I wish everyone would just ignore that that snarky cat. It never posts a pertinent opinion of its own, nor does it contribute to the threads in any way. Every one of its posts are only nasty remarks about the people who posted something. That brand of snide, cheap-shot, armchair-critic is...

Many buildings use external cranes for various reasons. As Cal said, the roof feature on L-Tower comes to a slanted point, making an internal jumping-crane problematic. Also, 58 floors is normal for these eternal cranes. The Shard in London required them due to the tapering sides and they went...

OK... Now I'm worried... This thing hasn't moved in a month. And don't give me the old... "Podium levels take longer to construct" line... This ain't no podium! LOL

The Fourth level (being constructed in Geek's picture) is the last of the so called podium. It houses much of the Condo's amenities such as Guest suites, Meeting rooms, Party rooms, Lounges. The fitness facilities are on the 5th floor with access to the outdoor podium roof. (Image courtesy...

I won't let these snails off the hook that easily... Hullmark (a site of similar size and even more complexity) started at the same time and yet they have cranes in place and are forming multiple levels by now.

I have always wanted to do a render like that, but it is way beyond my skill level. It would require 3D rendering software and a database of every high-rise in Toronto. To do it the way I do my renders, I would need an aerial picture of downtown and then photos of all the other buildings in...

I believe the image is actually from from Niagara on the lake. :D

OK, so here is Future Toronto from Niagara. I added ICE I & II, Aura, U Condos I & II, Four Seasons, One Bloor and Casa II. (And please don't mention the 437 different projects presently under construction or proposed that I didn't include:p )

HOWEVER... Kristopher, I think you are misunderstanding the implications of people's disdain for suburban-ism. They don't bemoan the convenience of Bog Box stores, they only feel they need to be sensitive to the kind of retail that is in the area. There is no need, with a complex like Aura...

To all those poops who said "You made your render too tall" when I did this render last year... ...I say... Pfffffftttt :p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p

Well... There's always this render I did over a year ago that may give you an idea from the West... I don't have any Toronto from Niagara pictures to work from, but give me a minute and I bet I can come up with something. :D Click on image to go to full size. (Original panorama by Ramako on...

I believe his post implies he'd hoped they intended the space to be divided into several smaller units with "Locally Unique" appeal, rather than one large retailer. I believe arvelomquaig is not so naive as to think it possible that a Mozambique Tribal Mask and Art Dealer could occupy 50,000...

That quotation bothered me when I read it before. A "quadrangle" can be anything from a square, rectangle, parallelogram or trapezoidal shape, but once you add the words "a couple of right angles" by default you immediately mean their floor plates have to be square or rectangular in shape. So...

That quotation is taken completely out of context... ALL matter expands (to some degree) with the application of heat. Tempered glass is a great material for construction, when its specific expansion properties are accounted for. What was meant to be said is: Tempered glass expands by a...

We... (and the Media) have jumped to the conclusion that it is inferior materials or installation procedures... Perhaps a new tenant moving in was simply swinging a hammer and it got away from them. The picture they showed on CBC Newsworld showed the bottom half of the glass still in its frame...

Although I am personally dubious of a giant LED barber pole in the heart of the financial district... Rest assured it will be lit up from the ground to the very tip nearly or 900 feet of it! And from what wopchop has said, there are T-shaped horizontal strips of LED's every other level as well...

Interesting to note that for some reason the Four Seasons and the construction team building it are not concerned with Airplane safety. There are no red beacon lights on the top of the crane and as the tallest thing in the vicinity, it seems like a giant hazard to me. Even the just completed...

Almost no one is. We were told this was still a work in progress, several months ago. I would say it's progressing verrrrrrrry slooooooooooly. :p