Toronto Charlie Condos | 122.83m | 36s | Great Gulf | Diamond Schmitt

[Jasonzed]

from today

 

[urbandreamer]

4 August 2012: Charlie is a very restrained & conservative tower. This stretch of King West needs a beautiful modern red brick building or three...like those aA things on the eastside.

Charlie is best seen from about a block away, like here:

 

[LowPolygon]

...Charlie is a very restrained & conservative tower. This stretch of King West needs a beautiful modern red brick building or three...like those aA things on the eastside.

Basically an updated version of Freed's 650 King project next door, looks the better for it although where's the red brick?

…. I think a classic red brick aA building, sort of a combo between East and Home, would work well here, and sell in a hurry! Huge balconies+red brick+glass+aA=sell out!

Lanterra, if you go with my proposal and it does sell, send me a cheque!

Meow!

Now, if only this building was gonna be clad in red brick.

...aka, across the street, red brick details look much warmer than the cold glass and clumsy bulk here.

….In an aA-designed building! Find me one, and I'll take a closer look.

….Get some red brick by aA and I'm happier.

…..

I would've gone with a classic stone and red brick RC on Bloor West.


Cheers.

i think you've made your point.

 

[SP!RE]

^ ^ Agreed.

Pro-Tip: If you post an opinion and it doesn't receive lots of feedback, it probably won't garner much more response the following fifty times you post the same opinion.

 

[someMidTowner]

^^^ +47

 

[UrbanAffair]

Just make it a render porn whatever and be done with it!!

 

[Urban Shocker]

Grey is the new red. Not everyone got the memo, obviously.

 

[Torontovibe]

Grey is the new red. Not everyone got the memo, obviously.

Bite your tongue! Nothing can replace the beauty of red. (my colour)

 

[someMidTowner]

Charles in Charge....of our days and our nights.

 

[GenericUser]

Dark cladding works really well here. The brick reminds me of The Florian, in a good way.

 

[someMidTowner]

August 23rd:

 

[Miscreant]

Great angle. That does a lot to show us how much this very small area has changed in the last few years. I really like it down there, personally.

 

[Automation Gallery]

The building is a beauty

 

[ToroTO]

Taken 22 Aug 12

 

[urbandreamer]

23 August 2012: Where's the red brick? You may tease but my favourite condo building of the past decade's boom is actually black brick...done right. East Lofts on King East. Now that's hot!

Here, unlike East, it meets the street a tad clumsily--for example the notched corner would look better had it been curved with really "tight" lines. And all that grey spandrel above the CRU glazing...'tis a bore.

I can't wait to compare this to King Charlotte (it begins construction soon) c.2016 from this angle.

I may be critical, but compared to Aura this building is a supermodel.