Toronto Festival Tower and tiff Bell Lightbox | 156.96m | 42s | Daniels | KPMB

[syn]

Thanks for the great tour.

A view inside the mechanical penthouse. This impressive structure will remain mostly empty. Like the lantern, its main purpose is to complete the building’s architecture and give it presence on the skyline.

If that's the case it's too bad they couldn't come up with something more impressive to top off the building.

 

[doug]

And if the LED can be reprogrammed

Someone mentioned they'd be lit with white LEDs...why? LEDs are not programmable anyway. RGB LED controllers are.

 

[interchange42]

Urban Toronto’s comprehensive tour of Festival Tower, courtesy of Daniels Corp, now takes you into its very extensive amenities area, located on two whole levels of the podium overlooking Bell Lightbox and the surrounding city.

Text by Doug Convoy, Photos by Interchange42

Looking out over the future Meditation Garden, the focal point of which will be a sculpture by New Brunswick artist Peter Powning.

A view inside Festival Tower’s private screening room for residents, which seats sixty and will contain a 35mm projector, a digital projector, and a console for DVDs. TIFF will have use of this space too.

A view into one of the future lounges. Condo residents will have access to an internet lounge, yoga room, party room, and corporate event space with exclusive catering services provided by Oliver & Bonacini.

A sweeping vista of the stunning pool and hot tub area, which will be divided by a dramatic curtain of water, marked by the long and narrow recess in the ceiling, visible at the top of the image. Overlooking all of this is the raised fitness room, as seen at the far end of the shot.

Moving outside and onto the upper terrace and sundeck, which will contain a bar and barbeque area.

Looking up toward Festival Tower from the upper terrace.

Moving down onto the lower terrace.

Two views up Festival Tower from the lower terrace.

A panoramic shot of the future corporate event space to be known as ‘Malaparte.’ This facility, which will be outfitted with a full commercial kitchen, is owned and operated by Daniels Corp and the Reitman family in partnership with Oliver & Bonacini. It will be made available to Festival Tower residents, TIFF, and outside clients.

That concludes our tour of Festival Tower’s amenities. Tomorrow we’ll be showcasing the building’s breathtaking views of the city. So, stay tuned!

 

[Doug Convoy]

Yes I understand this.. But as BOTH are to be lit up they are collectively known as the lantern.

The eastern portion of the mechanical box, with fritted glass matching the lantern, will not be lit. Only the lantern, the smaller structure separated from the mechanical box and aligned with the south elevation of the tower, will be lit.

Someone mentioned they'd be lit with white LEDs...why?

The lantern is being fitted with white LEDs and not colour-changing LEDs because KPMB insisted on a pure white beacon. There is no pure white with colour-changing LEDs and white ends up looking more like pale pink, as you may have noticed with the CN Tower.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Thank you for the additional info Doug - nice to see the amount of thought given to details like the neutrality of the white, even.

AoD

 

[doug]

There is no pure white with colour-changing LEDs and white ends up looking more like pale pink, as you may have noticed with the CN Tower.

That depends on how well the colour balance is adjusted.
There is no pure white with "white" LEDs either, since white LEDs are actually blue LEDs with a yellow phosphor, the emitted light contains very little red and the CRI is abysmal.

 

[interchange42]

For our fifth and final instalment on Daniels' flagship Festival Tower, Urban Toronto shares with you the stunning views from the building over the whole city and of the building from street-level in all directions.

Text by Doug Convoy, Photos by Interchange42


Looking north, the skyline seems to stretch uninterrupted all the way to Yonge and Eglinton.

A view toward the southeast with Ãce and Infinity III & IV under construction just to the right of Ritz.

Looking south toward the lake and over 300 Front’s construction site.

A view toward Cityplace with Parade II under construction. Fly Condos should be starting construction soon next to The Element.

Looking west and over M5V and Charlie under construction.

A closer view of M5V.

Gläs.

Everyone’s favourite, The Hyatt.

And now for our swing around Festival Tower and tiff. | Bell Lightbox at street-level.

King and Widmer.

A view toward the rear of the building over Cinema Condos now under construction.

Looking toward the northeast corner of the building with the future site of Pinnacle on Adelaide just to the right.

John Street. The staining on the precast that caused so much heated discussion on UT many months ago is completely gone.

The money shot from King and John.

That’s the end of our tour of Festival Tower. Many thanks to Tom Dutton and the rest of the Daniels Corp team for giving Urban Toronto exclusive access to this groundbreaking project.

Stay tuned for more Urban Toronto Hard-Hat tours in the weeks ahead.

 

[4grand]

Awesome, thanks.

 

[cassius]

Wow! What an amazing view from this balcony. Great job with the pictures and the tour.

 

[steveve]

This tower has some of the best views to watch the city grow. you can see so many of the new projects upcoming/rising! .
RBC's top floors are still so empty! . and RBC doesn't look that tall anymore from festival!
The "spine" effect of the city (bay street/yonge) looks really spectacular!

 

[interchange42]

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Oliver and Bonancini's Canteen at the tiff. | Bell Lightbox was open as of August 12th, 2010. It looks great from the street, and I love the large sliding doors that open the place up in good weather. Looking forward to seeing the patio in operation.

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[Urban Shocker]

People from work toured Lightbox last week - our info graphic guy understood that the theatres are double concrete boxes with a layer of rubber sandwiched between, a bit like the opera house.

 

[interchange42]

An embargo prevents me, or your info graphic guy, from mentioning how very, very quiet the cinemas are.

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[Urban Shocker]

Shhhhh!

 

[Doug Convoy]

People from work toured Lightbox last week - our info graphic guy understood that the theatres are double concrete boxes with a layer of rubber sandwiched between, a bit like the opera house.

An embargo prevents me, or your info graphic guy, from mentioning how very, very quiet the cinemas are.

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Silence! Both of you!