now...

If this was a bigger downtown city park, I’d be more p*ssed about this choice. But isn’t this what they’re doing? Locating & finding parking lots & dead spaces and turning them into parks & greener public spaces. That city staff plan/idea (under Tory) should continue & hopefully thrive under...

Exactly!! It’s fine. Aesthetically pleasing. Just move on to the next one. Keep finding new spaces & lots for more … Parks. Pedestrian streets. Public spaces. Promenades. Patios.

With another look, West 8 design is fine. It’s nice. It has its charm. But, I’d like to know from the city, what was wrong with oneSKY (PMA & SLA) design? It was obviously the popular standout design. Cost?

Yes. They look great. Not crazy about the cloudy tinted grey front windows, an amber-like tint would look nicer, to match side striping. But I’ll take it.

I f’ing love these buildings. Some on here, gave the designs thumbs down in early stages, but these 2 structures are perfect for Toronto’s parochial boring street scene vibe. They’re cool.

Agree. No doubt Arcadis‘ influence going forward, will be a significant improvement over IBI‘s mediocrity.

IBI/Arcadis best designed building so far. That merger seems like a good thing because IBI was severely lacking in style, ambition & design. The works.

Stick with brick Toronto. Red brick!! Even (dare I say) *grey brick is attractive. Unfortunate that it doesn’t go higher up. But nice.

I like an attractive, vibrant building in the city. Makes a huge difference. Thank you Menkes & arch. Giannone Petricone!! Can we please see more of this colour on TO’s streetscapes. Need more!!

It’s amazing the downgrade from previous plans. Almost criminal. It’s not even the lack of of well designed modern parks & public spaces squeezed in to these renderings, but the buildings themselves look pedestrian & boring, shocking to see for such a big project. Didn’t notice one stand out...

This could quite honestly be a stand out building aesthetically, if it didn’t get lost in the grey-blue monotonous horizon. Begging for any vibrant, radiant, bright splash of colour in Toronto’s skyline by these unreliable building pros. They don’t f’ing notice? Lol. Self awareness is always...

Yep.The whole area around there.

I just hope the green stays GREEN & the copper stays COPPER and DON’T turn into god awful GREY. :mad:… But the whole of Dawes Road, off of Danforth needs a massive revitalization. Looks like a deserted dump.