Dan416
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Me likey.
Toronto Exhibit Residences | 99.97m | 32s | Bazis | Rosario Varacalli
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officedweller
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Agreed, the retail space should be differentiated from the typical balcony above.
i.e. the second level of retail can't erect a sign above it - on what will likely be the balcony railing of the residential suite above.
i.e. the second level of retail can't erect a sign above it - on what will likely be the balcony railing of the residential suite above.
adeel
Active Member
Have sales on this bad boy already started?
MetroMan
Senior Member
I'm reminded of Pier 27's next phase (the high-rise)
I knew I had seen this design somewhere else
ponyboy
Active Member
I prefer the Pier 27 design to this one. The P27 tower on the right above has six offset cubes, while this one has only three. For Exhibit, would have instead preferred a smooth undulating rotation of the floors as it went up, but I guess that would cost more to do.
Solaris
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somehow Bazis' current rendering for Exhibit seems very preliminary basic looking, like a massing model lacking in details of any sort, it would be difficult to be impressed simply by the "proposed massing"
marcus_a_j
Senior Member
^ I agree.
condovo
Senior Member
Automation Gallery
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An interesting article of Exhibit and a bunch of other new condo buildings being built in that area...
A room with a view
Nothing is guaranteed in life, especially if you’re talking about the view from your condo in a city developing at the pace Toronto is. One minute, it’s skyline galore, the next, you’re watching your neighbour do the downward dog on his Nintendo Wii.
There are pockets in the city, though, where the landscape is unlikely to change. The hub of Avenue Road and Bloor Street, for example, sits at the northern edge of the University of Toronto and Queen’s Park — spaces practically guaranteed to stay gorgeous, green and wide open.
That’s good news for buyers at many new condos being built in the neighbourhood. “We have everlasting views,†says Veronika Belovich, director of sales and marketing for Bazis International, the developer behind Exhibit Residences (exhibitresidences.com), located on Bloor at Avenue Road. “Exhibit views to the north overlook low-rise residential areas. To the south, you see Philosopher’s Walk on the U of T campus, Queen’s Park and the Royal Ontario Museum.â€
Architect Roy Varacalli designed Exhibit to complement the ROM’s stand-out steel-and-glass Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Exhibit’s four cubes veiled in fretted glass will stack one on top of the other at skewed rotations, like a sophisticated, artful interpretation of a toddler’s toy blocks. “The building will fit beautifully within the context of the Bloor streetscape, which is becoming more modern and urban,†Ms. Belovich says.
The 32-storey condo will have about 200 suites ranging from 650 to more than 2,000 square feet. Prices range from $500,000 to more than $3-million and construction will begin in fall 2011.
More.....http://www.nationalpost.com/homes/room+with+view/4309667/story.html
A room with a view
Nothing is guaranteed in life, especially if you’re talking about the view from your condo in a city developing at the pace Toronto is. One minute, it’s skyline galore, the next, you’re watching your neighbour do the downward dog on his Nintendo Wii.
There are pockets in the city, though, where the landscape is unlikely to change. The hub of Avenue Road and Bloor Street, for example, sits at the northern edge of the University of Toronto and Queen’s Park — spaces practically guaranteed to stay gorgeous, green and wide open.
That’s good news for buyers at many new condos being built in the neighbourhood. “We have everlasting views,†says Veronika Belovich, director of sales and marketing for Bazis International, the developer behind Exhibit Residences (exhibitresidences.com), located on Bloor at Avenue Road. “Exhibit views to the north overlook low-rise residential areas. To the south, you see Philosopher’s Walk on the U of T campus, Queen’s Park and the Royal Ontario Museum.â€
Architect Roy Varacalli designed Exhibit to complement the ROM’s stand-out steel-and-glass Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Exhibit’s four cubes veiled in fretted glass will stack one on top of the other at skewed rotations, like a sophisticated, artful interpretation of a toddler’s toy blocks. “The building will fit beautifully within the context of the Bloor streetscape, which is becoming more modern and urban,†Ms. Belovich says.
The 32-storey condo will have about 200 suites ranging from 650 to more than 2,000 square feet. Prices range from $500,000 to more than $3-million and construction will begin in fall 2011.
More.....http://www.nationalpost.com/homes/room+with+view/4309667/story.html
UrbanToronto had a chance recently to talk to architect Roy Varacalli about Exhibit, a luxury condominium tower being developed by Bazis , Metropia, and Plazacorp, in advance of the project’s launch on March 30th.
Exhibit has one of the most high profile locations in Toronto: one look at the rendering of the building and anyone familiar with Toronto instantly knows that the 32-storey tower will sit across Bloor Street from Daniel Libeskind’s landmark crystal at the renowned Royal Ontario Museum.
Bloor Street has been witness to a smart revitalization of late, not only with the game-changing ROM addition, but also with black granite sidewalks, London plane trees, and the lush planters of the Bloor-Yorkville shopping district, an expansion of the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, an expansion of the Royal Conservatory of Music with an exceptional performing arts venue, and the ongoing renewal of much of the University of Toronto’s northern face.
