Interesting discussion. You've captured the main reasons more of these buildings don't get built already (economics being the primary one), but there's also; Land Assembly - Most of the development in the Entertainment District or the Waterfront is built on large parcels that required no...

The whole area around Don Mills is being redesigned as part of an Ammendment to the 2010 EA. The first public meeting is next Tuesday (Dec. 11th) at the Science Centre; http://www.thecrosstown.ca/get-involved/public-events/environmental-assessment-update-change-to-east-tunnel-alignment There's...

The City has just launched their parallel study (which we are part of) that will look at the entire Eglinton corridor. This study will focus on the built form and streetscape that will come with the new LRT. There's quite a bit of information up on the City's project website already...

As tuscan mentioned, pretty much every condo constructed in Toronto includes a 2-pipe system with fan-coil units. These simply blow the air across a radiator that is either hot or cold. Upgrading to a 4-pipe system adds additional cost, but would benefit people around this time of year when...

In Toronto it could be hip to have squares

Actually, the new report described in Hume's article was commissioned by the Province and can be found here; http://www.era.on.ca/blogs/cugr/tnr_body.html It was prepared by the Centre for Urban Growth and Renewal, a not-for-profit research group created by ERA Architects, planningAlliance...

The 5m wide strip is actually a pedestrian easement which will connect the park to Sherbourne and be open to the public year-round. It'll have some groundcover along the building side, and one row of trees will extend from the park out to Sherbourne. The grey crushed stone will be carried...

I realize its a bit of request from a newb, but would it be possible to have the thread title changed to regionalArchitects? (This project was wrapped up by out office after the restructuring of the partnership at aA.) Much appreciated, and we'll try to keep the pics coming.

Finally got some professional shots of this done; You can check out the rest here. All photos were done by Terry Tourangeau