[D-W]

You're very welcome Dan. I need to get some other angles though. All my shots we looking he same now. Soon you'll be bored of them.

Nope not bored yet, being involved in the formwork/shoring side of things its nice seeing the truss tables, wallforms, and slabs from the top where you can see what's going on.

very soon we should be seeing the installation of the concrete pump in the east elevator core beside the stairs. should help a bit with speed of concrete placement, or at least relieve the crane a bit, especially since they are going to loose use of the other lofting crane eventually once the floors get so high.

 

[steveve]

Which should look something like this:

Minor gripe, but I've always found that the back side (south side) of the podium/building has always been neglected. I wish the podium stepped back a bit at the end, as it just kinda ends abruptly and has no curves on that side. All the attention is given to Yonge/Bloor (where it rightfully should), perhaps they imagine the block to the south being developed in the near future, so a flush wall would make more sense along that end of the street.
Nonetheless, incredibly impressed from what I've seen so far.

 

[Benito]

Updates from a couple of hours ago.

You gotta love curved glass.

 

[LNahid2000]

Morning shot.

 

[junctionist]

After a decade of lousy fake curved glass on buildings in this city, the real deal is like being hit with a cool wave on a scorching day.

 

[ushahid]

^ I agree with you and this thing is going up very quickly. impressed by the speed.

 

[interchange42]

Recently, low light, cellphone:

42

 

[khris]

Does anyone know if the same type of glass will also go to the ground level?

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Does anyone know if the same type of glass will also go to the ground level?

Good question - personally I doubt it. Some of the renderings is suggestive of ultra-clear glass.

AoD

 

[philofra]

That convex and concave glass is great and unique. I wonder where it's made. I just saw one of the windows installed this morning.

 

[Benito]

Good question - personally I doubt it. Some of the renderings is suggestive of ultra-clear glass.

AoD

That would make sense since the retailers would want high visibility from outside in.

 

[hawc]

Some of the renderings suggest ultra-clear glass.

Is the clearer than normal clear glass?

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Benito/hawc:

Yes - see http://www.pilkington.com/en-gb/uk/...ies/special-applications/pilkington-optiwhite or http://www.ppg.com/corporate/ideascapes/glass/products/ultra/Pages/default.aspx

AoD

 

[Benito]

Benito/hawc:

Yes - see http://www.pilkington.com/en-gb/uk/...ies/special-applications/pilkington-optiwhite or http://www.ppg.com/corporate/ideascapes/glass/products/ultra/Pages/default.aspx

AoD

Thanks AoD, I didn't know that type of glass existed.

 

[Benito]

Late morning photos today.