Toronto 88 Queen | 167.35m | 52s | St Thomas Dev | Hariri Pontarini

[interchange42]

Those were by Gensler, and their scheme was not taken further. One of the issues with putting up renderings on UrbanToronto is that too often readers understand them as final ones, and that's not the case here yet. Even what's being shown at the Design Review Panel today are for a workshop, with the proponents showing up at the panel in advance of a submission (for anything other than 88 North, which is further advanced). We'll have a story up later today or tomorrow, but it will be about the proposal as an evolutionary step at the moment, and not as a shovel-ready design.

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[Skeezix]

So, in other words, they lied about the ample opportunities for snowman making?

 

[Armour]

Where is this aforementioned photo? I can't find it on UT's Twitter either.

 

[stjames2queenwest]

I'd take a Herzog and de Meuron rip off over another aA tower. Do we know it's p+s?

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

I'd take a Herzog and de Meuron rip off over another aA tower. Do we know it's p+s?

Except you'd be getting a fake that screams fake. About as Klassy as showing up with a LV made out of a sow's ears.

AoD

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

Where is this aforementioned photo? I can't find it on UT's Twitter either.

https://twitter.com/Urban_Toronto/status/700380309993476096

 

[ProjectEnd]

I'd take a Herzog and de Meuron rip off over another aA tower. Do we know it's p+s?

You would, wouldn't you...

 

[stjames2queenwest]

yea I would

 

[Chopper1953]

A Page & Steele-quality knock off of 56 Leonard? Klassy with a capital 'K'!

If you are going to rip off any design, 56 Leonard in NYC is an excellent one to do - that building is gorgeous - and only a 5 minute walk to the new Saks !

 

[Armour]

https://twitter.com/Urban_Toronto/status/700380309993476096

Thank you.

 

[Red October]

A Page & Steele-quality knock off of 56 Leonard? Klassy with a capital 'K'!

You of all people using design-copying as a criticism is just rich.

 

[Mongo]

Colour-corrected version of the image:

I make it 60 floors, with the bottom two floors apparently being double-height.

 

[maestro]

Taste based on wow factor. Only thing I can come up to explain anyone choosing this garbage over any of aA's work.

 

[stjames2queenwest]

Hmm a design that we don't have in Toronto vs a design that we have at every major intersection. Hmmm. I'm not saying aA is bad they do what they do well but I'd like more variety

 

[ProjectEnd]

I like your reasoning. We don't have much of this either, lets fix that!

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