Recent content by jozl

Wow, there’s no ambiguity in this building, that for sure. It’s quite a statement, but I wonder how the food and other delivery guys are going to fare finding the right addresses.

Looks like fender bender on a Cybertruck. I love the way this is turning out. I tend to think that highly reflective cladding is a bit of a cop out because it merely reflects other buildings and sky, blends in chameleon like. But Gehry’s treatment is stunning.

This proposal on this small lot is such an overreaching, cramped concept that well...it’s beyond terrible. If the property owner wants to cram in more housing it should be mid rise. Or, how about a park?

So I take it that the nasty wooden poles mentioned on the previous page are a permanent fixture? Too bad.

I’m curious about the treatment of the holes in the columns that anchor the climbing platforms. Are the holes patched with concrete or are they left as is? Also... the guys working on the upper floors sure earn their money. I am terrified of heights and wouldn’t last ten minutes up there before...

Truly forgettable

With the advent of CNC fabricators and 3D printing I expect there will be more texture applied to facades. Could incorporate bas relief imagery along with interesting designs. Stone carvers are long gone but the new technologies could revive an affordable renaissance.

I don’t enjoy criticizing peoples’ work but... I think this building is a real mess. A hodgepodge of details that don’t match and don’t relate to the overall structure of the building. The metals top on the concrete pillars are terrible and why do the pillars taper anyway? The green roof in my...

It looks like tooth decay. Just looking at it makes my teeth hurt.

The third photo from the top of this page reveals a hawk soaring in front of the blue corner RCS. Pretty cool, maybe a good omen?

How. About Oscar Peterson square?

YDS is a horrible place. I always try to avoid it. I’m 72 and it was always ugly, even before YDS. Now it’s ugly AND awful. It took the city over 10 years to get it built. So now the city jumps in to change the name (Dundas was an abolitionist by the way) as if it contributes in any way to this...

It’s the two tone two color cars that I like. What a relief from the grey suv’s that are everywhere now.

Cumberland Terrace makes a good counterpoint.

I can’t visualize what this block will look like after phase 2 is built. It might look like too much of the same thing?? Kind of overpowering? Can’t really tell from the renderings. By the way, the Frost building is one of my very favourite buildings in TO.