Toronto Rushden Station | 138.1m | 39s | Fitzrovia | bKL Architecture

The built form here is just horrendous and the only rationale for this high density, concrete built form is a transit hub consisting of a frequent commuter rail and a subway station than a local community with room to spare. It's typical a massive influx of people in a stable lower density neighbourhoods will presumably generated more excitement and vibrancy although it's generally the opposite, overtaxed resources, in cash strapped Toronto. These tenants in their tiny studios looking out of their lone exterior outlet at concrete, glass, and steel high in the air will live and die by subway and/or GO's weekly closures. What a grand life in store.

If only we could build density like Rotterdam but, we have to maximize those tiny units and daily commuters at the cost of any sort of pleasant urban environment.
 
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^...I always though that Turner Fleisher had an avoidance to pretty colours though. Surprised to see that they went with this.
 
The complex is still generally massed and coloured as bKL Architecture initially designed it, although yes, there have been changes to the details. It would feel like revisionist history to remove their name from the Design Architect position in our database, like we'd be pretending that they weren't responsible for the vision here. Turner Fleischer have been responsible for all of the recent work though, yes.

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