TORONTO | Highrise Developments Compilation Thread

[koops65]

yes I took that photo... after sampling many, many beers! lol

[Coldrsx]

i was amazed at how much better architecture has become in toronto in the past 3-5yrs.

[caltrane74]

The market demands it. People are paying so much money for their closet apartments, the least they can expect from the developer is an attempt at style and sophistication.

[caltrane74]

More Construction

[Dylan Leblanc]

Look at how the three Royal Bank towers in Toronto are all pretty much the same height.

1. 2. 3.

1. Royal Trust Tower - 183 m
2. RBC Centre - 183 m
3. Royal Bank Plaza - 180 m

[borgo100]

Originally Posted by Dylan Leblanc

Look at how the three Royal Bank towers in Toronto are all pretty much the same height.

1. 2. 3.

1. Royal Trust Tower - 183 m
2. RBC Centre - 183 m
3. Royal Bank Plaza - 180 m

hummm if i was the Royal Bank i'd build a 400-500 meter tower, and just sell those three off for office space. some one should tell them they'd be more organized if they only had 1 tower

[Dylan Leblanc]

I think each building houses mostly separate companies which just happen to come under the RBC/Royal Bank name.

[caltrane74]

And none of the towers is taller than Place Ville Marie in Montreal.

grief.


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Here is some construction at Bay Adelaide

[caltrane74]

maldive posted a new toronto rendering, with all the latest proposals on u/c buildings.

[clarke]

where is this rendering, is it a newer one than previous?

[caltrane74]

courtesy of Maldive

[ajldub]

Maldive your work is absolutely fantastic. So what year am I looking at Toronto here? 2015?

[vegeta_skyline]

Y'kno, I think I actually prefer the 'before' photo...






















Just kidding.

Nice render Maldive, though I did notice some of the buildings do seem to be somewhat exaggerated in height, but it nice to see it all in one compilation none the less.

[Maldive]

I don't think there is any exaggeration... I guessed at 1 Bloor East but given it is nearly 30 storeys taller than Manulife (plus a huge crown) it's probably not far off... (Manulife has short ceiling heights).

And from this angle, the north/south skyline rises with grade so 500' at the lake is much shorter than 500' at St. Clair.

Even Aura isn't out of scale from this angle. If you look at the financial district, all new buildings are fairly proportionate to existing tower like Scotia @ 900 feet.

Trump even had it's foreskin removed...

[caltrane74]

Maldive what is that big building, just south of Aura?

[Maldive]

If you are talking about the one equal in height to Aura... I mentioned in my original post (no-one reads of course, just gawk!) that this was my only indulgence... the rumoured 50 storey office tower (my design) on University Ave. Just looks so tall there (dwarfs One City Hall Phase 2) I couldn't resist.

Almost everything else is of course underway or will be within a year or so.

[Dylan Leblanc]

which corner will have the reconstructed heritage facade? the left or right corner?

[asher11]

The north-west corner - the right side of the photo (where the small crane on the truck is now). The facade should face both west and north for the 13 floors of the original building that stood there.

[Maldive]

Here's a "compilation" render I did for the Canada section... a skyline created of only new projects in Toronto... seems appropriate for this thread.

[LFRENCH]

awesome guys, spent my first time in toronto this past january. went in with a idea of it and was blowen away. Planning to move here, if all goes well and it looks like this, i'd be glad to call it home.