Toronto The Globe and Mail Centre | 83.21m | 17s | First Gulf | Diamond Schmitt

Trippy visual illusion:

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Yup, love that corner!

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BERKELEY ST At 351 KING ST E From KING ST E To FRONT ST E

Full road closure due to hoisting green roof with a 350 ton mobile crane.

Closure Type:Construction (Planned)

Time Frame:Continuous

From:Jul 9, 2016 at 06:00 a.m.

Until:Jul 9, 2016 at 07:00 p.m.

Impact:Major

Road Class:Major Arterial

District:Toronto and East York

Contractor:MODERN CRANE

ID:R38620
 
The podium on this thing is weak and the proportions are clumsy. D+S has disappointed me once again. "Stacked boxes" motif done poorly. The glazing itself looks nice but D+S doesn't get the credit for that.

Additionally, it feels "dropped in" - it doesn't sit nicely on the site or play nice with its context. The podium was a chance to bring in a variation or material sensibility, and some "finer grain" at street level. I am down with a neo-modernist building here, don't get me wrong - I would not want faux-historical crap - but it begs for something softer, especially at podium level, and something that plays nice with its neighbours. I find that the design doesn't justify how jarring it is coming from the east, or especially, walking north up Berkeley from The Esplanade.

Just my two cents. I see what they were trying to do but they fell short for me.
 
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Do those small patches of green roof constitute the absolute bare minimum coverage for compliance with the bylaw requiring them?
 

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