[Solaris]

I suppose this site is now called "8 Eglinton Avenue East" ??

Dreadful. Thankfully must be redesigned. (New architect please.)

from http://www.toronto.ca/planning/2012/agendas/pdf/drp_minutes_23jan12.pdf

 

[Edward Skira]

Got to get the lucky Chinese number into the project somehow.

 

[condovo]

The Panel is composed of people with very strong opinions about architecture (as you might expect)

The panel is driven by leading practicioners of architecture, not just "people with very strong opinions about architecture." Perhaps they know more than you on such matters.

 

[khris]

Yonge & Eglinton Development (~60s, Varacalli)

Found this on World Achitecture News. An article about R Varacalli Architects.

Source

 

[canarob]

I like this one and think it will work well in this location.

 

[Xray_Crystal_Junkie]

That would be a massive improvement at street level from what's there now.
The tower looks very cartoonish though.

 

[khris]

I think they're beautiful!

 

[Tulse]

The tower looks very cartoonish

It's like the architect had one simple idea, and did nothing with it.

And it looks like "displaced/twisted blocks" is becoming the next "wavy balconies" in Toronto design.

 

[Ramako]

I really like how the shape of the windows and cladding reflect the massing of the tower itself. Also, as a big fan of Reve, I love the combination of black and red.

 

[CN Tower]

Would it not make more sense to wait until the Eglinton Crosstown line is completed before undertaking this kind of development at this location?

 

[Ramako]

Would it not make more sense to wait until the Eglinton Crosstown line is completed before undertaking this kind of development at this location?

What makes sense for the developer is marketing the units while there is still a demand. Potential purchasers will probably be aware that there will be at least a couple years difference between their possession dates and the opening of the new transit line, but I doubt that would dissuade them.

 

[Big Daddy]

The panel is driven by leading practicioners of architecture, not just "people with very strong opinions about architecture." Perhaps they know more than you on such matters.

Okay, and perhaps they don't....often these types of panels need to justify their existence by always finding something wrong with whatever project.

 

[UrbanAffair]

Love it, but the middle thingy on the taller tower I do not love. What are we calling it these days? Carbuncle? Doing something in the middle is fine, but it needs some chemistry and syncing with the rest of the tower. Anyway, love the design, and the base is superb imo. I grew up right here (most of the time in the intersection), it could use some modern love.

 

[innsertnamehere]

this is so early in the development of this, i doubt it will be finished untill 2019 or 2020, when the Eglinton line is supposed to be finished.

 

[WiddleBittyKitty]

The Panel is composed of people with very strong opinions about architecture (as you might expect), and every project, no matter how impressive, has Panel members who cannot agree to approving that project. Driven by that emotional stance, they can always find something to object to about it, and they do.

The panel is driven by leading practicioners of architecture, not just "people with very strong opinions about architecture." Perhaps they know more than you on such matters.

Okay, and perhaps they don't....often these types of panels need to justify their existence by always finding something wrong with whatever project.

Thanks for standing up for Mongo, Big Daddy. Clearly he knows more than architecture than

Gordon Stratford (Chair): Architect, Senior Vice President, Design Director - HOK Canada
Michael Leckman (Vice Chair): Architect, Principal - Diamond and Schmitt
Robert Allsopp: Landscape Architect, Planner, Architect, Principal - du Toit Allsopp Hillier
Shirley Blumberg: Architect, Principal – KPMB
Calvin Brook: Planner, Architect, Principal - Brook McIlroy Inc | Pace Architects
Charles Hazell: Heritage Specialist, Architect, Principal - Taylor Hazell Architects
Alun Lloyd: Transportation Engineer, Principal - BA Group
Jim Melvin: Landscape Architect, Principal - PMA Landscape Architects Ltd.
Roland rom Colthoff: Architect, Director – RAW Design
David Sisam: Architect, Principal – Montgomery Sisam Architects
Eric Turcotte: Planner, Architect, Senior Associate - Urban Strategies

Leading practitioners of architecture? That Condovo is crazy!