It’s still a generic-looking infill project, devoid of life. This time, the long facade has a curious 60s/70s walk-up apartment look to it, but with the trendy non-brainer grey/black material and colour scheme. The windows looks to be a mess, with busy mullion patterns, the windows don’t align with each other, and the over-used spans of precast lentils and sills which looks distracting. I don’t know if it’s sloppy draftsmanship or poor design, some of these sills and lentils have inconsistent extensions from the windows, and some of the vertical precast don’t even meet up with the windows (why is there a narrow strip of brick between it?!). The projected box window facing Davenport is poorly proportioned and detailed, and will have clumsy-looking spandrel panels.
I agree with most of you about retaining the existing building. It’s has such nice details you don’t see much these days. The design just needs to be more thoughtful and sympathetic to the neighbourhood and neighbouring buildings. There is a lack of context and proper design here.
