Toronto The Britt Condos | 142.03m | 41s | Lanterra | Arcadis

[Benito]

Today.

 

[whatever]

The individual pieces of stone look fine, but I'm not crazy about the overall effect of it. Women's College Hospital has the same thing going on, where it's as if they went and unitized the panels without paying any attention to how the shades of adjacent pieces play off each other. Thankfully this one doesn't have the same expanses of stone as WCH, and I'm hoping it's looks less splotchy once the windows and trim are all installed.

 

[UrbanAffair]

I think this one looks night and day better than WCH, and will look better when the construction is finished and they can clean/wash the dust off. Stone seems to look better over time than right away anyway. I wouldn't be concerned about it at this stage.

 

[whatever]

Oh, I didn't mean to suggest this was anywhere near as bad as WCH. Even the articulation of the facade is much more refined here, and again there aren't those massive expanses of stone either. I'm also hoping that it evens out as it ages, but I suppose we'll see. I'd take this over backpainted spandrel, at any rate.

 

[interchange42]

From a couple days ago:

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[Froggy]

Quick zoomed in cell phone shot from desk to let you know that concrete walls are being poured right now. It looks like the remainder of the new structure is now about to rise:

 

[Froggy]

More pouring today, and I also saw flying forms being lifted up. Also, there is no concrete pump like the ones at YC Condos or the Selby, so they lift up concrete with the crane. It seems like a really slow process compared to YC condos, where they can pour a floor in a few hours with the pump, and use the crane at the same time. Anyways, its quite fascinating to see these buildings being built before my eyes everyday, from above. There's so much happening.
I forgot my camera again so I used my cell, so I still couldn't zoom in that much:

 

[steveve]

Today:

 

[G.L.17]

Sunday:

 

[UrbanLurker]

Today, from atop the parking garage on Grosvenor that may be demolished in the near future.

 

[interchange42]

From yesterday:

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[christiesplits]

How does the craftsmanship look up close?

 

[steveve]

The core rises:

 

[Benito]

Today.

 

[TheKingEast]

I do like the stone. A nice change to what we typically see from other projects (glass/spandrel)