Riseth
Senior Member
One can only hope that 9 extra stories shouldn't be a deal breaker for city hall. Let this baby soar.
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vinny_the_hack
Active Member
I'm no physicist, but I believe a shadow cast by the sun near the horizon will cast a shadow about five times the size of the object, so to answer your question--about 45 more storeys.
KhalilHeron
Active Member
The shadow analysis pictures are quite a few pages back but the extra floors does greatly increase the shadows in one par for a very small portion of the day, so it's not that bad
Northern Light
Superstar
For that answer, see my post here with the shadowing study images:
The One | 328.4m | 91s | Mizrahi Developments | Foster + Partners
We have a front page story up on it here! Trying to get the database file to update, the the recent Forum software upgrade seems to be buggy. Here's a close-up of the proposed top of the tower in the meantime while we wait: 42
travis3000
Active Member
Wording doesn't sound that bad. Reading between the lines it seems to me that this will likely end up higher. Whether they get their 338m height Im not sure. But it sounds like the city is willing to let them go up somewhat.
Developers rarely need to be concerned much with the wording in Preliminary Reports. They are merely lists of things to be considered. What is included in the Preliminary Report may be quickly resolved during the planning review process, or it may become a sticking point from which Planning will not budge. It's the Final Reports where language is more specific, less generic, as that's where the City's conclusions are recorded. In between the two reports, the developer might make revisions to their plan to satisfy concerns raised by Planning, if Planning is not satisfied with the items they've listed in the first report after reviewing them thoroughly.
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T.E.C.II
Active Member
Is it for sure that Apple will be building a flagship in this building? I've only seen speculation.
Stec
Active Member
Doubt it, I'm convinced it will be a Shoppers Drug Mart flagship store because we all know Toronto needs another one lol.
In all seriousness though if these panes of glass which are rumored to be 3 stories high for this store ever break how much will that cost to replace and how difficult would it be? Yes I'm sure they will look stunning but it seems very risky and expensive to go so big.
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
I'm pretty sure that glass will be quite strong in whatever they'll do with it. As in, one would need to drive a truck through it to get it to break. And hopefully not tinted *natural* green to cut costs like we've seen with other signature projects...
daptive
Active Member
Quite frankly, I don’t think Apple cares much about the cost of their flagship stores.
A decade ago, replacing a single pane glass at the Sydney store (at that time the largest glass Apple utilized) cost $million to replace.
The store in Portland that was damaged over the summer requires a mobile crane to replace the glass.
thaivic
Active Member
Snowy Friday morning
MoObserves
Active Member
Can't wait for the next big moment when the triple ceiling height corners (supported cantilevered right now) get hooked/pulled up to the super columns and we start seeing the actual triangles of the exoskeleton boxing the tower in.
Rascacielo
Senior Member
The visible progress this week is the south podium (with the heritage facade), which has grown to 5 stories. 2 more to go I believe.
marcus_a_j
Senior Member
They are laying the rebar for the fifth (and final) floor. Next would be the elevator core then the roof. Maybe 3 weeks until the south podium is structurally complete?
Rascacielo
Senior Member
In this picture from the database, there are 3 floors above the heritage facade. 2 of the 3 floors are now up. Also, as far as I can see from the actual construction, the first 3 floors of the south podium align with the 3 floors of the heritage facade (relatively low ceiling heights).