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    Toronto Fleur Condos | 85.34m | 29s | Menkes | a—A

    Kind of looks like they're transplanting the building from College and Beverly to the podium here.
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    Toronto Daniels Waterfront - City of the Arts | 156.05m | 45s | Daniels | RAW Design

    The Sugar Beach pink umbrellas are the best Branding WaterfronToronto have ever had. Forget the maple pavers, the umbrellas are the first thing that comes to mind for me when I think about the waterfront.
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    Toronto The Residences of 488 University Avenue | 206.95m | 55s | Amexon | Core Architects

    It's a bit disingenuous when people compare the ESB to modern construction timelines. You always hear "they built it in the depression!" like that's some how supposed to make it more impressive. The depression was the ideal time to build if you were able as labour (and materials to a certain...
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    Toronto CityLights on Broadway | 115.82m | 34s | Pemberton | Wallman Architects

    But they stuck it to the man, man! Don't you know developers are snakey business suit types that want every piece of the city sterilized for profit? I saw it on the documentary Pixar made: Up!
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    Toronto YC Condos -- Yonge at College | 198.42m | 62s | Canderel | Graziani + Corazza

    Those vertical bands closing off the balconies are the only redeeming quality of this building.
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    Toronto 401 Bay Street | 143.86m | 33s | Cadillac Fairview | WZMH

    I need a new keyboard, mine's just been covered in vomit.
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    Toronto Aquavista at Bayside | 46.94m | 13s | Tridel | Arquitectonica

    I blame the austerity agenda and the constant need for "efficiency" as the most important factor in all business decisions as the reason we don't see daring designs or colourful cladding. Other cultures have a higher valuation of beauty and design, and see them as means to the end of increasing...
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    Toronto 572 Church Street | 44.5m | 12s | Fieldgate | Arcadis

    While I agree with the view that it's not over-development for the downtown, the report does mention its impact on the park at the 519 which would lose a lot of sunlight. I have zero concern for residential areas losing sunlight, but we should continue to protect our public parks. Also, the...
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    Toronto 88 Bathurst | 68.3m | 17s | Hines | 3XN

    I just thought we were naming any bad firms. I stand by my statement.
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    Toronto Ryerson University: Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex | 105.76m | 27s | Ryerson University | Perkins&Will

    Ryerson has been one of the best developers in this pocket of the city for a while. I always have high expectations for their building materials. Sheldon Levy always understood the importance of "planting the flowers", even when budgets were tight. Present a high quality image, and the world...
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    Toronto River City Condos Phase 3 | 99.66m | 29s | Urban Capital | Saucier + Perrotte

    I Skycandy's photo series, those red berries are wonderful! Kudos to the landscape architect for planting species that add colour into December. It's like a render come true :D
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    Yonge-Dundas Square/Sankofa Square (Brown + Storey Architects)

    Ryerson has a growing history of bad decisions that don't seem to have an owner. Remember the painted road fiasco? No one ever accepted responsibility for that debacle, instead they blamed the weather. I did two degrees at Ryerson, so I'm fond of their faculty, but their Admin is ...lacking.
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    Toronto The One | 328.4m | 91s | Mizrahi Developments | Foster + Partners

    Unlikely, the Foster and Partners design is probably less flexible than Aura. The exoskeleton here has a distinct pattern, you can't just add a floor without compromising the whole. Aura had consistent floorplates and cladding, all they had to do was add a chunk in the middle. Here they'd have...
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    Toronto Sixty Colborne Condos | 82.29m | 25s | Freed | a—A

    Good lord Scotia Plaza is massive.
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    Toronto Pinnacle One Yonge | 345.5m | 105s | Pinnacle | Hariri Pontarini

    My bad, I just googled the project, it looks like it came straight from the condo's webpage. http://p27condos.com/
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    Toronto Pinnacle One Yonge | 345.5m | 105s | Pinnacle | Hariri Pontarini

    Waterlink at Pier 27 did window wall and spandrel very well. Source: http://p27condos.com/
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    Toronto 28 Eastern | 45.4m | 12s | Alterra | Teeple Architects

    Orange is such an underrated colour on buildings.

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