With all of this going on, Bazis partner and chief architect Roy Varacalli knew that the design for Exhibit had to respond to the increased expectations for this important cultural hub. More than anything, Exhibit needed to be in dialogue with the Libeskind crystal’s daring angles to the South. To that end Exhibit’s bulk is divided into quarters, 8 storeys each, angled to harmonize with the ROM, and sheathed in a cool white veil.
The veil is created by a frit, a pattern of ceramic dots baked onto the surface of the window walls, which will allow those behind it to see out to the city, but which will simultaneously provide privacy for the residents, and a unified cool white sheen to the tower. At street level, 20-foot high super-transparent low-iron glazing will give the whole building the appearance of floating above the sidewalk, while providing spectacular picture windows for high quality retail.
Exhibit’s centre-of-everything site means that there was another challenge to overcome when designing it: below ground there simply is no space for a garage, as the University subway line runs underneath. Parking, therefore, would have to be above ground. While above ground garages are not typically associated with beautiful design, Varacalli seems to have managed it here, and no-one looking at the rendering would guess that the garage has been hidden within the building’s podium. It will, in fact, look just like the rest of the building from the outside. The fritted glazing will give hints of colour wherever cars are parked close behind, while still hiding less desirable details from view. Residents will find meanwhile that the garage’s interior will be flooded with light pouring through the translucent walls. Moreover, those whose units are on the third through eighth floors will be able to park, very conveniently, right by their door.
Above the garage, the top of the podium will provide a place for the building’s amenities, including an outdoor urban garden overlooking the tony Annex neighbourhood to the North. UrbanToronto looks forward to bringing you details about those amenities, and more, as the building opens for sales in the coming days.
You can register for Exhibit at http://exhibitresidences.com/
Exhibit has one of the most high profile locations in Toronto: one look at the rendering of the building and anyone familiar with Toronto instantly knows that the 32-storey tower will sit across Bloor Street from Daniel Libeskind’s landmark crystal at the renowned Royal Ontario Museum.
Bloor Street has been witness to a smart revitalization of late, not only with the game-changing ROM addition, but also with black granite sidewalks, London plane trees, and the lush planters of the Bloor-Yorkville shopping district, an expansion of the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, an expansion of the Royal Conservatory of Music with an exceptional performing arts venue, and the ongoing renewal of much of the University of Toronto’s northern face.
With all of this going on, Bazis partner and chief architect Roy Varacalli knew that the design for Exhibit had to respond to the increased expectations for this important cultural hub. More than anything, Exhibit needed to be in dialogue with the Libeskind crystal’s daring angles to the South. To that end Exhibit’s bulk is divided into quarters, 8 storeys each, angled to harmonize with the ROM, and sheathed in a cool white veil.
The veil is created by a frit, a pattern of ceramic dots baked onto the surface of the window walls, which will allow those behind it to see out to the city, but which will simultaneously provide privacy for the residents, and a unified cool white sheen to the tower. At street level, 20-foot high super-transparent low-iron glazing will give the whole building the appearance of floating above the sidewalk, while providing spectacular picture windows for high quality retail.
Exhibit’s centre-of-everything site means that there was another challenge to overcome when designing it: below ground there simply is no space for a garage, as the University subway line runs underneath. Parking, therefore, would have to be above ground. While above ground garages are not typically associated with beautiful design, Varacalli seems to have managed it here, and no-one looking at the rendering would guess that the garage has been hidden within the building’s podium. It will, in fact, look just like the rest of the building from the outside. The fritted glazing will give hints of colour wherever cars are parked close behind, while still hiding less desirable details from view. Residents will find meanwhile that the garage’s interior will be flooded with light pouring through the translucent walls. Moreover, those whose units are on the third through eighth floors will be able to park, very conveniently, right by their door.
Above the garage, the top of the podium will provide a place for the building’s amenities, including an outdoor urban garden overlooking the tony Annex neighbourhood to the North. UrbanToronto looks forward to bringing you details about those amenities, and more, as the building opens for sales in the coming days.
You can register for Exhibit at http://exhibitresidences.com/
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Superstar
So what was Weird-Al Varacalli like? Who bought the drinks?
freshcutgrass
Senior Member
It's hardly a new idea...Mexico City, 1975............
Mongo
Senior Member
^ I don't think that Exhibit resembles the above design all that closely. In the Mexico design, each individual floor is shifted (but not tilted), whereas in Exhibit, the floors are grouped into four 'blocks' that are uniformly tilted at varying angles. I will say that the Mexico design was considerably more original for its time than Exhibit will be, since we are seeing an increasing number of Exhibit-like designs in Toronto and worldwide.
shyne07
New Member
so for the suites in the first box facing north. where are the windows??? how can it be facing the parking lot and have windows?
The parking garage is positioned between the suites that face north and the suites that face south.
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