salsa
Senior Member
East of Yonge is still a piece of work.
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East of Yonge is still a piece of work.
junctionist
Senior Member
aA has a great track record for rooflines: Spire, 18 Yorkville, Ice and Market Wharf, for instance.
Red October
Senior Member
I've always thought 18 Yorkville was awful, the top of Spire is nothing special, Ice is good, Market Wharf is okay but not great, the two new Distillery ones are okay but not great and ones like X, Four Seasons, Casa and Pure Spirit have terrible mechanical boxes.
aA, despite creating a lot of very safe and not-very-exciting buildings, usually designs somewhat quality at least. Their mechanical boxes have always been their Achilles heel.
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junctionist
Senior Member
Most of aA's rooflines are fine. Casa has that thin slab that concludes the facade like a cornice. Four Seasons has the fins which give the appearance of a single pane of glass from top to bottom. X was unfortunate for the generic box, and the two recent Distillery District towers are clumsy. Besides those, aA's designs are impressive like Ice or at least on the level.
raclll
Active Member
Looks like the crane dismantling is underway.
urbandreamer
recession proof
20 July 2014:
vegeta_skyline
Senior Member
Lest not forget... https://flic.kr/p/ayxwZj
That along with X & the distillery would be there worst. But they did redeem themselves with the roofline across the street. Agreed that there's nothing wrong with Four Season mech, it's quite seamless. Though I never liked Casa's roofline, but that's more a mater of personal taste.
Anyways as with most things, I think the truth lies somewhere in between.
vegeta_skyline
Senior Member
Anyhow, a photo from my moving office; (wasn't moving at the time of course!)
urbandreamer
recession proof
22 July 2014:
khris
Senior Member
It's awesome how quick this building went up. Wish it was another 10 floors higher. Can't wait to see it all come together with the final details.
ushahid
Senior Member
why don't they finish those white bands. they should be working on the white bands as the building is almost complete.
someMidTowner
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They are working on the bands, and the building isn't almost complete, it is just topped-off
someMidTowner
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Tulse
Senior Member
The green mechanical cladding is just painful.
Lansdude
Active Member
can someone explain to an engineering/architecture noob why these mechanical boxes always have to sit awkwardly on top of the structure instead of being seamlessly built into the form of the building?