[Automation Gallery]

This project is insulting to 1BE,

I dont know about that...your comparing a proposed sketch to a building rendering (1Bloor) that we have yet to see in real life.

 

[ThomasJ]

I dont know about that...your comparing a proposed sketch to a building rendering (1Bloor) that we have yet to see in real life.

good point!

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

I am quite confident in the ability of Great Gulf and Hariri Pontarini - they've got a track record to back them up. What did we get from CS and G&C? A history of architectural junk - RoCP, DNA, Newport Beach, etc. You don't need a line drawing to tell you that.

AoD

 

[DC83]

It kinda bugs me that developers will catch onto architectural trends.. there are so many in TO:
-Pixie Sticks (like OCAD)
-Randomly placed Boxes (a-la King Charlotte, etc)
-Now sketched-out balconies

If anyone can think of any more, pls feel free to add.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Well, wing-like finials serving no conceivable purposes (a la Riveria) were real popular for awhile - and it's still used in some quarters (e.g. 1 Cole by D+S)

Also:

Random vertical "slot" windows
Coloured window glazing

AoD

 

[Platform 27]

It looks like a P+S or aA balconied box was pinned down by its teammates in a locker room and initiated onto the team with unsteadily-held hair clippers.

 

[Red October]

It kinda bugs me that developers will catch onto architectural trends.. there are so many in TO:
-Pixie Sticks (like OCAD)
-Randomly placed Boxes (a-la King Charlotte, etc)
-Now sketched-out balconies

If anyone can think of any more, pls feel free to add.

Nondescript boxes with wraparound balconies?

 

[androiduk]

I wonder if a contrasting colour scheme a-la Nautilus would help this design at all?
I guess I'd have to see it in colour to decide.

I was thinking the same thing. Maybe black on silver would look very striking. I was also wondering how it would look with hard edges on the cut out part, almost like a vertical zig zag.

 

[Tulse]

It kinda bugs me that developers will catch onto architectural trends.. there are so many in TO:
-Pixie Sticks (like OCAD)
-Randomly placed Boxes (a-la King Charlotte, etc)
-Now sketched-out balconies

Yep, these cover my three design peeves.

 

[CapitalSeven]

It kinda bugs me that developers will catch onto architectural trends.. there are so many in TO:
-Pixie Sticks (like OCAD)
-Randomly placed Boxes (a-la King Charlotte, etc)
-Now sketched-out balconies

If anyone can think of any more, pls feel free to add.

Pyramids. Or rounded arches. Or pointed arches. Or domes.

 

[Red October]

Pyramids. Or rounded arches. Or pointed arches. Or domes.

Are we still talking about Toronto here?

 

[MileHigh]

Why do we need a supertall?

Bigger is always better and besides Toronto can always use more phallic symbols...

 

[DC83]

Are we still talking about Toronto here?

I believe he was being sarcastic (when will nerds invent a font for sarcasm!?)

 

[scrapergeek]

Some of these proposal renderings have little relevance to the final product. Backstage for example just showed a vague box. The final design was way superior.

 

[Automation Gallery]

Some of these proposal renderings have little relevance to the final product. Backstage for example just showed a vague box. The final design was way superior.

Yeah i agree, what you see and what you get is all 'water under the bridge'