junctionist
Senior Member
18 Yorkville is great. Such refined buildings surely helped to establish Peter Clewes in the city. It's so sleek and minimalist but still nicely detailed with some major distinguishing features like the sculptural "comb" balcony structure amidst the high-quality glass on the west facade and the "hat" that nicely relates with the "comb" and makes for an attractive roofline. The way the balconies are limited to the bottom half of the building on the south facade gives the top of the building an attractive sense of lightness and balance that's missing from many New Modern buildings. The other two facades are decidedly more generic with just glass and a forgettable arrangement of balconies, but the two great facades do get a lot of attention. The podium is well proportioned and clad with a pleasant arrangement of warm brick and sleek glass, with attractive retail spaces. If it has a deadening effect on the sidewalk, it doesn't seem to be the architecture that's at fault because it provides for enlivening retail with many spaces and attractive storefronts.