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The window treatment is more of a concern. The expanses of window wall with spandrels at the back and part of the sides, along with the stretch of projected linear balconies, also at the back, seems out of place for such an upscale building and disrupts the cohesion of the design. It reminds me...

It’s a certain quiet modern elegance to this building which I really like. My only criticism is that the white spandrel panels should be dark grey/black to blend into the windows so that the unique punched/chamfered openings read more clearly and clean up the overall look. Interesting, there...

It’s the supply issue, as the complicated panels are fabricated and shipped from South Korea in batches of crates at a time. The panels are still in production so it seems it’s like stop and go progress as shipment arrives on-site. Looks like the first residential level of cladding on the south...

Yes, the grey metal panels above some of the windows are perforated screens to hide the venting.

Wait, so the last photo is of the finished building?!!! Took me a moment to figure out what was going on here. Hardly anything was done to the exterior, except for replacing the storefronts with a forbidding black wall with haphazard window punch outs which makes it looked like a remnant with no...

I’m typically pretty OCD when it comes to this — I can spot repeated pattern planks on laminate flooring or veining on a man-made marble or stone. At least here the repeated patterns are not that frequent and arranged thoughtfully. It drives me insane when I see bathroom tiles with the...

I’m very impressed with the steel panels. I haven’t noticed a single repeated folded pattern in each of the panels and curious on how many unique panels will be installed on the entire building once it is completed. I’m happy that they didn’t cut cost by using just a limited number of...

Damn paywall. Can someone post the text?

The building was computer modelled to simulate the microclimates (sun, wind, precipitation, etc.) for each balcony which determined the appropriate type of plantings. Each planter has plants selected specific for its orientation and location, so the landscape plan for each balcony will be...

I also see Q*bert.

Those tiny corner balconies make the building look unfinished with the inconsistent jagged corners, and it looks like some of the faceted black panels are still missing (I don’t know if this is intentional). Those balconies are less than 30 sq.ft. (no room for furniture) and with a giant black...

From today. The light and reflections from the glass blocks look really nice in person.

Those bike rings never worked well in the city. It’s both an installation issue (the surface and base it’s installed on, and the length of the bolts and how it’s installed), and the use & abuse it gets in Toronto. They may work well in Europe and Asia, as the general population are more...

I know, I was expecting the crates to be more efficiently packed, like a flat-packed piece of IKEA furniture. But I’m guessing it’s done that way to prevent the panels from damaging each other during transport, and each panel is very heavy.

By the time this building is completed, the condo market will hopefully recover by then, unless it is fully of poorly designed cramped units that’s impractical for an end user to live in. This is a big reason why many of these condos are not selling — tons of these crappy units were instantly...