Toronto Vita on the Lake | 177.08m | 53s | Mattamy Homes | Graziani + Corazza

[Skylark]

Wow. This thread is an interesting read.

I do think it's a bit weird that better transit options are not being looked into faster here.

I agree. The transit infrastructure leading in and out of parklawn/lakeshore has remained pretty well the same since all the condos went up. I live on marine parade and takes me about 25 mins from my door to the Gardiner exit on a bad day. The eastbound lakeshore at parklawn is a nightmare.

That said, it's a fantastic area to live in and I make very good use of the Martin Goodman trail.



Recently the city has commissioned a consultant to study the parklawn/lakeshore traffic and provide solutions. We will see what they have come up with soon.

 

[Josef]

http://www.gc-architects.com/highrise/humberbayshores.html#sthash.5amXhBN8.dpbs ?

 

[Skylark]

http://www.gc-architects.com/highrise/humberbayshores.html#sthash.5amXhBN8.dpbs ?

Terrible if this is it. Almost as much of an eyesore as the Lago building.

 

[Automation Gallery]

Terrible if this is it. Almost as much of an eyesore as the Lago building.

Ugh??, lol

 

[Edward Skira]

Screen shots from the link.

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

Eyesore maybe on its own. I wonder if it will look better with the rest of Humber Bay's buildings surrounding it.

 

[interchange42]

I'm not sure this is the final rendering, but I believe it's the (much simpler) final design:

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[stjames2queenwest]

Oh wow. I'd rather see a hot mess here than that wet napkin.

 

[Solaris]

yea !! another exciting glass box with wrap around balconies !! woo hoo

 

[Amare]

From that potential final rendering, this one looks like it's going to be dreadful. Probably on par with how bad the Westlake towers are.

 

[GeneralGrievance]

Our introductory editorial was published today: http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2016/07/introducing-mattamy-and-biddingtons-vita-lake

 

[Filip]

Our introductory editorial was published today: http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2016/07/introducing-mattamy-and-biddingtons-vita-lake

This reads like a developer's marketing pitch. What happened to UT demanding better architecture from our developers?

 

[Solaris]

I believe a number of UT articles are effectively revenue generating marketing editorials nowadays

 

[interchange42]

An article where the title starts with "Introducing" and included in the Real Estate section is pretty clearly telling you exactly what the first paragraph says: here comes a condo marketing launch.

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[Filip]

Sorry I must've not realized I clicked on Buzzbuzzhomes or whatnot..

Designed by Graziani + Corazza Architects, the project includes a five-storey base broken up into multiple volumes, framed by ground-level landscaping designed by gh3. Above the podium, the vertically-extruded tower uses dark-tinted glazing and white underpainting on the wraparound balconies to create a simple, elegant structure.

Should read:

"Above the podium, the inappropriately scaled tower uses cheap window wall and dark spandrel hidden behind vaguely opaque, poorly executed wraparound balconies to create a dumbed down, hulking mass that could've been designed by throwing crayons onto a wall"

Should add:

"Even though Mattamy/Biddington has engaged the creativity-deficient G+C architects, they also saw fit to remove any architectural flourishes in order to present us with exactly what is wrong in Toronto's development industry."