Toronto Bungalow on Mercer | 62.79m | 17s | Kalovida | Scott Shields

[stjames2queenwest]

Thanks! I was hoping it would get it. Either way very curious to see how this will end up looking.

 

[grey]

In the news today: car-free condos.

http://www.metronews.ca/news/toronto/2016/03/28/car-free-condos-on-the-rise-in-toronto.html

 

[TheKingEast]

Not surprising. Who can afford a car payment after forking over all that $$$ for a condo? In addition, being able to walk or bike to work is a hell of a lot better than having to rely on transit to get around.

Also would make the building process go even quicker as there wouldn't be a need to build 5 levels of parking underground.

What does it mean for existing condos with parking spots?

 

[maestro]

Lol, it's only 14 units. That's a far cry to the 500+ unit condos with 100 or fewer parking spaces that are consistently being proposed and approved or these infill project like, 565 Sherbourne, that add 400+ units to the existing parking supply. Bylaw? What bylaw?

 

[Biljet]

 

[Hamiltonian]

Why are the renderings so shit like I could do a way better job lmao. It looks like it was done by a 9th grade student hahahaha good job scott morris architects!
Anyways, love me some slim tall towers woo! Fun area too.

 

[Ramako]

I love tall, slim towers on narrow lots. I'm used to only seeing them in Manhattan.

 

[ProjectEnd]

Much of Hong Kong's urban development from the early 1970s to the late 1980s took the form of pencil towers, much like this one (only taller). Unfortunately this style of development has largely stopped in favour of much larger, block-busting projects.

 

[TDotTeen]

This looks amazing!

 

[stjames2queenwest]

Ya this is really cool, reminds me of a taller version of that hotel on Yonge next to Massey tower, always loved how it was so thin.

 

[salsa]

Why are the renderings so shit like I could do a way better job lmao. It looks like it was done by a 9th grade student hahahaha good job scott morris architects!
Anyways, love me some slim tall towers woo! Fun area too.

Much like your post.

 

[interchange42]

Those aren't marketing renderings… and in fact there's only one rendering in @Biljet's post, with the rest of the images being simple elevations. Why the derision?

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[P23]

Much of Hong Kong's urban development from the early 1970s to the late 1980s took the form of pencil towers, much like this one (only taller). Unfortunately this style of development has largely stopped in favour of much larger, block-busting projects.

I agree it's unfortunate. I much prefer multiple thin frontages to the huge podiums that are common in Toronto today. I hope we get more like this development in the future.

 

[innsertnamehere]

Thing is that these small floorplates are rarely profitable - the elevators and staircases simply take up too much of the space on each floor. This project likely works only because the developer already owns the land and isn't accounting that cost into their financing. In order to make a profitable tall building you need a larger floorplate to make more salable floor space on each level.

 

[Jacob Laponointe]

Love slim buildings like this that bring more gentle density and give a variety to building types. I'd love to see something like this at Victoria and Dundas.