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Originally Posted by Whippersnapper
A bunch of pension-funded commercial ventures hardly speaks of design in Toronto. I look towards the market as a whole in which case design is dominated by condominiums. I also find innovative and daring design overstated particular in residential construction which is largely developed on shoestring budgets. The outcome rarely lives up to its potential and innovative simply becomes an excuse for acceptance.
I like your choices aside from Richard Johnson Square which, to my inner pragmatist, is downright wasteful however, did I not state that Australia offers gems that are unmatched in Canada? I care more about the median offering and, in my opinion, we would kick their asses if we eliminated window-wall.
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So you’re blaming Ontario’s teachers for bad architecture? How are office towers elsewhere funded differently? The source of the money is inconsequential. The quality and cost of office tower construction is twice that of residential, hence the best and least-cookie-cutter designs are expected to be office
I prefer glass, so I’m not a fan of Australia’s mostly white-clad condos. Toronto has made windowwall look good with several examples, despite lower price-points up till recently, so the issue definitely isn’t about the cladding.
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Originally Posted by Metro-One
The MNP tower especially, i noticed you purposely choose its worst looking render to post (smaller too) Same with the Credit Suisse tower. Actually a very nice looking proposal, but all you showed was its crown.
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MNP looks different from every angle, so the best or worst render is pretty subjective. Credit Suisse is more interesting for its facade treatment than its overall form anyway.
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Originally Posted by AndrewJM3D and kwoldtimer, paraphrased by Dleung
I love how you omitted [a mid-rise proposal, an arcade from 1987, and a 7th blue box] from your lineup of recent Toronto office towers. Had they been included, surely it would have invalidated the pattern you are clearly trying to imply, and bring us on par with Sydney's office towers, hence we have nothing to be jealous of!
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If there is nothing to be jealous of, Caltrane wouldn’t be veering off topic about honies in Monaco, or shoving an atrium into a 300-pound chick, or refusing to get “excited” about Australia… in a thread about
current office tower architecture
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Originally Posted by The Architect
Jesus talk about picking and choosing.. You could easily argue the opposite with cherrypicked pictures.
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Really, the opposite? Please show us how, unless you’re simply being disingenuous and trying to fool others into denying reality, which seems quite prevalent with the number of boosters here.