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Originally Posted by DesignerBunny
One of the more interesting points to take note of can be seen in the plan views of the middle floors, and the sections...page A203. There will be an internal courtyard from floors 4-20 which allows for the existing offices on the back side of the RBC building to keep their windows and allow light down between the buildings. Also, I believe the new building will provide seismic support for the older RBC building, and have a car elevator for underground parking due to the narrow lot size. Great project
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Agreed! The "hidden" light well is an interesting aspect of the project. In a way, it's a step back into the past in the way zero lot line buildings worked together to bring light and air to the common wall parts of the buildings.
On first glance at the renderings, it looked to me like the floors on the new tower lined up with those in the Royal Bank "Cathedral of Capitalism". I thought that perhaps the new building and old would connect and have shared floor plates and larger gross leasable area than if there were two wholly independent buildings. From looking at the floor plans, that's clearly not occurring, but it was an interesting thought.