[Amare]

Thankfully, this will be mostly hidden down in the canyon bottom once everything gets built out. Hopefully the spandrel/mullion treatment doesn't re-appear in phases two through 5. It definitely won't in the office component of the project.

Yup it will be hidden, amongst the sea of other trash buildings we keep putting up along our waterfront.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

Nope - that will be curtain wall.

AoD

So are you saying I should hold out some hope that this "landmark" project isn't going to be all covered in that Toronto grey spamdrel we are seeing here today?

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

So are you saying I should hold out some hope that this "landmark" project isn't going to be all covered in that Toronto gray spamdrel we are seeing here today?

I would expect so, with reservations.

AoD

 

[wmedia]

Following on from AoD's points above. Looking back at the plans on previous pages you can clearly see that window wall with lower-third mullions was always specced for the podium of phases 1 and 3. Thankfully there's plenty of curtain wall to still look forward to on phase 2.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

Okays...I'll take you folks word for it then. And hold my eyes away until they hopefully put up something that looks prettier.

 

[someMidTowner]

Sigh. When you think you rented The Prestige but it's actually just a mislabeled Now You See Me

 

[Jeff Morgan]

A couple of pictures I took on a walk this morning. Finger got in the way for one

 

[The Preservationist]

Subconsciously giving it the finger?

 

[Jeff Morgan]

Subconsciously giving it the finger?

No, not at all. I think I was waiting for the morning coffee to kick in!

 

[The Preservationist]

Ah yes if it wasn't for coffee I wouldn't be here.....

 

[wmedia]

Crane comes down. ACS goes up.

 

[mburrrrr]

 

[jje1000]

Render, for comparison. Hopefully the rest of the cladding will draw they eyes away from the mullion-fest.

Issue: the first few floors are usually what the typical pedestrian can usually see without changing the angle of their heads.

Cheap podium cladding = diminished streetscape.

Following on from AoD's points above. Looking back at the plans on previous pages you can clearly see that window wall with lower-third mullions was always specced for the podium of phases 1 and 3. Thankfully there's plenty of curtain wall to still look forward to on phase 2.

TBH, I am more dismayed at the uneven mullion spacing than anything else.

 

[wmedia]

^ Agreed, but I was referring to the ground-floor cladding, which appears to be more interesting curved metal along with curtain/retail quality glazing, drawing the eyes away from the window-wall directly above it.

 

[Big Daddy]

They went to a lot of trouble to conceal it in their renderings. But then other than Four Seasons and the Ritz, not many have bothered to use nice glass on their buildings here.