Canadian City Proposals

[sdimedru]

^ are you all reffering to the London proposal? Because I really don't mind the Adelaide one...

(I do think the top/cap? could be improved)

[WhipperSnapper]

^I'm going to go ahead and say the Toronto one. Yeah, the Adelaide one is awful whether you don't mind it or not.

[caltrane74]

It's so small, nobody will see it. Who cares.

[koops65]

^^^ Yeah it's tiny... it'll only be about 160 - 170 metres tall... lol

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

It's so small, nobody will see it. Who cares.

You don't care what a 170 meters tower looks because for you it's tinny? Are you genuinely indifferent to the architecture of such a tower in a central district of Toronto? Is that what it comes down to, for you, now? Anything under 200 meters is not significant enough for you to even care about the design? Or is it just a "blasé" game you're playing to suggest that Toronto is in such another league now that such tower is not even worth taking notice of?

[FrankieFlowerpot]

It's also an office/hotel proposal now - no residential.

47 floors

[caltrane74]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

You don't care what a 170 meters tower looks because for you it's tinny? Are you genuinely indifferent to the architecture of such a tower in a central district of Toronto? Is that what it comes down to, for you, now? Anything under 200 meters is not significant enough for you to even care about the design? Or is it just a "blasé" game you're playing to suggest that Toronto is in such another league now that such tower is not even worth taking notice of?

There are 5000 guys at urbantoronto.ca, that spin their heads around design and architecture 24/7. Like I said before, I don't find the tower that offensive, especially at this height in the Entertainment District, it will disappear. Nothing to lose any sleep over, that's for sure.

[WhipperSnapper]

I'll begrudgingly accept that you don't finding the design offensive or the proposed plan for this tiny site is ridiculous. This is one where the discussion of sightlines is more than just an aesthetic concern (although shadowing pretty much still covers the bases. ) Finally, an opinion on the design.


C'mon, tiny or it will disppear in the Entertainment district?

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by FrankieFlowerpot

It's also an office/hotel proposal now - no residential.

47 floors

They got sent to the curb with residential. City loves to hear about new office development but, this is still going to be easily rejected.

[caltrane74]

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

I'll begrudgingly accept that you don't finding the design offensive or the proposed plan for this tiny site is ridiculous. This is one where the discussion of sightlines is more than just an aesthetic concern (although shadowing pretty much still covers the bases. ) Finally, an opinion on the design.


C'mon, tiny or it will disppear in the Entertainment district?

Ok, not right now. But when the area begins is construction build out, and if this thing even gets approved (which it won't) , by then larger projects would have begun.

[WhipperSnapper]

It's not the tallest proposed, built, or under construction but, it's height is still well above average. What's still to come is just speculation.

[Innsertnamehere]

if built today it would be one of the tallest buildings in the Entertainment District. It's not small.

[caltrane74]

RBc Center/ Shangrila/ and Ritz are taller.

[Innsertnamehere]

^not really in the entertainment district in the traditional sense. currently, the tallest is TIFF and Theatre Park, which are both 157m.

[Innsertnamehere]

319 Jarvis

[HomeInMyShoes]

We tacked Hearst onto one side and a bit of a really uninspiring design and now it's still a really uninspiring design.

[GeneralLea]

Originally Posted by Gresto

McMansions are an absolute plague where I live. Some streets are infested with them. Not only are they socially deplorable, but most of them are tacky and built on the ultra-cheap (to recoup the cost of the lot), and their construction results in aggravation and inconvenience for residents (noise, dirt, bulldozers all about, torn-up roads from all the utility cuts).

Here's a street not too far from where I live that is almost 100% McMansion infested: https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.7276513,-...S_1wDrj494fXqj1chE3QQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

As much as I dislike them, I'm starting to get used to them. They're quite annoying sights, but once you see them all over the place, the ugliness becomes dull. Dull ugliness is still horrid, but it's just an advanced state of being exposed to mansionism.

When you said Mcmansion, I thought of actually big — mansions, like in Brampton, where the houses are just really non-dense and huge. Those Toronto examples to me are just tacky reno's that do no favours to the housing market and are honestly somewhat selfish looking.

[TorontoDrew]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

You don't care what a 170 meters tower looks because for you it's tinny? Are you genuinely indifferent to the architecture of such a tower in a central district of Toronto? Is that what it comes down to, for you, now? Anything under 200 meters is not significant enough for you to even care about the design? Or is it just a "blasé" game you're playing to suggest that Toronto is in such another league now that such tower is not even worth taking notice of?

It will be about as beautiful a tower as Le Peterson. Some will like it some won't. From some angles it will look good and from other awkward. My gut tells me this design is nowhere near complete on this building.

[ue]

Looks like Encore in Edmonton is going ahead...

Originally Posted by Coldrsx

Encore!

https://twitter.com/DavidEwasukCTV/status/832346118289645568

[LeftCoaster]

For us non-locals can you remind us of what that one is?