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The curves look great already

They should just put it on Dundas Square like that old record store sign

Awesome project, in Collingwood no less. Hope one day we can see this with some of Montreal's silos.

The cleaned brick looks so good

Brutalism is now historic architecture with heritage value, that's evident in the fact they are keeping this building without an official heritage designation, and the contest was for an extension instead of a clean slate. So clearly the owners do understand that the existing building has...

The tyranny of the masses again. Another indictment of "most people's" architectural tastes if they prefer the overbearing glass blob to clean geometries with actual depth and nuance to them.

I don't understand how the Zeidler design, the only one to actually respect the original architecture, wasn't chosen. The winning design literally hides it behind trees. Why even keep it at that point?

Another office building with beautiful accent lighting. And one floor partially fitted out.

Some parts will be preserved

Beautiful timber! Fantastic!

So satisfying to see all that old asphalt gone.

The brick being de-painted already looks so much better even before the full restoration. I don't understand what possesses anyone to paint brick.

Just imagine how good that corner will look when the elevator is gone.

I wish they would restore and reinstall the neon sign

I like the sliver of bronze-tinted glass. A nice detail that helps connect it with the older brickwork.

Looks great.

Me who takes the train: What is this "traffic" you speak of?

The sea of asphalt around it completely sucks, if it had been green landscaped space with an underground car park it would have been a really nice example of how to urbanize a suburban commercial brownfield site.

It's the best looking building in that last shot, which makes all the hate this gets kind of baffling to me.