SP!RE said:
You expect Saucier+Perrotte to cover up bare concrete? No way.

They always showcase exposed concrete in their designs, and with the colours and motifs they pair it with, I wouldn't want the concrete to be covered!
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Over time, it will probably get stained, and weathering will reveal all the imperfections. If an architect doesn't deal with this issue after at least 60 years of modernist architecture, and instead clings to the romancing of concrete, it seems naive on his or her part. Exposed concrete can look good in the right places on a building and with the right treatment, but generic balcony slabs generally don't receive such attention as the concrete cladding on many a Brutalist building.
 
6 December 2012: Best-looking project ever built in Toronto east of Yonge Street?

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Curtain-wall is a system that supports itself, off of the structure's floorplate. What you see there, from what I can tell, is simply a window system that doesn't use mullion caps on the exterior.
 
urbandreamer said:
6 December 2012: Best-looking project ever built in Toronto east of Yonge Street?
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In modern history, yes it's definitely up there. I still wouldn't compare it to some of the fantastic commercial and industrial architecture from the late 19c east of Yonge though.

And L Tower, while shaping up to be fantastic, still doesn't have the level of refinement as this design. River City is architecture for grown-ups.
 
Best new residential project in the city, maybe the best new buildings of any kind in the city.
 
Ryan_T said:
I wonder when they'll ever bury that power line.
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The neighbours asked about this when Waterfront Toronto were having public meetings on the West Don Lands and the answer was that it is a transmission line and will not be buried. Too bad!
 
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