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A friend of mine is renting a unit on the seventh floor facing North/North-East and she is a little weirded out by the fact that it seems that there is a neighbouring window, right-angled to her bedroom window. Her bedroom window faces north and her neighbour's 'window' faces east. The...

Interesting. Perhaps they're just not finished yet.... hopefully...

Good God, what's up with Concord ingnoring roof elements on all of their buildings? Well, perhaps Matrix has a finished roof, but it seems like every other one of their buildings just has a giant mechanical box on top. I suppose a few of the towers at City Place have water-facing roof...

I'm only 26, but I miss the days of Art-Deco and Neo-Gothic... You know, when roofs used to be part of the architectural aspect of design and not just a convenient and logical place to stick an elevator box and venting? It's as if the developers don't expect us to look up Thanks for the...

Christ. I've walked by this building five times in the last two days and I must say that in person this thing looks super cheap. What's with all these 'snap-and-go' Playmobil-type panels that seem so ubiquitous in Toronto these days? I can't stand this pre-fab fad that has taken over...

Can you even call the French quarter an example of architecture? All I see when I drive west on Richmond as I approach is a massive, dirtied, cream-coloured wall with a cheap convenience store and mis-matched colours.

Starting at Bayview and Sheppard, head East along Sheppard. You'll pass Arc, the NY Towers complex and soon approach Bessarion. If you look closely, you'll notice that every single residential house has been bought up along Sheppard and there are rezoning signs stuck here and there. To...

Great answer junctionist, exactly what I was looking for. Perhaps it could be called a 'pre-cast pastiche'. I spend a lot of time at Glendon College's Frost library doing work. I live about 5 minutes away and it's an amazing little oasis in there. Where do you think all the money for the...

Yeah, I'm at Bayview/York Mills and I drive by this condo daily and I always admire it. I understand it's a little busy looking.

^ I thought so at first when I first heard of the plans, but trust me, as someone who does not value cheap trickery in building materials, this is quite well done. You are correct with the cuts; they're quite obvious, but it's better than the driveway pressure cracking after a year, and to be...

Well... in that case, anything looks modern when it's built. I just find that 'modern' post WWII has come to mean right angles, concrete, glass and mullions. Indiana Limestone will always be timeless. Grey exterior panels that click into place will never...

Crown molding and wainscoting can really change the look of an interior.

Ahh, interesting. The roof is too small for the building, is that what you're saying? And the balconies... interesting as well. Is it just impossible to have balconies on a building like this then, aesthetically?

Yes, but 'modern' only stays 'modern' for so long. I'm sure Robarts Library looked 'modern' in its day...

My driveway is made out of Patterned Concrete. I watched them laying it in 2006. Simply, they dump 'tons' of wet concrete, then smooth it out, and then laboriously stamp it with wooden molds that are texterized to look like a variety of materials. Our driveway is 'brick', 'limestone' and...

I've always really liked this building, but it seems to have its critics. I would simply like to know what people have against this building. To me, it's elegant, it has used quality materials and it's more or less timeless. I understand it's a little kitschy to some, but personally, I like...

I agree with khristopher... while that picture makes the entrance look quite resplendently metallic, in reality it unfortunately looks more like the plastic casing of my old Beta Max player.

It's amazing how Crown Molding and Wainscoting can really snaz up a room. Without the crown molds, it would resemble the dinosaur exhibit in the new ROM Crystal.

What is that grey cladding that seems to be replacing all exterior finishes in this city? Is it plastic? I mean, you can clearly see the gap lines between panels. It looks like Lego or Play Mobile.

What's with the ubiquity of these grey panels that have seem to have replaced any other exterior building materials? A good example is the new Rogers HQ and Toronto Life Square. I find it difficult to believe that the Ritz covered the cantilevers in this cheap cladding. It's so cheap looking...