christiesplits
Senior Member
I get a bit of a TD Centre vibe from this project. Minus the McDonald's, of course.
Toronto 1315 Finch West | 193.69m | 61s | CTN | a—A
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I get a bit of a TD Centre vibe from this project. Minus the McDonald's, of course.
mferna
Active Member
Read our new update on this development here.
fiendishlibrarian
Active Member
I get a bit of a TD Centre vibe from this project. Minus the McDonald's, of course.
Ironically that McDonald's *was* a TD branch for many years. The McDonald's used to be a bit further south on Keele.
Tarazet
New Member
a-A out-blands themselves again. They have talent, yet keep repeating versions of buildings they’ve done over and over. Exposed black mechanical level? Really? At least with buildings like Casa II, they created an interesting crown. Being stuck in the modernist box they have put themselves in is really unfortunate. They are capable of so much better, in my opinion.
BaconEggCheese
New Member
Pretty blatant van der Rohe imitation by a-A...
Love it or hate it, minimalist design like this can be difficult to get through approvals due to lack of human scale elements and effective wind mitigation (podiums, canopies, etc).
Love it or hate it, minimalist design like this can be difficult to get through approvals due to lack of human scale elements and effective wind mitigation (podiums, canopies, etc).
Northern Light
Superstar
I get a bit of a TD Centre vibe from this project. Minus the McDonald's, of course.
Sure, there isn't a McDs in the TD centre now...... but there was for what? 25 years? In the west food court. So it would fit in... LOL
syn
Senior Member
Very true.
I love this proposal but they'll definitely have to address the base.
Too bad they don't build more towers like this.
TossYourJacket
Senior Member
It looks great. City Planning will absolutely demand it get replaced with tower-on-podium structures that look infinitely worse.
artyboy123
Senior Member
unpopular opinion...i find the sleek black tower kinda a good design from far away angle! overall, improvement compare to the previous mid rise proposal!
though...the street grade can be monstrous as it is not "human scale"
UtakataNoAnnex
Superstar
Our Mies on Finch...
Amare
Senior Member
Gotta love that soulless aA sterility. It works ok for this area of the city, but when aA brings this repetitive design that they do 100 times over downtown it's downright sterile and depressing.
That lower level design is going to be dreadful for any retail wanting to locate down there. I'll go as far as saying that most retail uses would be DOA.
And one other note, people living here are going to have such fantastic views of all the oil storage containers!
That lower level design is going to be dreadful for any retail wanting to locate down there. I'll go as far as saying that most retail uses would be DOA.
And one other note, people living here are going to have such fantastic views of all the oil storage containers!
UtakataNoAnnex
Superstar
^...I guess we where spared from Kirkor's or G+C's spandrelicious experiments here, for what that's worth.
softstyll
New Member
This looks great, I can't believe people are complaining about this design.
DtTO
Active Member
Ya, I don't get it. I'm the first person to complain about aA's typical wraparound balcony design, but this is stunning. I love the sleek black look. If executed properly, these really could look like Mies buildings. A balcony-less version of X Condos sounds great to me!