Twin Towers in Your City (and Triplets too)

[koops65]

There are plenty of twins (and triplets) out there. Let's see the best you have to offer...

I'm going to document the huge list of Toronto's most recent Twin Towers by height in metres. (All are less than a year old, or U/C or Proposals):

1. M & G Toronto East - 305
2. M & G Toronto West - 275
3. Chelsea Gardens I - 285
4. Chelsea Gardens II - 285
5. Chelsea Gardens III - 170
6. Bay Park Centre II - 265
7. Bay Park Centre I - 238
8. Harbour Plaza E - 238
9. Harbour Plaza W - 228
10. 1 York St. - 163
11. Ice Condos E - 234
12. Ice Condos W - 202
13. 16 York - 157
14. 2 Carlton St. I - 233
15. 2 Carlton St. II - 233
16. Eau du Soliel I - 228
17. Eau du Soliel II - 181
18. 475 Yonge St. N - 220
19. 475 Yonge St. S - 161
20. 23 Spadina I - 212
21. 23 Spadina II - 183
22. Four Hundred I - 204
23. Four Hundred II - 198
24. Bay-Adelaide W - 218
25. Bay-Adelaide E - 196
26. Bay-Adelaide N - 141
27. E Condos S - 194
28. E Condos N - 122
29. Casa II - 185
30. Casa III - 180
31. Casa Condos - 146
32. U Condos II - 184
33. U Condos I - 154
34. 88 North S - 184
35. 88 North C - 107
36. 88 North N - 102
37. 245 Queen East C - 170
38. 245 Queen East E - 152
39. 245 Queen East W - 151
40. Hullmark Cantre I - 168
41. Hullmark Centre II - 127
42. X2 Condos - 161
43. X Condos - 138
44. 675 Progress I - 160
45. 675 Progress II - 127
46. 675 Progress III - 115
47. Daniels Waterfront LH - 158
48. Daniels Waterfront E - 128
49. Daniels Waterfront O - 83
50. 35 Mercer E - 156
51. 35 Mercer W - 156
52. King Blue I - 156
53. King Blue II - 140
54. The Kennedys III - 150
55. The Kennedys I - 108
56. The Kennedys II - 108
57. Islington Terrace I - 144
58. Bloorview Vista - 123
59. Islington Terrace III - 114
60. Emerald Park E - 142
61. Emerald Park W - 112
62. 2 Gibbs Rd. S - 141
63. 2 Gibbs Rd. C - 115
64. 2 Gibbs Rd. N - 97
65. Bloor & Parliament I - 148
66. Bloor & Parliament III - 138
67. Bloor & Parliament IV - 118
68. Gibson Square N - 138
69. Gibson Square S - 138
70. Clear Spirit Condos - 136
71. The Gooderham - 122
72. Studio on Richmond II - 133
73. Studio on Richmond I - 103
74. The Lakefront Condos - 130
75. The Lakeshore Condos - 120
76. Seasons Condos I - 129
77. Seasons Condos II - 120
78. 25 Defries St I - 126
79. 25 Defries St. II - 100
80. 3450 Dufferin A - 122
81. 3450 Dufferin B - 109
82. 3450 Dufferin C - 100
83. Opus 1 - 122
84. Omega on the Park - 119
85. The Madison W - 121
86. The Madison E - 111
87. 150 Redpath - 132
88. 155 Redpath - 120
89. Eglinton Square I - 119
90. Eglinton Square II - 113
91. Eglinton Square III - 92
92. City Lights on Broadway I - 116
93. City Lights on Broadway II - 116
94. 815 Eglinton East D -114
95. 815 Eglinton East E - 114
96. 23 Glen Watford I - 109
97. 23 Glen Watford II - 100
98. Avani I - 108
99. Avani II - 108
100. Infinity E - 117
101. Infinity 2 - 108
102. 39 Newcastle I - 105
103. 39 Newcastle II - 99
104. Harmony Village I - 102
105 . Harmony Village II - 102
106. Sonic Condos N - 100
107. Sonic Condos S - 94

For all the rest, the tallest is less than 100 metres, so I stopped there.

[MonkeyRonin]

A lot of these are just multi-tower developments. I wouldn't call them "twins" unless they were actually (at least more or less) identical buildings.

[WhipperSnapper]

^^ Correct

Why always include proposals? (even under construction)

[osmo]

Calgary is the king of twin towers so I am looking forward for a local to chime in on the towers present there.

