Thanks... you should get back into it too. Honestly, when the diagram section was down I became pretty lazy myself, but now that it's back I'm right back into drawing again.
Thanks. I found a super-sized render that really helped. It's hard to say because I've been working on it on-and-off for a few months now, since before the diagram section went down. Probably 20 or 25 hours altogether. Next I plan to work on the Ritz.
Thanks Bob, I'm going to assume you're responsible for all the changes to the Toronto database I've noticed lately, including some new tall buildings like 44 Eglinton W and a severe reduction in the height of Market Wharf? What Happened to 306 Richmond?
Les Klein of Quadrangle Architects presented Aspen Ridge Homes' revised proposal for 199 Richmond St W at Councillor Vaughan's King-Spadina Development meeting January 20. The original plan was for a 35 storey tower at the south-west corner of the site, along with an 18 storey S-shaped building.
Based on concerns about the mass of the building on the street and feedback from Planning staff that the warehouse character of the district should be reinforced, the proposal has been revised to include two 47-storey point towers with very small floorplates (535 sq m).
The towers will sit on an 8 storey podium and a 5 storey building on the north side of Nelson. The design of the building is aimed to be as light a structure as possible, with glass corners for lightness.
The project would be mixed use, with office space, retail and community space at the lower levels, and residential use above. The loading for the building will be done internally, with a 2nd storey landscaped courtyard above the loading zone. The north-south laneway separating the new building from 140 Simcoe St to the east would be widened to ensure that vehicles could easily enter the loading zone within the building.
Fifteen per cent of the units would be either 3 or 2 bedroom units plus den, to accommodate families. The proponents may also consider constructing the building in two phases, with one tower at a time. The project would also try to support the city's initiative to upgrade the pedestrian environment on Nelson Street with wide sidewalks and a double row of tree plantings.
Because I'm not at all impressed by the first one. It's one of my earliest drawings, done in basic MS paint. And now that the height has been revised upwards by a fair amount it needs to be re-made also. I'll get around to doing both soon enough, and its nice they're under constuction now so I can see what they really look like instead of looking at just renders.
Here are my latest drawings, uploaded since Oct. 13:
Not much for 57 days... only 4 new buildings and 5 modifications.
I did not include Dubai Pearl since I'm not happy with how it turned out, needs to be tweaked some more... and the fact that it totally dwarfs these buildings. It's probably bigger than all of them put together!
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... Count me in!!!!! 
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