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  1. beepboop

    Toronto Toronto | Leaside Common | 32.16m | 9s | Gairloch | BDP Quadrangle

    This would look much better and feel better for the street if the brick came down to grade instead of a wall of glass.
  2. beepboop

    Toronto Toronto | West Don Lands: Blocks 17 & 26 | 147m | 43s | Aspen Ridge | Core Architects

    Garbage. Really disappointed to see such an awesome site / opportunity squandered like this.
  3. beepboop

    Toronto Toronto | Alias | 160.52m | 48s | Madison Group | Teeple Architects

    Looks like trash. A mess of mullions and spandrel panels.
  4. beepboop

    Toronto Toronto | College Park Redevelopment | 344.29m | 96s | GWL | Hariri Pontarini

    A whole lot of articulation (in fact, it's a dog's breakfast, imo) to create something that ultimately looks completely generic and forgettable.
  5. beepboop

    Toronto Toronto | Mirvish Village (Honest Ed's Redevelopment) | 85.04m | 26s | Peterson | Henriquez Partners

    100% this. Same boat here. There is an idea of a building's shape and form as a piece of urban furniture and then complete disregard for the liveability of the spaces inside. And those two are deeply interrelated most of the time.
  6. beepboop

    Toronto Toronto | 93 Ontario Street | 61.1m | 16s | Colonia Treuhand | Sweeny &Co

    A scissor "stair" is in fact two stairs, just sleeved around each other into one core. Also a quick note - Staff do not make the call on this, it's the Ontario Building Code, unless you are referring to a plans examiner. At a high level: a scissor stair counts as two means of egress because...
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    Toronto Toronto | Mirvish Village (Honest Ed's Redevelopment) | 85.04m | 26s | Peterson | Henriquez Partners

    The 3B market unit layouts here are garbage. Clearly "investor unit layout" thinking went into what is supposed to be a rental building - that is, desirable to end users. I am completely puzzled, as an architect familiar with the challenges of unit layouts, how a rational rectangular unit of...
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    Toronto Toronto | 110 Adelaide Street East | 226m | 66s | Stafford | Arcadis

    66 storeys of steaming hot garbage 🤮🤮🤮
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    Toronto Toronto | One Bloor West | 308.6m | 85s | Tridel | Foster + Partners

    What I would give to see AI slop banned on here 😩
  10. beepboop

    Toronto Toronto | 28 Eastern | 45.4m | 12s | Alterra | Teeple Architects

    I am truly confused by this detail. It bothers me so much I can't help but post about it. There's this tiny "frame" element around some storefront glass and it's supported by steel elements that are vastly oversized and surely undo any perceived visual benefit that the projecting window would...
  11. beepboop

    Toronto Toronto | 405 Sherbourne | 119.6m | 35s | TCHC | Alison Brooks

    It's a collaboration of two firms, both designing the building. a—A is the Architect of Record, because they are the local architect. An AoR can be a firm who comes onboard to execute the project and is not involved in as much "design" decision-making, but an Architect of Record can also a...
  12. beepboop

    Toronto Toronto | The James at Scrivener Square | 88.21m | 23s | Tricon | COBE Architects

    Such a fantastic project. I think my only gripe is that the mullion finish is too light in tone / perhaps too reflective. It visually muddies the "cage" of precast around it from a distance.
  13. beepboop

    Toronto Toronto | 252 Church | 166.1m | 52s | CentreCourt | Arcadis

    The base of this tower and its public realm are both atrocious. What were they trying to achieve here, architecturally speaking? Paint dripping down a dull, unactivated black brick box? 😩
  14. beepboop

    Toronto Toronto | 8 Elm | 218.2m | 69s | Reserve Properties | Arcadis

    Better make sure we talk about pedestrianization or streetscape enhancements for another 15 years and do actually nothing!

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