Toronto KING Toronto | 57.6m | 16s | Westbank | Bjarke Ingels Group

[greenleaf]

This looks amazing. I love the glass bricks so so much. Claude Cormier design park? Most excellent.

Also getting a good Berlin Hackesche Höfe vibe from the courtyard. That's gotta stay.

 

[stjames2queenwest]

The glass blocks make this even more exciting.

 

[junctionist]

It's good to see that they're moving away from the grey precast cladding, which seems somber and utilitarian in the renderings.

 

[interchange42]

We have a new front page story up, detailing some of the changes made to the plans in a newly submitted revision, including a number of new renderings. Other new renderings are included in the newly republished database file, up at the top of this page.

I think they've made a number of good moves, and I'm liking this revision to 2.0 quite a bit.

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[Logan]

The trees are a bit much.

 

[jje1000]

The new massing is far better, I like the softening of the peaks and a brick podium within the courtyard.

The new view terminus on Wellington is also great.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Updated planning docs available:

http://app.toronto.ca/DevelopmentAp...3955597&isCofASearch=false&isTlabSearch=false

From the Landscape Report:

AoD

 

[syn]

I liked the original massing, but this seems like a great compromise.

 

[67Cup]

It looks like the kind of place I would want to live. And I love the trees.

 

[Rascacielo]

This will be a game changer for that stretch of King

 

[Automation Gallery]

Fabulous

 

[88drums]

I still can't get over the glass bricks. Such an unexpected choice -- one I doubted at first but am increasingly optimistic BIG knows how to pull off. The many peaks and angles here should hopefully let them play with light in interesting ways. It'll also be neat to see light coming through the glass brick 'windows' (translucent walls?), although from the inside they'll look pretty darn retro!

 

[Filip]

Oh so the cats are technically going into this development but oriented toward the Well?

 

[Automation Gallery]

Gee the world is now here in Toronto, Bjarke Ingels, Moshe Safdie, Frank Gehry, Foster + Partners, Wilkinson Eyre, 3XN,
...anyone else missing from building this great city of ours,

 

[adHominem]

Love. Build it.