Toronto The Campbell | 47.24m | 14s | TAS | Teeple Architects

[milkycontent]

it's giving "building." you could put this in a picture book for toddlers and they would point at it and say "building."

which is to say I love it. I think it will actually age quite well.

 

[smably]

Kind of feels like Crossways updated for the 21st century, and I don't mean that in a bad way.

 

[rdaner]

Taken 5 February. So much happening on this stretch of Dupont!

 

[ProjectEnd]

I asked about movement at the Perth Branch over the weekend and it seems there's been some delay in core and shell handover. All the librarian was able to supply was 'end of year'...

 

[egotrippin]

It looks like no thought was put into what sections would be brick vs. aluminum panelling, very haphazard. It's the building equivalent of those "I asked AI to write a film script" memes but instead with cladding placement.

 

[Towered]

I asked about movement at the Perth Branch over the weekend and it seems there's been some delay in core and shell handover. All the librarian was able to supply was 'end of year'...

Do you know if the new branch will occupy the corner unit?

 

[ProjectEnd]

Yes, the larger unit on the north side facing Dupont. Not sure what's in store for the smaller unit in the south west corner.

 

[rdaner]

Definitely occupied. This will be a mini boom for retailers along Dupont.

Photos taken 31 March.

 

[AlbertC]

Brief mention in this article about the library branch expected to open here this fall:

The Campbell is a recently completed 14-storey, 238,690-square-foot purpose-built rental apartment with 236 units, a ground-floor Toronto Public Library branch and a small retail location.

Residential units are being leased and occupied, with 10 classified as affordable and offered to women and families fleeing domestic abuse.

The library is expected to open this fall.

TAS buys, redesigns T.O. Kingston Rd. development project

TAS has filed a zoning by-law amendment re-submission and the first site plan approval submission for its proposed mixed-use, multifamily development at 3718 and 3730 Kingston Rd. in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough.

renx.ca

 

[AlbertC]

 

[Northern Light]

For those who have been wondering where the library went............from the City's Capital Budget:

 

[junctionist]

They should have used the gold-coloured metal cladding (at sidewalk level) on the tower. It harmonizes with the brick far better than the grey metal cladding.

At least they got the details right at sidewalk level, though. I despise buildings where the sidewalk-level design feels like an afterthought.

 

[ProjectEnd]

 

[Towered]

How's that library coming along?

 

[AlbertC]

How's that library coming along?

I wouldn't read too much into it opening so soon.