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"11 Wellesley’s iconic wavy design breaks away from the conventional boxy architecture seen in many new downtown condos." That's a real quote from the website's marketing tagline. Of all the things to say about it, it *must* be a good design because it's wavy!

Is that how you use the washroom? If anyone walks into a washroom and acts inappropriately, that is inappropriate, regardless of gender identity. Nobody is asking for the right to sexually harass people in public washrooms, so please do not act as though trans people want to walk into washrooms...

I much prefer a neo-modernist "box" that is honest about what it is, to a box (with no resolution either at its base or its pinnacle) with a cheesy pattern appliquéd on its facade to try and distract people from its uninteresting floorplate. Is there really anything to this tower other than...

Not used to seeing precast slab construction, so it's a nice change. I love Teeple's work. Thanks for the updates!

Amazing update, Canary! Very exciting to see some of the interior spaces taking form, including all the generous tiered areas. The close-up of the re-bar for the columns is pretty sweet too. Thanks for sharing :)

You must be a hit at parties, eh?

And given what we do know about this project, it will likely be crappy precast and cheap window-wall.

Very different projects with very different developers, different budgets, different context.

There is a nil chance of that. Canderel and G+C do not come even CLOSE to Great Gulf and Hariri Pontarini in the quality of their projects.

I disagree with people bringing an irritating debate into other threads.

Oh for God's sake.

It's so sad to me that this even has to be mentioned. Every building should be designed taking the various exposures to sunlight into consideration and treat each elevation accordingly. This is a major part of the schematic design process. Instead of just slapping some 'cool pattern' on the...

There is well-designed, well-executed neo-modernism (or "grey boxes" as you call them) just as there is poorly designed, crappy neo-modernism. Likewise, there are different styles of architecture that are done poorly in some cases and well in others. Pier 27 is an example of a more innovative...

The solution here wouldn't be painting them, the architects could have specified the same white spandrel panels here as the rest of the tower, to continue the theme. I actually find the vents to be quite well-integrated into the south elevation, we'll see how convincing the effect is when...

There are already numerous other Starbucks in the immediate vicinity.

Backlit shadow-box glazing plz.

Yes, but I am worried about the horizontal spandrel underneath this bracing distracting from the truss pattern. Theatre Park's spandrel panels are visually indistinguishable from the rest of the glazing.

Are you serious? This thing will need its window-wall glazing replaced long before 2050.

My main gripe with the spandrel on the bridges is that its horizontal stripe effect will take away from the truss bracing motif. My only other issue is that they used a tan precast on the east wall instead of making it white. The tan, at least at this point, doesn't fit in with the rest of the...