scarberiankhatru
Senior Member
They could always *not* clad it to save on ventilation costs...
Toronto Living Shangri-La Toronto | 214.57m | 66s | Westbank | James Cheng
Architecturefan
Active Member
Taken yesterday:
Mike in TO
Senior Member
My understanding is this may be one of the deepest excavations ever in Toronto. There are 8 levels of underground parking planned. The TTC also played a major role due to the proximety of the subway tunnel. The TTC set a criteria that underground vibrations and movement must ensure the tunel doesn't move more then 10 millimeters. The developer spent six to eight months working with various consultants and soil engineers in their efforts to create some distance from the tunnel and satisfying the engineering criteria. The TTC only recently signed off.
Redroom Studios
Senior Member
interesting behind the scenes info... so its going to be a long time before we see this one above ground again.
Ryuinfinity
Active Member
Yep. Can't wait to see it complete though. With this, RBC, and the Ritz Carlton, our skyline will be really starting to extend west.
Mongo
Senior Member
And with the addition of 300 Front, and the forest of 25 to 50 storey condos planned for the Clubland area, the 'highrise district' will extend to Spadina and beyond, north of the railway (as well as with CityPlace south of the railway).
p.s. With the exotic designs being proposed for many of the future condo buildings in the area, is a name change from Clubland to Dubailand in order?
p.s. With the exotic designs being proposed for many of the future condo buildings in the area, is a name change from Clubland to Dubailand in order?
Sir Novelty Fashion
Senior Member
Where are these exotic designs of which you speak?
Mongo
Senior Member
These ones come to mind:
These may not be terribly exotic by world standards, but by our staid Toronto standards, they are definitely out there.
In addition, a few other condo building designs that do not yet have public renderings, but only planning report line drawings, also look fairly gaudy.
These may not be terribly exotic by world standards, but by our staid Toronto standards, they are definitely out there.
In addition, a few other condo building designs that do not yet have public renderings, but only planning report line drawings, also look fairly gaudy.
buildup
Senior Member
Mongo,
Could you identify the last two renderings please?
Could you identify the last two renderings please?
grey
Senior Member
The curvy one is 21 Widmer by Daniels and Kirkor architects.
The chunky one at the bottom is the TAS condo on Richmond at Widmer (former Joker site).
The chunky one at the bottom is the TAS condo on Richmond at Widmer (former Joker site).
Ramako
Moderator
Any idea how long excavation will take?
urbanboyto
Active Member
bring it on..we need more interesting buildings such as these.
Dan416
Senior Member
OMG those buildings look awesome! I hope they get approved!
Dolemite
New Member
From working on a similar sized lot....6 weeks/level for excavation + 6 weeks/level pouring the concrete going back up again. This all depends on soil conditions and a whole range of other issues, but going down 8 levels will likely take one year, and another to get back up to street level.
Ryuinfinity
Active Member
Bah!