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  1. Otis_YVR

    Toronto Toronto | Maple House at Canary Landing | 89.61m | 26s | Dream | COBE Architects

    Dammit, I can’t find one single thing to be mad at with this project.
  2. Otis_YVR

    Toronto Toronto | One Bloor West | 308.6m | 85s | Tridel | Foster + Partners

    Hopefully the purpose of the test is to figure out how to resolve this corner so it fits like the mockup. 😄 📷: @jer1961 📷: UT update
  3. Otis_YVR

    Toronto Toronto | One Bloor West | 308.6m | 85s | Tridel | Foster + Partners

    Possibly this is a dumb question, but could those bits of cladding on the corner be test pieces so workers can perfect installing them before they start working with the ‘real’ ones? Is that a thing? Renders suggest that the cladding is one continuous piece from the corner over to the column...
  4. Otis_YVR

    Toronto Toronto | One Bloor West | 308.6m | 85s | Tridel | Foster + Partners

    My hunch — based on this rendering — is that the overlapping portion might be transparent, and you’ll see the banding through it. (Or perhaps that’s an optical illusion 😀). 📷: UT project page
  5. Otis_YVR

    Toronto Toronto | One Bloor West | 308.6m | 85s | Tridel | Foster + Partners

    Second row of glass incoming! Maybe we’ll get that first glimpse of the remaining cladding for Christmas. 📷: @skycandy
  6. Otis_YVR

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

    These new pieces of steel look like they‘re the connectors that will form the ‘plate’ of the cantilevered support structure. 📷: @Johnny Au “12 steel nodes form the base of the bracing structure, providing connection points for steel beams that extend out to the edge of the building’s...
  7. Otis_YVR

    Toronto Toronto | One Bloor West | 308.6m | 85s | Tridel | Foster + Partners

    Me too - but I imagine it’ll all be covered in protective film, so quite a while yet before we see the full impact.
  8. Otis_YVR

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

    It looks like they’ve maybe started some steel work? 📷: @DarkSideDenizen
  9. Otis_YVR

    Toronto Toronto | Pinnacle One Yonge | 351.85m | 106s | Pinnacle | Hariri Pontarini

    Interesting observation. From my perspective this turned out exactly like the renders, with the exception of the crown. The ‘angled planes‘ appear to be formed by changes to the floorplate at nearly every level — not just the balcony glass — so I’d be curious to hear more about what part you...
  10. Otis_YVR

    Toronto Toronto | One Bloor West | 308.6m | 85s | Tridel | Foster + Partners

    This looks a lot like a spider crane used for installing windows. 📷: @Benito
  11. Otis_YVR

    Toronto Toronto | Elm – Ledbury | 94.18m | 28s | Fitzrovia | Hariri Pontarini

    I‘d be curious to know if developers have to agree that they won’t value engineer HP designs; the exterior finishes typically turn out pretty great. Or is it more the case that the developers who choose HP tend to care more about quality?
  12. Otis_YVR

    Toronto Toronto | One Bloor West | 308.6m | 85s | Tridel | Foster + Partners

    I’ve decided to believe that this is glazing. 📷: @thaivic
  13. Otis_YVR

    Toronto Toronto | One Bloor West | 308.6m | 85s | Tridel | Foster + Partners

    Planning to do a weekend pour today? Looks like they’re ready to go.
  14. Otis_YVR

    Toronto Toronto | One Bloor West | 308.6m | 85s | Tridel | Foster + Partners

    Yes, I’ll be curious to see why they outlined the mechanical floor on this last slab, given it’s not actually the mechanical floor.
  15. Otis_YVR

    Toronto Toronto | One Bloor West | 308.6m | 85s | Tridel | Foster + Partners

    Yes, taller and rebar looks denser, too (at least the horizontal bands). Here’s a comparison of last level’s column and this one. The ‘solid’ part of the cage (the part that gets filled with concrete) reaches to just above the third horizontal blue brace on the last form, and to the fourth...
  16. Otis_YVR

    Toronto Toronto | Galleria 01 & 02 | 92.65m | 29s | Almadev | Core Architects

    Wait… so nobody is going to comment on this? 😁 📷: @ProjectEnd
  17. Otis_YVR

    Toronto Toronto | One Bloor West | 308.6m | 85s | Tridel | Foster + Partners

    Oh! Cladding on the way? 📷: @Johnny Au
  18. Otis_YVR

    Toronto Toronto | One Bloor West | 308.6m | 85s | Tridel | Foster + Partners

    I feel like a few grains of salt might come in handy while reading: “Already substantially built, it is also almost sold out…”
  19. Otis_YVR

    Toronto Toronto | 55 Mercer | 155.5m | 47s | CentreCourt | Arcadis

    So far, the podium is staying faithful to the renderings, which gives me hope that they won’t nobu the tower. 🤞
  20. Otis_YVR

    Toronto Toronto | One Bloor West | 308.6m | 85s | Tridel | Foster + Partners

    So pouring walls, huh? This feels like the fastest turnaround from slab to wall so far, no?

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