Toronto Design Haus | 52.12m | 19s | Shiu Pong | Kirkor Architects

[Contra]

"You know what would really polish this turd? Prehistoric seashell fossils!"

 

[yonderbean]

The swirly terracotta is true to the original building, though executed so poorly I wish they hadn't bothered. Those precast lintels are frightful.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

They couldn't even bother matching the colour of the brick and the terracotta properly. This project is like the 365 for west of Yonge.

AoD

 

[Contra]

The original building was screaming for something smaller and more tasteful like the Broadview hotel. This is a travesty.

 

[AlexBozikovic]

If there is any good reason to reproduce a Victorian façade on a building like this, it’s to provide some degree of craft and detail at eye level. Oops!

 

[AlbertC]

 

[japrologue]

The cladding looks very bad...

 

[TossYourJacket]

This should win some kind of "ugliest building" award, or maybe "most excessive use of mullions" ?

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Call it De Stijl without the finesse or the colours.

AoD

 

[condovo]

Ironic how U of T's Faculty of Architecture is being abutted by some of the worst architecture in the city.

 

[Edward Skira]

Ironic how U of T's Faculty of Architecture is being abutted by some of the worst architecture in the city.

Easy case study. Just look out the window.

 

[TheKingEast]

Shameful work. I know it's mostly the developer here, but damn Kirkor.

 

[AlbertC]

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Nightmare on College Street 2 - Mullions' Revenge.

AoD

 

[TossYourJacket]

???

This just gets worse and worse.