That tall slim tower doesn't look toooo bad, though most of the others either have an outright odd design or very plain appearance coupled with dull lifeless glazing that lends a very drab look, hopefully they appear more inspiring in person.
Would it really be that much more expensive to use the flush spandrel/mullion window wall system such as the one being installed on Picasso condos on Richmond St W?
Would it really be that much more expensive to use the flush spandrel/mullion window wall system such as the one being installed on Picasso condos on Richmond St W?
95% of all glass condos use glass spandrel panels so why single out Tridel? The raised aluminum spandrel panels on Picasso is more expensive and should age very quickly and look a whole lot worse in ten years.
I'm already getting tired of the pixelated-white-randomly-placed spandrel patterns being slapped onto recent buildings in TO. Like, it doesn't really work on L tower IMO, but say it does, why do the same thing with Backstage? I think it looks terrible, especially with L tower immediately behind Backstage as viewed from the south where the two overlap each other. It looks messy.
Even RCMI did it with the North Wall, I understand it was essentially a blank concrete wall they were covering up, but the dizzying pattern clashes with everything else on University. I think a uniform colour would have looked better.
Just my 2 cents.
Maybe they can call it a sculpture and have it constitute the public art component!
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