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  1. Rascacielo

    Toronto Toronto | 11 YV | 213m | 62s | Metropia | Sweeny &Co

    Looks to be about the same height as One Yorkville. It will be slightly (9m) taller than the Four Seasons.
  2. Rascacielo

    Toronto Toronto | Adagio | 85m | 26s | Menkes | Giannone Petricone

    It's early days with the cladding, but so far the building turns out better than the renderings
  3. Rascacielo

    Toronto Toronto | The One | 328.4m | 91s | Mizrahi Developments | Foster + Partners

    Get one of the penthouse owners to construct a 6-storey treehouse on their rooftop terrace and we're back to 91 ;)
  4. Rascacielo

    Toronto Toronto | The One | 328.4m | 91s | Mizrahi Developments | Foster + Partners

    Great idea for a line of (Toronto) architectural-themed greeting cards! My suggestion: you must be kinky with cheap-looking clothes. Because you're Social.
  5. Rascacielo

    Toronto Toronto | The One | 328.4m | 91s | Mizrahi Developments | Foster + Partners

    That view will be blocked by the Pemberton towers by 2050
  6. Rascacielo

    Toronto Toronto | 19 Bloor West | 301.8m | 94s | Reserve Properties | Arcadis

    Btw just read that the building I was referring to is getting a lot of flak for blocking the view of the Empire State Building from 5th Ave south of 29th St...
  7. Rascacielo

    Toronto Toronto | 50 Scollard | 147.62m | 41s | Lanterra | Foster + Partners

    What’s with all the naked buildings under construction? Is glazing the new toilet paper?
  8. Rascacielo

    Toronto Toronto | 88 Queen | 167.35m | 52s | St Thomas Dev | Hariri Pontarini

    There's no excuse for the bizarre choice of mint-green spandrels on the east and west sides, but the fins (only about halfway done) on the north and south sides give the tower a modernist vibe, especially on bright and sunny days when the toothpaste-coloured spandrels can 'pass for white'.
  9. Rascacielo

    Toronto Toronto | St Lawrence Market North | 25.3m | 5s | City of Toronto | Rogers Stirk Harbour

    If red paint indeed costs more than grey paint, I'm sure a bunch of us here at UT (including me) would be willing to donate $$$ to make up the difference. And if it was possible (sadly not), I would also contribute $$$ to make sure the bureaucrat who decided to change it to grey is fired...
  10. Rascacielo

    Toronto Toronto | Social at Church + Dundas | 164.89m | 52s | Pemberton | RAW Design

    Was this designed with applied Mayan cosmology - a snake appears to slither down the tower during/near the solstice? ;)
  11. Rascacielo

    Toronto Toronto | The One | 328.4m | 91s | Mizrahi Developments | Foster + Partners

    I believe that picture was taken with a zoom lens. In reality the towers are not behind the houses, they're about 2 km away.
  12. Rascacielo

    Toronto Toronto | Pinnacle One Yonge | 344.9m | 105s | Pinnacle | Hariri Pontarini

    There were many iterations of Sapphire Tower - the tallest version was 342m. So Sky Tower is actually going to be taller than Harry Stinson's pipe dream.
  13. Rascacielo

    Toronto Toronto | CIBC SQUARE | 241.39m | 50s | Hines | WilkinsonEyre

    Ah, but our leaders and developers know better than us mere mortals, they're there to protect our delicate sensibilities ...
  14. Rascacielo

    Toronto Toronto | Toronto House | 186.53m | 58s | Westbank | Hariri Pontarini

    I think that's already trademarked by Concord, with a suitably spandreled design in mind.
  15. Rascacielo

    Toronto Toronto | Concord Canada House | 231.97m | 74s | Concord Adex | Arcadis

    If we had a mountain near Toronto, we probably wouldn’t be able to have as many tall buildings, probably nothing over 250m, due to height restrictions to protect the mountain sightline (eg. Vancouver and Montreal)
  16. Rascacielo

    Toronto Toronto | Concord Canada House | 231.97m | 74s | Concord Adex | Arcadis

    I suppose Toronto was different 20 years ago. Almost everyone got excited over proposals for 40+ storey condos, no matter what they looked like. And the sight of so many of them rising out of the barren former railway lands (OK, there was a mini golf course) must have been a revelation ...
  17. Rascacielo

    Toronto Toronto | Concord Canada House | 231.97m | 74s | Concord Adex | Arcadis

    Nothing special about that rendering. None of the buildings is striking, except maybe the community centre. If anything the current towers north of the park with the skybridge are marginally more interesting than the proposed towers.
  18. Rascacielo

    Toronto Toronto | Concord Canada House | 231.97m | 74s | Concord Adex | Arcadis

    I’m neutral about this project. When it comes to Concord I’ve learned to curb my enthusiasm, so the result is not disappointing. However, a lot of people are hung up about this being a signature project. Even if Concord didn’t use the word ‘signature’ in marketing this project, the implication...
  19. Rascacielo

    Toronto Toronto | Concord Canada House | 231.97m | 74s | Concord Adex | Arcadis

    Concord touted this as a signature project, so most people were expecting spectacular architecture, or at least something strikingly different from the rest of CityPlace towers. Instead what we're getting is more of the same, just taller. Concord did include some features that are not...

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