At least one of the two of them was a woman.
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It's a mid-rise building.
I expect any downtown building that's less than 15 stories will eventually have their views blocked as the city gets more and more developed.
Really like this building. The interiors are very nice.
This is old news, but it is just reaching us now. We thought some of you would be interested irrespective of its freshness! After all, it is the Slow Home award... read on!
SUITE DESIGN SELECTED BEST IN TORONTO
Toronto, April 2010 - CORE Architects Inc., one of Canada’s leading residential architectural firms, is pleased to accept an award from the Slow Home Project for Best Apartment/ Loft Design in Toronto for its suite design at the Seventy5, 75 Portland Avenue.
Lead by partner Charles Gane, Seventy5 was a creative meeting of the minds when Freed Developments, Core Architects Inc., Philippe Starck and YOO collaborated and designed Seventy5 Portland, a new condominium development in Toronto
Located in Toronto’s popular and historic King West district, is an innovative modern jewel embracing the indigenous culture of the neighborhood. Collectively, its 216 units, picturesque courtyard, and upscale retail space represent luxurious, sustainable residential living created in a style sensitive and harmonious to a high-density urban context. The building site plan has been designed in a unique U-shape that embraces a serene courtyard and complements the Portland streetscape.
The Slow Home project reviewed floor plans of over 588 Toronto and GTA condos, townhomes and single–family dwelling. Each was scored on design, impact and relationship on the local neighborhood and environmental factors. Issues of adjacencies relationships of the space, efficiencies of utilization and connection to outdoors were all scored.
Aggregate results from the three property types surveyed (Apartments/Lofts, Townhomes, and Single Family Houses) indicate that 63% of new residential projects fail to meet the minimum Design Quality Threshold defined by the Slow Home Test.
In Metro Toronto, 142 new Apartment/Loft residences were analyzed. Of these 18% were rated as Slow Homes meaning that they have an excellent underlying design. Core Architects projects were represented 17 times in this category, 47% exceeding the minimum Design Quality Threshold.