Recent content by FastidiousHack

Whoever rents out the temporary metal railing must be happy

At this rate, the building may top out before cladding installation begins. Would the project stall if that was the case?

From traditional indigenous viewpoints, it is inherently problematic for anyone to "own" land, indigenous or not. From their original perspective, nature cannot be owned by anyone, as it does not belong to anyone. Humans are simply a part of nature and have a responsibility to act as stewards to...

I've always found it interesting that Toronto-Dominion Bank owns the naming rights to TD Garden in Boston where the Bruins and Celtics play.

Agree. With the size and complexity of buildings these days, you'd have to wait quite a while if you deferred window installation until after the structure was mostly complete. Installing windows sooner means mechanical, electrical, & plumbing can start work. It's also better for the structure...

The character of Queen west isn't defined by the height of the buildings. The redeeming features include the scale of the pedestrian experience, and relatively small retail bays in older buildings that enabled a high density of affordable leases for small businesses. I agree that Queen West is...

Such a shame the diagrid isn't structural.

I think you're thinking of buoyancy calculations, the weight of water displaced equals the weight of the boat. Building's don't need to consider this kind of action; the only reason we dig down is to provide substructure floor area for things like parking, foundations, and elevator pits. It...

I'm not who was asked, but I'll weigh in anyway. I've been to Mandy's a few times, it's fantastic. $20 for a salad seems steep at first, but they are massive and the quality is outstanding. I don't go very much anymore, as I bought the cookbook (mostly for the salad dressing recipes). My...

I don't think there's anything wrong with the colour, for me it's the rhythm of the window spacing. The windows of the heritage structure are not spaced equally, they're spaced in groups of 2 separated by pilasters. The new facade has groups of 3, spaced equally. This is one of those examples...

About $1,550/sf (interior only), or $1,300/sf (interior + exterior), based on the link below. Some variation. https://www.tridel.com/aqualuna/prices-floorplans

I didn't work on this building specifically, but I have some experience with designing structures of supertall buildings. That's part of it, the cables are to reduce axial tension, they would only change the size of the column if tension (i.e. reinforcement ratio) was governing size. They...

I'm not sure I understand why so much of the north building along Spadina was demolished. Was it an addition and therefore not heritage? Are they rebuilding the facade like at Bathurst?

I just feel bad for the Structural EIT that had to detail those slab edges. Every time there's a vertical discontinuity, it would result in a unique detail. I'd love to see the drawing set for this thing.

They exist, there's CLT Shear Walls and Preserved Wood Foundation Walls and Footings - though they're not widely used (yet). However, they are much newer (and therefore less researched) compared to concrete or steel-plate counterparts. The wood design codes don't reflect predictable and safe...