Toronto The Selby | 165.5m | 50s | Tricon | bKL Architecture

[TheKingEast]

Iphone shot:

 

[Benito]

From today.

 

[Ramako]

Not sure if this was already posted:

http://bklarchitecture.com/project-category/housing/

 

[TheKingEast]

I cannot wait to see this thing built. Really hope the cladding doesn't disappoint.

 

[heatscore]

Do we know what type of cladding they intend to use? Some kind of metal or precast?

 

[stjames2queenwest]

precast brick panels I believe

 

[NIL OMNI]

Love the punch of colour

 

[TheKingEast]

precast brick panels I believe

This could either go very well or very badly. No in between.

 

[interchange42]

It's going to be actual bricks with a real mortar between them for the face with a precast concrete back on them. There are a number of ways of making these. I posted a YouTube video on another thread a couple of weeks ago of one of the ways these are created.

The beauty is that you get a real brick face, but you get better durability, better insulation value, and you can hoist them into place while avoiding the need to put up either a scaffold or affix movable stages on the exterior.

So, more than likely, it's going to go very well.

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[Transportfan]

The lawns of the preserved mansions gives this (or these) project(s) a very tower-in-the-park look.

 

[stjames2queenwest]

In actuality the lawns are very tiny. The mansions are just a few feet from the sidewalk. James cooper has a small sculpturegarden walk up on the south side, which I enjoy a lot.

 

[cruzin4u]

This is what happens when you get an outside firm to design something. It's creative, it's innovative, it's different.

No balconies = A+
Brick = A+
Colour! = A+

 

[TheKingEast]

This is what happens when you get an outside firm to design something. It's creative, it's innovative, it's different.

No balconies = A+
Brick = A+
Colour! = A+

Woah. I just realized there are no balconies. That's why it looks so sleek and sexy.

 

[Ramako]

It looks like there are balconies, but they are just recessed rather than sticking out.

 

[stjames2queenwest]

From just now