Not surprised. And this is the first of many! The same thing is happening from what I have read in Halifax and London.

Buckle up!
 
Rascacielo said:
Poor man's One Bloor East meets neo-brutalism (although I'm sure a poor man won't be able to live there). Seriously, why can't they keep the earlier version's warm colours instead of this poor imitation of One Bloor East?
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I've never been a huge fan of One Bloor East, but at least its podium seems better integrated into the overall design. So for originality, they certainly get an 'F', and for a podium incongruous with its tower and environs, again they get an 'F'. But for forcing us to see this thing forever towering above St. James Cathedral and St. Lawrence Hall, no letter grades suffice...perhaps the ultimate penalty is that they should be made to live in their creation(and deal with the 30-minute wait times for an elevator)!
 
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Architectural briefing at Arcadis HQ for 110 Adelaide East:

Architect 1:

Ok folks we’re designing a 200 metre+ tower over-looking the historic St. Lawrence Market neighbourhood with some unique colour palette references nearby like Market Square (yellow and red brick), the St. Lawrence Hall national historic site (fine masonry work with a domed cupola), St. James Cathedral (yellow) … along with a number of other heritage and new buildings utilizing red and orange brick tones.

Any thoughts?

Architect 2: What about somethin’ like this one we did in Vaughan?!

Architect 3: All in favour?? Carried.


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I knew all hope was lost as soon as I saw Greybrook was involved.

The podium actually looks pretty decent, but it goes way downhill from there. Unfortunately developers building in this area these days seem to miss the fact the fact they are building right around a historical gem of a neighborhood, and cant even tie-in that fact into their builds from a design perspective.
 
3Dementia said:
Architectural briefing at Arcadis HQ for 110 Adelaide East:

Architect 1:

Ok folks we’re designing a 200 metre+ tower over-looking the historic St. Lawrence Market neighbourhood with some unique colour palette references nearby like Market Square (yellow and red brick), the St. Lawrence Hall national historic site (fine masonry work with a domed cupola), St. James Cathedral (yellow) … along with a number of other heritage and new buildings utilizing red and orange brick tones.

Any thoughts?

Architect 2: What about somethin’ like this one we did in Vaughan?!

Architect 3: All in favour?? Carried.


Arcadis in Vaughan

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Wait til you see the settlement offer - probably increased to 80 storeys and 800 + units with no change in number of elevators. Hey, we need housing right - the more the merrier.
 
Wow, a cheap knockoff of 1BE oddly perched on a 1980s generic office building. At least it doesn’t look like a grouping of diseased 1BE buildings they did in Vaughan. It’s 65-storeys too tall! It’s like they are turning St. James Park into Central Park.
Checking out Arcadis’ website and it’s just as perplexing as their designs. It’s hard to tell what they actually do exactly and the locations of their offices are odd and unexpected. It’s like they acquired random firms all over the place (there’s over 70 of them, mostly in the US).
 
neuhaus said:
Wow, a cheap knockoff of 1BE oddly perched on a 1980s generic office building. At least it doesn’t look like a grouping of diseased 1BE buildings they did in Vaughan. It’s 65-storeys too tall! It’s like they are turning St. James Park into Central Park.
Checking out Arcadis’ website and it’s just as perplexing as their designs. It’s hard to tell what they actually do exactly and the locations of their offices are odd and unexpected. It’s like they acquired random firms all over the place (there’s over 70 of them, mostly in the US).
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That's exactly what they did. Kind of like what IBI did a decade ago when the acquired Page & Steele, Young & Wright, etc. All hail the corporate borg!
 
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