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832 College @ Ossington (?, 5s, ?) COMPLETE
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Superstar
Hahaha, oh my god, thats takiness at its best
modernizt
Senior Member
The custom-designed plaster mouldings are my favourite part. They are both functional AND they look great.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
still looks like crap, but honestly it looks better than I expected.
UrbanFervour
Active Member
If they had aligned all the arches on the top storey I might be OK with it as just a regular old crappy banal building. As it is, this thing is just AWFUL.
TrickyRicky
Senior Member
This actually turned out better than I expected based on the rendering. This picture doesn't really represent how much of an impact it makes on the intersection. Not a great design but honestly I would rather have buildings like this than the terrible townhouse designs that are being put up. It also isn't black brick which is a big plus.
junctionist
Senior Member
The architecture is dreadful, but the proportions are remarkable. We have few of the tall midrises with narrow facades that were common in American cities at the turn of the 20th century. Usually, new midrise construction means one facade where there were 3-5 facades traditionally. Narrow facades can be important for interesting streetscapes from a pedestrian's perspective.
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Dandy Horse
Active Member
I think it's good. What an improvement. The windows probably won't open which makes me sad though.
urbandreamer
recession proof
It was a fantastic morning for a long walk from the Annex to High Park via College St
Montreal is filled with this type of building--some great others rather "inspired by xxxx-ethnic roots" tacky such as this project here.
Many of you will disagree with me, but I wish they'd built NYCC with hundreds of this sort of narrow frontage infill than the rubbish dreary highrise precast and glass condos above parking garages that exist there.
Montreal is filled with this type of building--some great others rather "inspired by xxxx-ethnic roots" tacky such as this project here.
Many of you will disagree with me, but I wish they'd built NYCC with hundreds of this sort of narrow frontage infill than the rubbish dreary highrise precast and glass condos above parking garages that exist there.
JoeParez
Transit Enthusiast
Haha! It's already been tagged!
Knowing the guy that did the drawings and rendering, he told me that it was their intention to try and tie in the building with it's surroundings (hence the brick) they owner wanted EIFS!
However, I believe it will settle in nicely as it's a decent, functional mid rise that's not a beige EIFS cladded monstrosity!
scamander24
Active Member
I hope we see more of these developments as more and more <=6 storey buildings begin to use wood construction as per the new laws in place. Are there a lot of commercial buildings that use wood construction?
innsertnamehere
Superstar
commercial buildings typically use steel even at shorter heights. Not really sure why though.
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
I was waiting for the College car here today in the rain. It looks better wet. To be fair, it's a heck of a lot better than what was there but they tried a little *too* hard here.
TrickyRicky
Senior Member
JoeParez, that is one of the reasons I have to give this building a reluctant pass. I was expecting an EIFS monstrosity. This is an infill brick mid-rise with some attempts at architectural detailing however bizarre and strangely proportioned. For me that puts it in the upper 50% of structures built in the last 10 years.
junctionist
Senior Member
With the contrasting brick between windows and the trivial ornamentation, I'm reminded of these folksy postwar modern houses that you can find around the city.