TORONTO | L Tower (Libeskind Tower) | 205 M / 673 FT | 57 FLOORS - Page 18

Coldrsx · #**341** Posted **Jun 21, 2012, 4:12 AM**

Glazing hung off of the structure like a 'curtain'.

caltrane74 · #**342** Posted **Jun 25, 2012, 1:58 AM**

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caltrane74 · #**343** Posted **Jun 25, 2012, 2:18 AM**

from Jasonzed at UT

http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthr...d-P-S)/page217

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jasonzed

from today

colemonkee · #**344** Posted **Jun 25, 2012, 5:28 PM**

What's the tower going up in the background (to the right of L Tower) in that first shot?

caltrane74 · #**345** Posted **Jun 25, 2012, 5:44 PM**

It's Market Wharf

Market Wharf from the south, image by rdaner

from rdaner at UT

http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2012/06/...s-market-wharf

#**346** Posted **Jun 26, 2012, 9:17 PM**

L tower just hit 175 metres!

caltrane74 · #**347** Posted **Jul 1, 2012, 6:39 PM**

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caltrane74 · #**348** Posted **Jul 2, 2012, 5:33 PM**

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colemonkee · #**349** Posted **Jul 2, 2012, 5:42 PM**

Looks like curtain wall glass on the north side, and window wall glass on the west side from that pic. Is than an accurate read, or is it all window wall?

Innsertnamehere · #**350** Posted **Jul 2, 2012, 6:30 PM**

you have it right.

caltrane74 · #**351** Posted **Jul 3, 2012, 3:59 AM**

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DZH22 · #**352** Posted **Jul 3, 2012, 4:14 AM**

The curtain wall looks great. Why couldn't they just use it on the whole tower? I'm not saying the other cladding looks bad, but it's definitely not AS good.

When did it become the norm for skyscrapers to use different (quality) cladding on different sides? It seems like they ALL do it nowadays. I guess this is much more of a world-wide question than a Toronto question. "I remember the days... when entire sides of buildings wouldn't be value-engineered compared to other faces of the same tower."

caltrane74 · #**353** Posted **Jul 3, 2012, 10:47 AM**

Cost was a factor, and this is not a high end building.

The use of curtianwall was pretty much required due to the curve on the northside of the building.

colemonkee · #**354** Posted **Jul 3, 2012, 4:34 PM**

Totally off topic, but I love that older brick building on the right hand side with the almost Stalin-esque domed towers on it. I remember driving by it on my last visit to Toronto on the way to my hotel and marveling at it.

TheMaxMan · #**355** Posted **Jul 3, 2012, 7:05 PM**

L tower from two days ago.

Innsertnamehere · #**356** Posted **Jul 3, 2012, 7:06 PM**

that was built well before Stalins time.. and a decade before the New York flatiron as well!

it is called the Gooderham building, and many refer to it as the flatiron.

wiki page here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gooderham_Building

caltrane74 · #**357** Posted **Jul 9, 2012, 12:09 AM**

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[IMG]L Tower Curving

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caltrane74 · #**358** Posted **Jul 9, 2012, 8:32 AM**

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yarabundi · #**359** Posted **Jul 9, 2012, 10:12 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMaxMan

L tower from two days ago.

These two pics are simply awesome !!!

caltrane74 · #**360** Posted **Jul 10, 2012, 12:20 AM**

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