Also a fan of the new one. The old one offered nothing new. Podium looked a lot like Mercury Court of the Claridge Shoppers Drug Mart. First one being a (mostly) historic building, second one a refreshing small scale retail development (wow, Claridge gets shit right sometimes!). The podium initially proposed for this building was just replicating what had already been done. The tower portion was pretty horrendous.
New one is a nice modern addition. I like the contrast between the red brick and black cladding. It doesn't look as massive/bulky as the previous proposal.
I prefer the new one as well. The old one looked like an 90's AutoCad render from a high school student... podium and "tower" didn't match at all and looked very awkward. It would have looked dated the moment it would have gone up.
I actually like this right now. Obviously the colours in the renderings are more vibrant than they would be in real life, but I think this would be good. I really like the use of red brick on the bottom portion.
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