Canada's 10 Tallest U/C - Page 51

Chadillaccc · #**1001** Posted **Sep 27, 2014, 2:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by caltrane74

10 York is gonna suck!

Its just pure Tridel nonsense.. I wish it was in Etobicoke, it will block the beautiful ICE Towers from the lake view. We should give it to Montreal or Vancouver.

I liked the old design better, but I think this one has potential. It could end up surprising. I'll hold out hope for it.

On another note, I just came across these renders. I am certain they have been posted here before, but I wanted to draw attention to the detail shown displaying the beginning of the taper at the corners, beginning at a sharp 90 degree angle at the ground and curving into nice very noticeably rounded corners at the top.

And this render displays the interesting spandrel between the floors. It appears to be diagonal, indented at the bottom and flush with the windows at the top. Weird.

FrAnKs · #**1002** Posted **Sep 27, 2014, 2:30 AM**

How many floors ?

Chadillaccc · #**1003** Posted **Sep 27, 2014, 2:34 AM**

Tower 1 (UC): 56 floors, 247 meters
Tower 2 (Proposed): 40 floors, 178 meters

WhipperSnapper · #**1004** Posted **Sep 27, 2014, 2:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by caltrane74

10 York is gonna suck!

Its just pure Tridel nonsense.. I wish it was in Etobicoke, it will block the beautiful ICE Towers from the lake view. We should give it to Montreal or Vancouver.

At least all the spandrel will be mitigated by the precast panels. One can hope the backlash from 300 Front's ugly facade over at urbantoronto will have some effect. However, the tower sold out and a part of Tridel marketing is sustainability through LEED. Vision glass window wall isn't very green.

caltrane74 · #**1005** Posted **Sep 28, 2014, 2:47 AM**

Still lingering on the top 10

caltrane74 · #**1006** Posted **Sep 28, 2014, 10:47 PM**

Ice Condos, Sunlife Tower and Harbourplaza....

caltrane74 · #**1007** Posted **Sep 29, 2014, 6:25 AM**

ICE Condos

caltrane74 · #**1008** Posted **Sep 29, 2014, 1:48 PM**

One Bloor

Fancy Glass doesn't look like it will continue in the same form as the tower levels.

Hopefully it will still be curtain wall

Photos from this morning

25 Floors Up, 50 to go!

caltrane74 · #**1009** Posted **Sep 29, 2014, 3:48 PM**

Few more updates from this morning

Martin Mtl · #**1010** Posted **Sep 29, 2014, 4:34 PM**

One Bloor looks amazing. The glass is just wow !

Aura looks like a mess as usual. But it's tall

Innsertnamehere · #**1011** Posted **Sep 29, 2014, 5:19 PM**

Aura shows badly in photos, it honestly isn't bad in person.

isaidso · #**1012** Posted **Sep 29, 2014, 9:01 PM**

Agree. AURA looks spectacular from my balcony. It didn't do itself any favours with that spandrel, but the rest of the exterior turned out well.

WhipperSnapper · #**1013** Posted **Sep 29, 2014, 10:28 PM**

The lime green tint on the balconies really stands out in person. It emphasizes the different floor heights and clashes with the window wall. The curtain wall looks better in real life.

Is the false work removed? I think it actually added to the street level. Curious how it may look without it.

travis3000 · #**1014** Posted **Sep 30, 2014, 7:56 PM**

Not that it makes a big difference, certainly not in this list. But the actual height for One Bloor (confirmed by Great Gulf) is 833ft (254m).

WhipperSnapper · #**1015** Posted **Sep 30, 2014, 10:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by caltrane74

One Bloor

Fancy Glass doesn't look like it will continue in the same form as the tower levels.

Hopefully it will still be curtain wall

take a good look at the edge of the concrete slab. It has cut outs for curtain wall anchoring system.

WhipperSnapper · #**1016** Posted **Sep 30, 2014, 10:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by travis3000

Not that it makes a big difference, certainly not in this list. But the actual height for One Bloor (confirmed by Great Gulf) is 833ft (254m).

A drawing would be nice. I don't really like using figures from the developer. They omit things. Tucker Hirise, Hariri Pontarini, subcontractors, would be a different story. They have drawings you may be able to see. If not, you have to be quite specific with them as well.

DrNest · #**1017** Posted **Sep 30, 2014, 11:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

Aura shows badly in photos, it honestly isn't bad in person.

I agree. From a distance Aura looks amazing, the top portion is a fantastic addition to the skyline. The lower part doesn't look wonderful, but it kind of blends in with other buildings to almost give the illusion from a certain perspective that it's not part of Aura.

I'm happy with how it turned out. It could have been better, but could have been a lot worse too.

FrankieFlowerpot · #**1018** Posted **Oct 3, 2014, 7:55 PM**

One Bloor continuing to rise - pouring the 29th floor now - over a third of the way there. Posted by Benito at Urban Toronto

caltrane74 · #**1019** Posted **Oct 3, 2014, 8:05 PM**

The curtain wall glass is going above the podium.

Looks like we don't have to worry about cheap glass on the tower portion.

FrankieFlowerpot · #**1020** Posted **Oct 3, 2014, 8:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by travis3000

Not that it makes a big difference, certainly not in this list. But the actual height for One Bloor (confirmed by Great Gulf) is 833ft (254m).

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

A drawing would be nice. I don't really like using figures from the developer. They omit things. Tucker Hirise, Hariri Pontarini, subcontractors, would be a different story. They have drawings you may be able to see. If not, you have to be quite specific with them as well.

Just took a look there at the drawings - the height to the top of the roof slab is 254.3m. However - the curtain wall extends 2.9m past that for a total height of 257.2m