Toronto 1414 Bayview | 30.85m | 8s | Gairloch | a—A

innsertnamehere said:
the 3-storey tall glass at grade is wonky AF. Excellent material choices, but it just looks plain awkward.

At the very least they should have kept the glazing to a single level to bring the brick cladding closer to grade. As built the brick "floats" way above the public realm and looks fake and out of reach.
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Maybe...but would get my vote for the best mid-rise res building in the last two years
 
DavidCapizzano said:
That glassy treatment on the first two floors is a huge fumble.
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It's the typical aA delivery. 95% of the streetwalls from that firm are sterile and soul-sucking.

It's like they forget to come up with a competent streetwall design after delivering pretty decent results on towers.
 
Amare said:
It's the typical aA delivery. 95% of the streetwalls from that firm are sterile and soul-sucking.

It's like they forget to come up with a competent streetwall design after delivering pretty decent results on towers.
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Fair point. It's kind of a similar condition at 158 Front East and 55 Ontario. The ground floor is not inspiring at all in my opinion (similar to here - it lacks dimensionality). The rest of the buildings though are very well executed.

Tim1234 said:
Maybe...but would get my vote for the best mid-rise res building in the last two years
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I think Junction Point is looking better. I'd be curious to see how Leaside Common turns out
 
I agree with the consensus here. I'm not overly impressed by the ground level treatment, since it's cold, lacking texture or human scale massing (in the first floors, even detailing like a few bump outs of masonry or something similar could help), but the upper half of the building is done tastefully (even if I wish there was more masonry between the windows).
I do like that that this building fits in well with its massing and height to the wider area, and the brick on the sides gives the illusion of a masonry building, but I can't say I like this building without feeling like part of me is lying to myself.
1Ć0 said:
Fair point. It's kind of a similar condition at 158 Front East and 55 Ontario. The ground floor is not inspiring at all in my opinion (similar to here - it lacks dimensionality). The rest of the buildings though are very well executed.


I think Junction Point is looking better. I'd be curious to see how Leaside Common turns out
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I as well am curious.
 
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