Canadian City Proposals II

[WhipperSnapper]

Huh? The Hamilton proposal sucks balls.

The first iteration has the useless open space on the one corner with surface parking area for the stacked townhouses which could have easily been less dense townhomes with integral garages allowing the surface parking lot as communal green space.

The second iteration with towers and townhouses separated by private driveways is a rehash of infamous superblock non market and market rentals as well as condominiums built in the 1970s. Think Jane and Finch. The ones built in the 905 faired better largely because they're walled campuses with gated entrances or about as anti-urban as they come.

[Surrealplaces]

Originally Posted by trueviking

Controversial project moving forward in Winnipeg. Designed by myself.


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Looks nice TV. Every city should have a bunch of these built. As for the parking, well, that's what they call a 1st world issue lol.

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by trueviking

^ I don't see the CN Tower in the rendering, and I know that poster doesn't believe in adding the location because he believes this is a local Toronto thread, so I'll just assume that's another Toronto no-name tower.....it's really a shame that's how the city is growing....soulless....generic towers...one after another....relentless.....sometimes a postage stamp heritage facade glued to the bottom....they have wasted a boom era.

Love that Hamilton proposal.

You've been on him for years. Give it rest.

Everybody booming is building souless, generic, overbuilt towers with postage stamp heritage facades glued to the bottoms. Take a day and check out local forums outside SSP than just this Toronto centred proposals thread. IMHO, the Greater Toronto Area is a step above other provincial boomtowns in cramped living conditions with some so bad becoming memes and viral videos. It's fucking hilarious. I saw a never been occupied den that barely fit the cot provided renting out on realtor.ca for $1500 last Christmas.

[Maldive]

SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO


Guildwood TOC | 192.75m | 60s | Infrastructure ON | Zeidler l pre-construction


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[Nashe]

Originally Posted by zoomer

Also kudos to Moncton - a pretty dense suburban neighbourhood there and with the efforts downtown should hopefully prevent further sprawl, although maybe some would categorize this as sprawl? I don't know the area well enough to comment further.

The yellow area is the development in question:

As you can see, it's the last significant chunk of undeveloped land inside the ring-road. Would be considered in-fill, I'd say.

[MolsonExport]

what a massive proposal for Scarborough.

[TorontoDrew]

I want to know where they got their 3D file for Toronto; it looks very detailed. That's a massive proposal for that part of Scarborough, 60 floors in a mostly 2 storey neighbourhood. decent looking design though.

[Coldrsx]

No renderings available publicly as of yet, but a major project for a long empty site in Downtown Edmonton that will be student housing focussed.

External ID
640132008-002
Job Type
Major Development Permit
Description
To construct 4 Residential buildings (Multi-unit Housing for a total of 696 Dwellings) with a common underground parkade. The project includes the incorporation of the historic Massey Ferguson facade within the south building.
Applicant
FACTION ARCHITECTURE INC.
Status
Intake - Payment Required
Class of Permit

Create Date
December 9, 2025
Approval Date

Location
10609 - 104 AVENUE NW Plan B2 Blk 6 Lots 163-164 10616 - 103 AVENUE NW Plan B2 Blk 6 Lots 165-172
Neighbourhood
DOWNTOWN

[Innsertnamehere]

Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

I want to know where they got their 3D file for Toronto; it looks very detailed. That's a massive proposal for that part of Scarborough, 60 floors in a mostly 2 storey neighbourhood. decent looking design though.

Toronto has a 3D model of the entire city available for download for free online. Consultants use it for massing context images of proposals and to do shadow studies.

https://cot-planning.maps.arcgis.com...65f3d857389aab

[TorontoDrew]

Thanks, and I forgot about that.

[trueviking]

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

You've been on him for years. Give it rest.

ha ha....true!

other option is he could put the word Toronto in the text of his posts like everyone else does when they post something from their city.

it's why people hate the Leafs. ha ha.

[Nouvellecosse]

I think it's safe to say that when someone posts something with the source listed as UT there a 99% change it's in Toronto or at least the GTA.

[TorontoDrew]

310 Front West

While I much prefer the old Shard-like single tower proposal, I do prefer the materials being used here. It still looks like a work in progress, though, as Harriri Pontarini usually release more high-res renders when a tower is more locked in. The podium feels like a bit of an afterthought atm. Also calling this a mixed use tower is a bit of a joke since it's just 2 or 3 floors of retail under 63-68 floors of residential.
source: urbantoronto.ca
a proposed 70 & 65-storey mixed-use condominium & retail building designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects for H&R REIT in Downtown Toronto.

[MolsonExport]

I like the massing and the fact that they are not blue glass.

[Nouvellecosse]

They're decent. But yes the previous design was more striking. This reminds me a bit of 88 Scott in that it has deco touches such as the setbacks and stone-like cladding but doesn't fully commit. And unfortunately, adding deco "touches" doesn't tend to work very well. The style is striking, bold and dramatic. It's austere compared to styles that preceded it, but it is not subtle or understated. But this building feels like you can clearly see the deco touches are superficial with the conventional condo form peeking through.

I also agree that it's silly to call stuff mixed use when a skyscraper with dozens of floors has just a couple floors of office or retail in the podium. Next thing they'll be saying a new hospital is mixed use since it has a small Tim Hortons, pharmacy, and a gift shop in the reception area.

[trueviking]

those are nice.

[TorontoDrew]

Source: https://www.hariripontarini.com



Total project size: Size
1,190,000 sq. ft.
Total Retail size: 8,000 sq. ft. (mixed use lol)

[MonkeyRonin]

Meh. I like the material palette, but the crowns of the towers feel clunky and unresolved. It also suffers from the same problem as so many other Toronto towers, where they appear to have a slender profile from the front elevation, but are then deeper than they are wide and look very slabby from any other view.

I'm also getting pretty tired of this twins-but-different-heights motif. Either go all in and make them actual twin towers, or do more to differentiate each and make them into two unique designs.

[TorontoDrew]

It doesn't feel like a serious proposal. Harrari rarely release renders with this low quality or detail on their projects. This feels a bit rushed or not a finalized design. I hate the podium, it looks like a 1960s medical building (the podiums).

So I'm hopeful this will be refined before it sees the light of day.

[Pellimo]

A 5,000-unit housing project could be coming to Quebec City.

The closure of the former La Baie department store is paving the way for residential densification of the Galeries de la Capitale site. Its owner is considering selling lots to a prominent Quebec City developer who plans to build 5,000 units in several phases, La Presse has learned.

https://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/mar...ir-le-jour.php