Toronto MaRS Centre Phase 2 | 112.77m | 20s | Alexandria | B+H

[Red October]

Some people call the University Avenue canyon bland and uninspiring architecture. To me it's reminiscent of 6th Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) in Manhattan.

 

[steveve]

MARS from monday:

 

[urbandreamer]

Today I imagine researchers are from Mars and the Aura gods are from hell:

 

[urbandreamer]

1 August 2012: Street level

 

[someMidTowner]

Nice shots UD
That glass is looking amazing. The bird lovers might have a problem with it, but I love it.

 

[Tewder]

Oh yay, the glass in the hydro building will be reflecting more glass.

 

[Red October]

I don't really like those horizontal green strips, they look like the glass on Trump. The other glass is good though.

 

[ProjectEnd]

According to this render, they're currently pouring the roof.

 

[Torontovibe]

It needs to be 10 floors taller, to make more of an impact. (20 just isn't enough for me)

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Torontovibe:

That might very well overpower the Legislature...and it is above and beyond the fact that you tend not have labs that high up in the sky.

AoD

 

[someMidTowner]

It needs to be 10 floors taller, to make more of an impact. (20 just isn't enough for me)

I think 30 would be too much. with 20s we get a nice even height mirrored bookend effect boxing in the Queens Park view terminus. I'm usually all about height, but that extra 10 stories would really throw everything off IMO

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Now the south end of University Ave. can use another tower like Shangri-La to act as a "portal" and reinforce the monumentality.

AoD

 

[Mr.Tang]

Just my opinion, but I prefer the cladding on the old tower more than where they are going on this new one - its looks too much like a condo.

 

[Parkdalian]

The majority of the building will be in the reflective glass, not the "condo" glass, as you can see by the render - the condo glass is just going up faster.

 

[Jasonzed]

from today