Toronto QRC West (Queen Richmond Centre West) | 71.93m | 17s | Allied | Sweeny &Co

[Midtown Urbanist]

I'd have to disagree. I for one am very happy that I'll be seeing this building on a regular basis for the future.

 

[Southcore]

The building is 98% leased and the first tenants move in July 1st according to the link below. There are some tidbits about Allied's other projects as well:

http://www.bnn.ca/News/2015/6/18/Re...g-ambition-to-transform-downtown-Toronto.aspx

 

[denfromoakvillemilton]

Sucks, hopefully I get a nice job so I can move in here someday

 

[interchange42]

Yesterday:

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[Skeezix]

Great photos - thanks.

 

[Benito]

I love this building. Nice photos!

 

[smably]

I love the delta frames and the glass walls, but the restoration of the old warehouse leaves a lot to be desired. The brickwork is really shoddy -- they clearly cheaped out on masonry because the new brick isn't even close to matching the heritage brick. This is what matching brick should look like: http://www.mario-cantin.com/2013/10/harmonious-brick-replacement.html (scroll down for photos).

The windows on the warehouse are pretty bad too.

Which is not to say I don't like this development. I think it's great overall, and has done wonders for this intersection. But we need to demand more of Toronto developers when it comes to heritage.

 

[StructEngGuy]

The architecturally exposed structural steel delta frames with the 17.5-ton cast steel nodes just nabbed this project a Citation in ARCHITECT Magazine's R+D Awards. Very prestigious! - see: http://www.architectmagazine.com/awards/r-d-awards/citation-queen-richmond-centre-west_o

This is in addition to the CISC Ontario Region Steel Design Award for Engineering that the project picked up earlier this year.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Thanks - lovely axonometric line drawing in the article.

AoD

 

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[Nastapoka]

 

[stjames2queenwest]

I look forward to seeing the next phase

 

[interchange42]

From Queen and Spadina, moments ago:

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[StructEngGuy]

From Queen and Spadina, moments ago:

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It blends in more with the surroundings on Queen Street than the condos do...

 

[Tulse]

I love how QRC and Tableau's podiums echo each other -- it's a delightful synergy between the projects.