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

[CanadianNational]

As architecture it looks thoroughly common, however the company moving to this location is fantastic news for the lower east core.

 

[Edward]

It is good to see office space of this significance outside the core.

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

 

[urbandreamer]

Maybe the Toronto Star will reconsider moving here someday? (Although I foresee the day they merge completely with the G&M.)

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

The extension of commercial developments outwards along the King/Queen corridor will have serious implications for mass transit in the longer term.

AoD

 

[Tewder]

It seems like a decent fit for the area.

As for the design being common? Maybe we've been a little spoilt in Toronto, experiencing a building boom over the past ten years while construction in other cities in North America has remained fairly stagnant, but I'm not so sure these stacked-box type designs are as common elsewhere, especially in an urban context of rising over, above and out of older brick streetscapes. In other words, this design/scheme may be increasingly common to Toronto but still pretty unique elsewhere.

In terms of mid-rise construction this building boom will do more to define the Toronto built form in a unique way than almost anything else has, which is good because a unique built form is something that makes a city distinct and identifiable.

 

[Ramako]

As for the design being common? Maybe we've been a little spoilt in Toronto, experiencing a building boom over the past ten years while construction in other cities in North America has remained fairly stagnant, but I'm not so sure these stacked-box type designs are as common elsewhere, especially in an urban context of rising over, above and out of older brick streetscapes. In other words, this design/scheme may be increasingly common to Toronto but still pretty unique elsewhere.

I think it remains a pretty unique design even within Toronto. The fact of the matters is that to date we have zero stacked box designs built anywhere in this city. Yes, Exhibit and Lago are under construction, and the next phase of Pier 27 is somewhere out in the aether, but that hardly makes us flush with this design concept.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Ramako:

There is also Picasso and a few other quasi-stacked box designs hanging around. It's becoming a motif in Toronto.

AoD

 

[RiverCity1]

I was going to say that this building doesn't look common by any means. Bring on more stacked boxes.

 

[Ramako]

Ramako:

There is also Picasso and a few other quasi-stacked box designs hanging around. It's becoming a motif in Toronto.

AoD

Forgot about Picasso, but no one would ever confuse Globe and Mail Centre for Picasso or Exhibit. They're totally different expressions of the stacked box concept.

 

[eastcoastanddown]

Pardon the 'newbie' question, but what sort of premium do you think they will be paying to have the Globe logo on the facade?

Do they pay extra per-sqft on the inside to have naming rights on the outside, or is it is a seperate lease-like agreement for the signage?

 

[AndreaPalladio]

Usually it's the latter.

 

[unrealestate]

The design looks good but this building should have a brick facade at street level.

 

[drum118]

Sept 14,

 

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