[steveve]

Site note about the new renders. They definitely look more polished than what we have seen previously, also, for some reason a lot of them look like they have been scanned out of a brochure of some sorts. Perhaps I'm looking into it too much but hopefully this means they are getting ready to go into sales with promotional material (attracting tenants for the retail, restaurant, and what not).

Also still drooling over the renders of the ground level retail space. Being inside or even outside that space with its high ceilings, tall panes of floor-to-ceiling glass, and opening up of the space fronting both Yonge and Bloor streets will be quite the experience.

 

[GeneralGrievance]

Today's front-page story features lots of new info about the 'honeycomb' podium glazing. (The project is set to use specialized 'Sefar glass' from Swizerland):http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2016/02/one-feature-innovative-sefar-ag-glazing-system

Also, in terms of the retail rendering, we can confirm that Zara and Cibo were just used as placeholders for the rendering, and have not been confirmed as actual tenants.

 

[Ryan_T]

It's not unlike this...

First one in Brussels, Belgium.
http://www.techinsider.io/apple-store-by-jony-ive-photos-2015-9

Photo by Apple.

 

[interchange42]

Where is that? What's the source of the photo? Please edit the post!

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[ChesterCopperpot]

It's a render of the Apple Store in Brussels

 

[interchange42]

It's like the building is sprouting up around the store.

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[Contra]

It's a render of the Apple Store in Brussels

Not render. Real deal.

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

It's like the building is sprouting up around the store.

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The building it's in

 

[Big Daddy]

Wow. 340.6 metres! that's as tall as the observation deck on the CN Tower.

 

[Armour]

The building it's in

Now that is how you do a midrise building. Take note, Toronto developers.

 

[wopchop]

Today's front-page story features lots of new info about the 'honeycomb' podium glazing. (The project is set to use specialized 'Sefar glass' from Swizerland):http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2016/02/one-feature-innovative-sefar-ag-glazing-system

Also, in terms of the retail rendering, we can confirm that Zara and Cibo were just used as placeholders for the rendering, and have not been confirmed as actual tenants.

Just to clarify, there is no such thing as "Sefar glass". Sefar makes a fabric-based interlayer that is laminated into a piece of glass. That interlayer can have any kind of pattern on it. The process would likely involve a glass manufacturer purchasing the Sefar product and using it as an interlayer in the lamination process.

Here is a short article from glass magazine on the product.

 

[officedweller]

The Apple store in that Brussels building just looks like Apple had a "pop-up" store in an office tower lobby.
It's almost like negative space it's so devoid of character.

Compare with the Bay Adelaide lobby:

From a couple days ago:
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[TheKingEast]

Going by the renderings, this building is going to look awesome. Possibly better than One Bloor.

 

[A Torontonian Now]

Going by the renderings, this building is going to look awesome. Possibly better than One Bloor.

Personally, I wouldn't say better, but different with both looking great. I actually think the interplay between the two will be exceptional.

 

[ptbotrmpfn]

We'll never know till it/if ithappens... By then it will get a redesign.