[WhipperSnapper]

Fortunate for Calgary, it doesn't come close to suburban Toronto for twins. Suburban Toronto's twins are usually the same height while Calgary specializes in twins of varying heights.

[koops65]

You're right... I will whittle down the list to actual twins.

I include U/C because they will be real buildings soon, many are already near or actually topped out. Many are half of a twin tower and the other half is still a proposal. I only included the most recent proposals, pretty much brand new stuff, and who knows what fate they will ultimately share... but I rejected all the older proposals, the ones that were at or near stale proposal status, because they are unlikely to get built...

1. Chelsea Gardens I - 285
2. Chelsea Gardens II - 285
3. Bay Park Centre II - 265
4. Bay Park Centre I - 238
5. Harbour Plaza E - 238
6. Harbour Plaza W - 228
7. Ice Condos E - 234
8. Ice Condos W - 202
9. 2 Carlton St. I - 233
10. 2 Carlton St. II - 233
11. 23 Spadina I - 212
12. 23 Spadina II - 183
13. Four Hundred I - 204
14. Four Hundred II - 198
15. Bay-Adelaide W - 218
16. Bay-Adelaide E - 196
17. Casa II - 185
18. Casa III - 180
19. Casa Condos - 146
20. U Condos II - 184
21. U Condos I - 154
22. 245 Queen East C - 170
23. 245 Queen East E - 152
24. 245 Queen East W - 151
25. Hullmark Cantre I - 168
26. Hullmark Centre II - 127
27. X2 Condos - 161
28. X Condos - 138
29. 35 Mercer E - 156
30. 35 Mercer W - 156
31. King Blue I - 156
32. King Blue II - 140
33. The Kennedys I - 108
34. The Kennedys II - 108
35. Islington Terrace I - 144
36. Bloorview Vista - 123
37. Islington Terrace III - 114
38. Emerald Park E - 142
39. Emerald Park W - 112
40. Gibson Square N - 138
41. Gibson Square S - 138
42. Clear Spirit Condos - 136
43. The Gooderham - 122
44. Studio on Richmond II - 133
45. Studio on Richmond I - 103
46. The Lakefront Condos - 130
47. The Lakeshore Condos - 120
48. Seasons Condos I - 129
49. Seasons Condos II - 120
50. 25 Defries St I - 126
51. 25 Defries St. II - 100
52. Opus 1 - 122
53. Omega on the Park - 119
54. The Madison W - 121
55. The Madison E - 111
56. 150 Redpath - 132
57. 155 Redpath - 120
58. Eglinton Square I - 119
59. Eglinton Square II - 113
60. City Lights on Broadway I - 116
61. City Lights on Broadway II - 116
62. 815 Eglinton East D -114
63. 815 Eglinton East E - 114
64. 23 Glen Watford I - 109
65. 23 Glen Watford II - 100
66. Avani I - 108
67. Avani II - 108
68. Infinity E - 117
69. Infinity 2 - 108
70. 39 Newcastle I - 105
71. 39 Newcastle II - 99
72. Harmony Village I - 102
73. Harmony Village II - 102
74. Sonic Condos N - 100
75. Sonic Condos S - 94

There... actual twins, multiple towers, mostly a pair, mostly sharing a podium, and mostly a similar design and height...

[J.OT13]

Ottawa.

Campeau, 1967 Place de Ville, 22 floors, 87 meters:


https://www.mybrookfield.ca/properties/pdv/

Campeau, 1971-1974 Jean Edmonds Towers, 20 floors:


https://www.brookfieldproperties.com...dmonds-towers/

O&Y, 1976 Esplanade Laurier, 23 floors, 88 meters:


http://wikimapia.org/4815835/L-Esplanade-Laurier-II

Claridge Plaza I and II (4 towers of 27 floors I believe):


http://ottawascondominiums.com/condo...242-rideau-st/

[SignalHillHiker]

The Cabot Place Complex. The two buildings are comparable in height, the difference is a result of the hill.

November 20 2016 by R C, on Flickr

January 16 by R C, on Flickr

March 25, 2016 by R C, on Flickr

October 25, 2015 by R C, on Flickr

351 by R C, on Flickr

[BobLoblawsLawBlog]

Here are a few in BC
Amazing Brentwood in Burnaby. These two will be the 3rd tallest in British Columbia when finished

Metrotowers in Burnaby

Bentall Centre, with two pairs of twin towers in Downtown Vancouver.

