TORONTO | 8 Cumberland St. | 170 M / 557 FT | 51 FL
 

Address: 8 Cumberland Street
Developer: Phantom Developments
Architect: Page + Steele / IBI Group Architects

Yet another condo proposal for Yorkville.

Photo courtesy of Urban Toronto

http://urbantoronto.ca/sites/default...185-47148.jpeg

Simple but elegant. It goes to show one doesn't have resort to elaborate designs to achieve something interesting and/or beautiful. The glass pattern and nod to art deco at the top works well imo. 8.5/10

I wouldn't mind one twice as tall with a few more set backs half way up.

The floorplate is already tiny, you can't exactly fit many setbacks on this tower.

An extra setback around the 50th floor would be nice. Even a small corner indentation (like on Bay Adelaide West)

The grey glass looks suspect but renderings of the podium suggest quality materials.

I made a drawing of this tower: http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=105461
Toronto diagram: http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=12 - near the end of page 2

Also, for Yorkville, I find the floor to ceiling heights very short on this one, I expected a much taller tower...

Surprised how short it is. If the cheap design is of indication, the developer is attempting to squeeze as many floors as possible under a height cap.

This looks a lot like Toren in Brooklyn (pic from newyorkitecture.com).

http://newyorkitecture.com/wp-conten..._8_9adjust.jpg

Wow, it's almost a carbon copy! I do like this one. It's growing on me every time I see it.

^It's just unfortunate it isn't taller.

For sure. If this was 250m say, it would have a very significant impact on the skyline. And not in a bad way.

hasn't the Liebskind building at Yonge and front already donw this window treatment deal?

Demolition of the existing buildings on Yonge is going on...update sometime will be provided.
New render:
[IMG]https://farm1.staticflickr.com/944/4...3af316ac_b.jpgre by Josh Kenn Photographics, on Flickr[/IMG]

Thanks for your updates, GeneralLee.

No problem. I looked through Cruzinforyou's posts and noticed a lot of threads need fixing.

Cell phone update
 

Today......the demolition of the Yonge Street buildings continues, hopefully they look pretty fair when their back up in a few years.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4871/...6fa0756c_c.jpgDSC_8906 by Josh Kenn Photographics, on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4870/...25128d82_c.jpgDSC_8903 by Josh Kenn Photographics, on Flickr

I liked the first one better.

TO's infatuation with balconies is puzzling at best, pathological at worst.

No photographic update today, but demolition is going quite steadily on thi project, excavation is nearing.

Today, from my cell phone;
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7833/...973bbd21_b.jpgDSC_0093 by Josh Kenn Photographics, on Flickr

Nice, thanks. So much going on that little towers like this get lost in the muddle.

https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/attach...8-jpeg.226816/
Benito