stjames2queenwest
Senior Member
I don't think it's bland. It has some strong angles, simple and elegant.
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Lenser
Senior Member
I think it flirts with bland. But yeah, I like it a great deal more than Aura.
Miscreant
Senior Member
I think it'll come down to the materials. If they're cheap, this'll look junky. If they're high quality, the form will shine through and this building could look cutting. At this juncture, I think there's reason to be optimistic.
Strange Advance
Active Member
I don't fancy that incongruent little outcropping about midway up.
ADRM
Senior Member
That's my favourite part!
Lenser
Senior Member
Yeah... not sure if it's my fave part, but its presence definitely contributes to the sculpted aspect of the form as it rises.
DonValleyRainbow
Senior Member
Angles and whatnot aside, I'd like to see them looking at other colours and materials on the outside. Silver glass is so overdone.
AlvinofDiaspar
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DonValleyRainbow
Senior Member
So basically it is the 'safe' choice? I don't think the architect/developer behind Toronto's tallest tower should be striving for playing it safe.
Lenser
Senior Member
On the other hand, if it were ruby red it would look ridiculous. More Dubai than Dubai.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
By all means strive for more, but didn't they already do that with KPF? This isn't like Southcore bland in a Southcore bland area, and there are enough "texture" to make the design interesting - and this is only preliminary.
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steveve
Senior Member
It's certainly different than the majority condo designs we've seen across the city, aside from its slender footprint, it's more in line with an office tower with a simple curtainwall facade and no balcony treatment. I agree that it's not the most iconic design for Canada's tallest, but I like the direction they're headed.
We need to see some more renders of the project that are not distorted in perspective like the main image Cresford has used in the marketing. It makes it look very top-heavy, when in reality that shouldn't be the case.
ChesterCopperpot
Senior Member
The architectural plans are available on the city website.
aA are working along with KPF.
aA are working along with KPF.
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stjames2queenwest
Senior Member
I feel like when you ask for a KPF tower you are asking for an angular silver glass tower. That is their thing. It would be more. Othersome if it was a different firm using their design language. And actually... I would be super thrilled with a ruby red.
steveve
Senior Member
Thanks for that.
Screenshot from one of the documents, extremely slender on the north/south elevation.
Source: http://app.toronto.ca/DevelopmentAp...ion=init&folderRsn=3735334&isCofASearch=false