[Brizzy82]

The only twins in Winnipeg are some sets of fugly commie blocks


Twin Holiday Towers by glenn_window, on Flickr

And Fort Garry Place triplets

http://www.edisonproperties.ca/resid...arry-place-iii

[J.OT13]

Ah yes, we have a few dozen commie block twins, but I'm not going to waste my time posting them .

[Biff]

I'd like to nominate downtown Calgary.

[O-tacular]

Calgary is King of twins and quads! Too many to even count.

Off the top of my head though there's these:

-Banker's Hall
-EAP
-Bow Valley Square
-Sunlife Plaza
-Suncor towers
-Guardian condos
-Sasso / Vetro
-Nuera 1 & 2
-Keynote

And many, many more.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Biff

I'd like to nominate downtown Calgary.

Yes!

[Marty_Mcfly]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

The Cabot Place Complex. The two buildings are comparable in height, the difference is a result of the hill.

January 16 by R C, on Flickr

If I recall correctly, wasn't there a plan to build a third identical tower near where Mile One is now, with green glass? Would have been an interesting triplet, especially if the height was somewhere between John Cabot and Cabot II (also would we have named that building Cabot III?)

[oiler-dude]

A few Edmonton:

Telus House & ATB Place

Telus Towers by Marcel Schoenhardt, on Flickr

Icon I & II

Icons by Marcel Schoenhardt, on Flickr

Scotia Plaza (being reclad in blue at the moment, somewhat unfortunate )

Daveography, via http://skyrisecities.com/news/2016/0...eflective-blue


City Centre Towers [MNP, TD, (originally they were all exactly the same, but have received various facelifts since)

https://www.emporis.com/images/detai...r-looking-east

Fox Towers (Tower 2 done, Tower 1 topped out recently)

http://langhamdevelopments.com/projects/

Petroleum Plaza (if this counts, they're pretty short)

http://imgur.com/a/98bHn via Google Maps screenshot

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by Biff

I'd like to nominate downtown Calgary.

Have you seen Mississauga or North York Centre?

[GeneralLeeTPHLS]

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

Have you seen Mississauga or North York Centre?

Uh god, Both areas of immense doube or triple development.
Here's a quick list of Mississaugas twins, some of which I forgot the name and referenced SSP:
-The 5 Towers of Absolute (Two twisty cylindrical towers that I really don't like, three mehly designed one)
-Limelight Condos (IMO, pretty damn ugly)
-Erin Mills Downtown (Daniels)
-Erin Mills Downtown (Pemberton)
-Miracle in Mississauga ( 4 Towers in the park by Pemberton, near Erin Mills)
-Parkway Place (3 condos near Erin Mills)
-More Daniel Erin Mills proposals
-Eagle Ridge and the Nevada (Built in same planned community under differing names by Daniels, in '90,'92)
-Smaller Twins of Erindale Corporate Centre
-Several twins in Port Credit and Streetsville I haven't really gotten to see yet
-Capitol Towers North and South
-The 5 similar towers of Parkside Village (3 green glass, 2 blue glass)
-Ovation (what, 4 towers, jeeeez)
-The Monarchy West and East
-Citygate West and East
-Mississauga Executive Centre (4 smallish office towers built in late 80's)
-No 1 City Centre North and SOuth
-Sussex Centre (If only it was taller, it would've been a much better complex IMO)
-Chelsea Towers
-Kingsbridge Grand 1,2 and 3
-The Mansion South and North
-Skymark West-North and South
-Barbertown Co-op West and East
-Weaver Hill
-Crystal at Pinnacle Uptown 1 and 2 (HOW is this Uptown Sauga?)
-Amber 1 and 2
-Block Nine (Future Parkside Village development)
-Trailwood Place East and West
-The Astoria North and South
-Other ones I cannot think of at this time or find on SSP

EDIT: I listed 29 projects, now I gotta wonder how many doubles, triples and quads are actually in Mississauga today.

[SaskScraper]

Some Saskatchewan 'twins'
.
'Paris of the Prairies' La Renaissance & Radisson buildings.............................Scotia Centre office building twins....................& a couple 21 storey commie blocks all in Saskatoon.


Regina's triangular fronted McCallum Hill buildings 1, 2 AND 3 ................ and the Agri Place building pair


The University of Regina has two pair of residential towers as well

[SaskScraper]

.. Another couple of dueling building sets in Saskatchewan..


Broadwalk Regal twin towers 1 & 2 in Saskatoon's City Park neighbourhood...& Student Resident's highrises on College Quarter on UofS campus in Saskatoon.