[daptive]

I suspect their strategy is to build this tower to rave reviews that there will be enough interests generated market wise to build the second one. And the rate this is going, they may very well pull that off.

I fear, outside of some initial “wow the facade is so unique”, a lot of the press will be around how these investor units that were sold during the high times are unliveable in reality.

Perhaps Great Gulf will pivot strategies for the West tower and market it accordingly, but the public perception of Forma may already be tainted by then.

Just a prediction, I personally would love for it to be built, perhaps with larger units!

 

[Oswaldo]

Fitting that Toronto, as the city of his birth, will be home to one of his last works (if not the absolute last?)

RIP.

This project has been in construction for 3ish years, im sure there are many other projects in design and construction phase at gehry partners. So not his last by 10+ projects to hazard a guess, but will always be his tallest.

 

[Rascacielo]

Zaha Hadid's firm continue to churn out projects bearing her signature curves long after her passing. I don't know if she actually had a hand in designing them or they're designed by her team, many of whom undoubtedly trained under her. I wonder if this will be the case with Gehry.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

I fear, outside of some initial “wow the facade is so unique”, a lot of the press will be around how these investor units that were sold during the high times are unliveable in reality.

Perhaps Great Gulf will pivot strategies for the West tower and market it accordingly, but the public perception of Forma may already be tainted by then.

Just a prediction, I personally would love for it to be built, perhaps with larger units!

That's unfortunately on GG and not on the market (or The City) here. And they should have least thought of that VE'ing units like that will likely have negative consequences in their publicity of offerings in good faith. /sigh

 

[nightstreak]

Zaha Hadid's firm continue to churn out projects bearing her signature curves long after her passing. I don't know if she actually had a hand in designing them or they're designed by her team, many of whom undoubtedly trained under her. I wonder if this will be the case with Gehry.

Purists will say that Forma isn't a Gehry or is a Gehry with an asterisk. He designed it but wasn't here to see it built, fine tune it and see it through. But is La Sagrada Família a Gaudi? I think so*.