Toronto Smart House | 82.6m | 25s | Urban Capital | a—A

One thing that's not in the front page story linked above is that the red is all one colour: I confirmed that with Adam Feldmann of aA today. They were considering a few different tones of red at one point, but Adam told me that they considered many options before settling on the one. The idea is that because the balconies angle, and because there's both vision glass and dark back-painted spandrel behind them, the varying light means that you're already going to perceive multiple tones in the red, so why complicate it further?

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Had to check it out to see what the fuss is about. Seems pretty fuss-worthy!

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I'm surprised no one has said anything regarding the red and blue glass for the balconies being installed backwards?! Red goes to the out side in the render and yet... they are all over the place.. what gives here?
 
I could care less about the pattern. I'm sure they have a plan. I'm just thrilled to see the red. Looks great in person when the sun is hitting them. Actually looks better than suggested in the renderings. It will definitely compliment Picasso.
 
So the thing with this building is…

It's going to look just great when it's done.

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Looking really quite smart indeed. Filling a spot very nicely. Showing a presence in the neighbourhood but not overpowering it.

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