I still think the "podium" at the base of this thing reminds me of a suburban strip plaza or some kind of OnRoute vibe.

Looks like something unremarkable-at-best if this were 1988.

A photo my partner took today from RBC Centre:

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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...

66 storeys of steaming hot garbage 🤮🤮🤮

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

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...

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...