[Edward Skira]

Core samples.

 

[Marcanadian]

Site Plan application was submitted yesterday:

http://app.toronto.ca/DevelopmentAp...icationsList.do?action=init&folderRsn=4010488


Meanwhile, the Zoning Bylaw appeal was considered at LPAT on March 12:

http://www.omb.gov.on.ca/ecs/CaseDetail.aspx?n=PL170099

 

[DSC]

Site Plan application was submitted yesterday:

http://app.toronto.ca/DevelopmentAp...icationsList.do?action=init&folderRsn=4010488


Meanwhile, the Zoning Bylaw appeal will be considered at LPAT on March 12:

http://www.omb.gov.on.ca/ecs/CaseDetail.aspx?n=PL170099

The OMB link says the hearing was March 12 2018

 

[Marcanadian]

You're right, there hasn't been a decision posted yet so I misread the date.

 

[Marcanadian]

New documents are in with the Site Plan application. Height is now approximately 107 metres (excluding the parapet). Number of units reduced to 185 and number of hotel suites reduced to 238. There have also been some changes to the exterior, particularly the fenestration and balcony arrangements:

http://app.toronto.ca/DevelopmentAp...icationsList.do?action=init&folderRsn=4010488

 

[AlbertC]

I've actually grown into liking this. Hopefully they can pull off the execution.

 

[adHominem]

The architectural equivalent of cobbling together a meal out of whatever random stuff is in the kitchen. This tower is two eggs, a handful of broken tortilla chips and half a thing of leftover Shanghai noodles.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

The architectural equivalent of cobbling together a meal out of whatever random stuff is in the kitchen. This tower is two eggs, a handful of broken tortilla chips and half a thing of leftover Shanghai noodles.

Mangled, in other words. It can conceivably look interesting if well-executed - and an absolute dog's breakfast if not.

AoD

 

[ProjectEnd]

True, but I kind of like how garbled and confused it is. There are a number of buildings in HK that do this (eg. Hysan Place, The ONE, Wai Fung Plaza). As @AlbertC notes, I just hope they can pull it off!

 

[interchange42]

The architectural equivalent of cobbling together a meal out of whatever random stuff is in the kitchen. This tower is two eggs, a handful of broken tortilla chips and half a thing of leftover Shanghai noodles.

The exterior tells you that there are two different uses inside; something different below from what's going on above (hotel, then residential). At the base and in the middle we have transition sections, which might (and do happen to) pertain to both. The colour found on the patterned glass in the transition zones is picked up in the balconies of the residential portion, and in the slot windows (shown in the rendering, but not in the elevation) of the hotel portion, tying it together.

With so much out there with little attempt to distinguish it, I'm glad there are some distinguishable design moves on this building.

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PS — the database file has been updated with 355 feet plugged in to estimate the height of the roof parapet. That translates to 108.2 metres. @DonValleyRainbow

 

[interchange42]

There's a front page story up now, and it includes info like that this does have zoning approval now, and the route it took to get it… so there's that!

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[ProjectEnd]

The exterior tells you that there are two different uses inside; something different below from what's going on above (hotel, then residential). At the base and in the middle we have transition sections, which might (and do happen to) pertain to both. The colour found on the patterned glass in the transition zones is picked up in the balconies of the residential portion, and in the slot windows (shown in the rendering, but not in the elevation) of the hotel portion, tying it together.

With so much out there with little attempt to distinguish it, I'm glad there are some distinguishable design moves on this building.

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PS — the database file has been updated with 355 feet plugged in to estimate the height of the roof parapet. That translates to 108.2 metres. @DonValleyRainbow

*Why* is the database stuck in imperial?! Canada got out of that nonsense in the mid-70s!

 

[DTC]

Remove those silly balconies and it actually looks great.

I agree, without the balconies the tower could look so much better.

But as it is right now it looks really horrible IMO.

 

[adHominem]

The exterior tells you that there are two different uses inside; something different below from what's going on above (hotel, then residential). At the base and in the middle we have transition sections, which might (and do happen to) pertain to both. The colour found on the patterned glass in the transition zones is picked up in the balconies of the residential portion, and in the slot windows (shown in the rendering, but not in the elevation) of the hotel portion, tying it together.

Oh, OK. I can see it – and appreciate your breaking it down – but it still feels like at least one too many gestures to me. Not sure if it's the walk-the-plank balconies or the mid-tower cantilever that's one toke over the line.

 

[Edward Skira]

*Why* is the database stuck in imperial?! Canada got out of that nonsense in the mid-70s!

Coming shortly.