TORONTO: a model city

[3Dementia]

TORONTO: a model city... fun with puns.

Just a bit of silliness I had lying around - a skyline collection of some
Toronto (and area) projects composed entirely of sales centre models.


I'm guilty of cannabalizing the buildings from all the hard leg-work of
ProjectEnd and Solaris and others (I hope they forgive me)
and I faked a couple... but I thought it might amuse.


I also thought I'd better post it while the 1 Bloor East model can be included
;-)

I named the project models in no particular order so this thread
would qualify as a Projects & Construction thread (where 99% of you bums
hang out).

What's interesting is that virtually every model has a similar angle/pov so
they all kinda look like they belong together.

Mucho SCROLLING required>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

[CDL.TO]

Interesting perspective. Thanks for taking the time to assemble this, 3D.

A model city of steel and glass. I'm sure it would make some architects salivate, but I'm left thinking of how similar-looking most of our current projects are.

 

[caltrane74]

nice work!!!

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Hipster Duck]

A model city of steel and glass. I'm sure it would make some architects salivate, but I'm left thinking of how similar-looking most of our current projects are.

For better or for worse, skyscraper architecture is generally homogeneous with respect to a particular city during a particular timeframe. New York City built hundreds of look-alike art deco structures with their familiar ziggurat massing during the 1930s. While I'm getting kind of sick of the latest Peter Clewes iteration of a glass box, at least this style is, as 3D's rendering wonderfully shows, starting to become iconic. If they don't stand out, at least we can revel in each building's nuances.

 

[Hank]

^ A 'The Fountainhead' reunion party?

 

[adma]

They are Devo.

 

[wyliepoon]

Nice job. If UT needs some money, this could be our version of the SSP poster.

 

[condovo]

Wow! Great work 3-D. Thanks.

 

[luxome]

awesome! desktop wallpaper it is

 

[kEiThZ]

Man if that was the skyline downtown ... wow....

Sadly, the ugly buildings get in the way.

 

[barrytron3030]

thank you! a dedicated and interesting addition. i agree that most designs looks average and similar, but you can't have everything. i'm glad the skyline is growing and toronto has a relatively firm aesthetic foundation already.

 

[Archivist]

Fantastic graphic. Thanks for sharing - it is very amusing.

I think the similarities between the buildings are enhanced by the similarities in colour that have been applied. In real life, there is quite a lot of variance (though, within limits, as to what is fashionable currently, as Hipster Duck points out).

 

[Edward]

If they were all located in the same area I'd have a problem with the buildings looking similar. But since they are all over the place (save for maybe CityPlace) its not so bad.

 

[Uncle Teddy]

Good job 3D!

 

[Dilla]

Hey 3D,

Terrific job. I'm not sure which buildings are which (I could figure out maybe half of them), but i'd like to make a flash file from this where each building would have a label upon rollover. Would you mind? Could I get some help identifying which building is which? I'm sure you all wouldn't mind helping, right?