Toronto 145 Wellington West | 213.03m | 65s | H&R REIT | PARTISANS

[UtakataNoAnnex]

I'd be more than happy to be proven wrong here.

Admittedly, PE has made me a bit more cynical over the years. LOL

In many ways it's a good thing to have someone poor cold water over our expectations when developer types are being fanciful and/or disingenuous on what they're are proposing. It's a great way to spot the industries' snake oil sales pitches, IMO.

 

[maestro]

Maybe five years ago when the first tower designs started popping up. Today, the architects have left Partisans leaving only the influencer behind.

A flashy design is always beneficial when pursuing an aggressively dense intensification. Added bonus, don't actually have to build anything to profit from it.

 

[MessiGoat]

This has been reworked. Now a 65 storey building with TF designing:

PS: these are taken from the website: https://145wellington.com/

 

[rdaner]

Good! This is such a great spot for residential!

 

[Northern Light]

Let me elaborate on @MessiGoat 's post with content from the Planning and Urban Design Report:

Which can be found here: https://145wellington.com/wp-conten...eport_145-Wellington-St-W_53-55-Simcoe-St.pdf

The Arch. Docs are here: https://145wellington.com/wp-conten...Plans_145-Wellington-St-W_53-55-Simcoe-St.pdf

While the master page w/all docs can be found here: https://145wellington.com/documents/


@Paclo

While there are no clean renders provided, there is a render overlaid with text on the website:

Here's another w/the bottom and top cut off............

Of note @Paclo, the site continues to list Partisans as the Design Architect:

 

[maestro]

40 times coverage
861 units in 54,000 square metres
74 car and 259 bike spaces for 861 units.


forget the rendering. these are deplorable stats for living conditions.

 

[Undead]

23 storey "podium" lol

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

My bet is still on this though...

"Developers who build" don't hire Partisans (because they actually want to build).

...even if it is the more prosaic TFA at the architect helm.

Edit/Redaction: TFA is now the AoR, please see below for confirmation.

 

[Paclo]

Full height rendering of 65-storey design:

Base:

Massing Perspectives in context with conceptual potential development in pink

And note that Turner Fleischer has been attached as the Architect of Record since 2019

 

[AHK]

Gives great confidence when something as basic as Wellington Street West is mislabelled as 'Wellington Street E' in the Massing Perspectives.

 

[officedweller]

Nice tower, but I don't like it near Roy Thomson Hall.
I think its mimicry of the diamond pattern detracts from the uniqueness of Roy Thomson Hall (i.e. it tries to outshine it).

 

[Northern Light]

We have most of the docs already.....but this one has its application in the AIC, public-facing now:

Application Details

www.toronto.ca

 

[Skyhighzz]

Nice tower, but I don't like it near Roy Thomson Hall.
I think its mimicry of the diamond pattern detracts from the uniqueness of Roy Thomson Hall (i.e. it tries to outshine it).

Don’t mind the diamond pattern but the colour of the building in this rendering is strange- Indistinguishable; Which is never a good sign.

 

[wkbdyb]

in contrast to the Partisans design which appeared to feature exterior cladding elements to create the diamond pattern, the new resubmission appears to use... I don't know, some kind of decal?

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

Fritted deco over a glass box sure doesn't sound as romantic...