I believe queens park is considered neo-romanesque architecture.

oh, no, I'm not mike toronto either!

alright, alright, some things get lost in a posting! I concede, no point in getting all upset!

Transit does have more of a influence than actual city boundaries, however in the context of industry that will build a city's core, which is almost always related to finance in someway, Mississauga does not have a ready supply of talent that could support that and that is a fact. And no one at...

Sorry, I sometimes poorly describe what I am talking about. I should clarify then, yes, Mississauga attracts business, just not the business that is going to build a central business district. Mississauga has plenty of industrial parks. No we are not hundreds of kms away from each other but...

345sqft isnt that unusual these days in major cities. I have spent a great deal of time in asia as well and 345sqft is actually not too bad. However, to be fair, this stuff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAa6bOWB8qY is very popular and readily available in that part of the world.

Mississauga needs to strategize on how to entice business, white collar business, to their core if they truly want to lose this "Toronto's suburb kid brother" moniker and grow into something more than a concentration of condos. I have no idea how this would be accomplished though. They can't...

I find KPMB designs of late insufferable. It's like they have no idea how to do big/ tall building well. I agree that Teeple is far more interesting, an actual design studio vs. KPMB which is turning into a building assembly line. This particular one looks quite similar to Festival Tower...

That standard no longer exists legally so comparing it to 2010 Toronto isnt really fair; housing regulations in London have changed significantly since 50 years ago. I lived in central London as a student for 4 years and I would have to say you would be hard pressed to find a place like you...

yeah, similar to what the Turning Torso did for boring old Malmo Sweden. I actually dragged my ass out there to go have a look see.

Totally. Considering the masterplanning history of Mississauga, I'm assuming this is a 100 year plan.

Because it's a hotel and needs to provide amenities to entice the professional crowd. Every major hotel in toronto has a "conference" centre. These will also most likely be open to the public for use (for a fee of course) when I was headhunted for a job, the interview took place at a hotel...

love it. But I need to see a budget strategy and a schedule before I believe it!

I had no idea this was happening in Mississauga. Its great to see that the city attempting to enhance the built environment instead of reckless development. I remember when I was studying architecture and planning outside of Canada, we actually studied Mississauga as one of the most poorly...

While I agree, by and large, Canada does have a history of destroying our history, it should also be said that not everything old is precious. While I absolutely advocate restoring and preserving our good examples of architectural history, not every victorian building is worth keeping around...

Its a good idea but a tough sell on complexes such as this. A restaurant would be really tough outside of say a snack bar or pizza pizza type stand. Currently there really isn't a population to support general amenities such as restaurants in this area. Tenant space would likely remain vacant...

I have to concur. I work on projects of this scale all the time, December 2011 will never happen unless they employ 24 hour construction which again, will never happen.

There are many reasons to not use the same firm twice; budget, bad experience the first time around, staffing, schedule and resource conflict Perhaps, simply, the intent was to yield different results. Ride on the coat tails of the brand created for X but get a different building. I prefer...

That doesnt seem like much of a reason to not like an entire area code worth of people. By living outside of Toronto proper I'm sure they are putting up with quite a few compromises such as crappy public transit, middle of the road entertainment etc..., just like by living in Toronto proper you...

Could someone please enlighten me as to why there is so much disdain towards 905 on this forum?