3Dementia
Senior Member
Finally a way to photograph those two... brilliant idea!
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AlbertC
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Katxaxa
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Another way to photograph these - when they are covered in fog 🌫
ADRM
Senior Member
Best they've ever looked/will look!
Waterfront
New Member
Are you kidding me?! A good chunk of the criticisms in this post has to do with how boxy/boring/relentless the shape of the building is. Guess what? The rectangular shape of the building that stacks on every floor has everything to do with how units are laid out efficiently and functional INSIDE! Yes developers need to make a buck but please consider the balance between functional unit layout, efficiency, and great public realm.
Deadpool X
Senior Member
I don't remember anyone commenting on the shape of this building. The most loved building at this time - CIBC Square - is also a box with slight undulations on the surface. People are commenting on the aesthetics of this building - its design, its colour, its materials and so on.
Riseth
Senior Member
Fair point but the units could have been just as nice in a better designed building or one that was shorter which was my original point. In a perfect world this development would have been built elsewhere or kept low-rise. There were other options for this site than foisting this abomination onto the waterfront and destroying the skyline in the process. I will never forgive the city or the developers for allowing this to happen to the waterfront.
Waterfront
New Member
cibc tower is an office building. It has a completely different parameter of performance, Functional program, maintenance and financial return. It is not a box btw, because the undulating diamond shape curtain wall yields a floor that is slightly different than the one below; closest condo/residential example would be shangri la but there they could only do the east elevation. I get that people have their opinions whether it’s height, colour, density, design; but that’s call it what it is, which is an opinion. Eg. I don’t like the brown spandrel, but to legitimize it by saying something that is completely not true like interior function has no impact to the interior, this needs to be corrected. If not, that is just plain ignorance.
DSC
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Has anyone seen any sign of the promised 're-covering' of the crowns yet? The sidewalk on Lower Jarvis was covered over several weeks ago but I can see no changes above (or any sign of work going on).
Deadpool X
Senior Member
Well, slightly is the keyword here which is what I said in my previous post. The floors are mostly rectangular and the have to be so because it is an office building and they want to maximize efficiency. Why? Because office buildings have even more people per sq. ft. compared to residential. So yes, CIBC Square is still a box but a great looking one. I would call it a gift box!
Raymond123
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My goodness all these wannabe architects, designers, etc keep tossing around "fancy terms" yet they do not truly understand design. Its almost laughable the group think I see on this forum and others as well. Example, " Functional program, maintenance and financial return". What kind of nonesense is that? Using terms vaguely like they understand the connection between these concepts. Its a bad sign when these people are using non descriptive wording like this to describe architecture.
Raymond123
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It is what it is, but someones got to call it like it is .
"modicum of effort"? what does that even supposed to mean? its like people are trying to one up each other on the thesaurus without being able to express themselves coherently.
If you have a view, say it clearly and concisely. Not half gibberish. Did anyone take a proper English class here? Or was it all just engineering and architecture?
"modicum of effort"? what does that even supposed to mean? its like people are trying to one up each other on the thesaurus without being able to express themselves coherently.
If you have a view, say it clearly and concisely. Not half gibberish. Did anyone take a proper English class here? Or was it all just engineering and architecture?
Many members of UrbanToronto are engineers, are architects. Many more are simply enthusiasts. This is a community, and with any community, a lingo can develop. Not everyone's vocabulary covers the exact same ground, but we learn from each other. Internet searches are your friend if you run into unfamiliar terms. While there's no inherent harm in asking people to express themselves clearly, broadly criticizing UT members in your first two posts will not particularly endear you to most members here. How about a less strident tone in future posts?
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