Toronto River City Condos Phase 3 | 99.66m | 29s | Urban Capital | Saucier + Perrotte
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skycandy
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Board-formed concrete! Board-formed concrete! Oh Saucier + Perrotte, you kinky boys…
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Armour
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Why is that a big deal?
stjames2queenwest
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^it looks cool
The best thing that brutalism ever brought us (IMO) was board-formed concrete, because when you create concrete walls this way, you get the textures of the wood along with the slight lip between each board imprinted forever on the wall surfaces: it's so much warmer than flat concrete which has been formed with a smooth sheet of particleboard and has no texture to speak of.
I should have expected the board-formed concrete here, as it was already used at River City Phase 1. Glad to see the family resemblance coming through already!
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I should have expected the board-formed concrete here, as it was already used at River City Phase 1. Glad to see the family resemblance coming through already!
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junctionist
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I was hoping that board-formed concrete wasn't a lost art of the Brutalist era. It gives concrete a textured and more architectural look.
stjames2queenwest
Senior Member
It's cool when it has wood grain imprints
Armour
Senior Member
I didn't even notice the boards at first, hence my puzzled reaction. I thought it was just flat concrete.
skycandy
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Benito
Senior Member
Wow, the pond is doing great at the Corktown Commons. Great photos skycandy.
Jasonzed
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Midtown Urbanist
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