Red Mars
Senior Member
Pics taken Dec 21, 2018
Toronto King Portland Centre and Kingly Condos | 57.6m | 15s | Allied | Hariri Pontarini
ADRM
Senior Member
Wow.
smably
Senior Member
Can a building be heritage designated while it's still under construction? 
Yegger
Active Member
Allied is a blessing to this city. Other developers and architects take note!
Full Metal Junkie
Active Member
Amare
Senior Member
As much as I detest it when developers own any large swath of land in a single area, sometimes I wish Allied could just buy up all of King West.
TheKingEast
Senior Member
They're killing it! Great job. These guys are in a class of their own when it comes to the little details.
.dwg
Active Member
I really detest that precast brick but the hand-laid face brick for the first couple storeys is beautiful, especially those arch details. Lovely!
Full Metal Junkie
Active Member
Just out of curiosity, have you seen the precast brick in real life, or are you basing your opinion on the photos?
ushahid
Senior Member
Pontarinis did a great job at designing this thing and then Allied and RioCan did a great job at implementing the quality.
.dwg
Active Member
I've seen it in person multiple times. It is not a real substitute for real brick, it lacks the inherent material qualities of laid brick and it won't age well when the veneer begins to pop off in the future.
400WellingtonGuy
Active Member
As part of the neighbourhood association that first saw this design many years ago in its infancy, all I can say is that David and the crew at HPA pulled it off. Too bad HPA decided to move out of our neighbourhood to Leslieville. Kudos to Allied for championing good design.
The first floor restaurant we hope will provide as good as food as the space it is occupies.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
HPA's offices used to actually be on this very site, in the building next door that was renovated as a part of the project..
Towered
Senior Member
I'm calling it now - this will be a shoo-in for best new building of 2019.