Koops65
Senior Member
Says "reduced tower height" but not what the new height is.
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cd concept
Senior Member
I'm glad they didn't shave down the existing building to add the new tower on top. They're going to build along the side of it by carving into the existing tower while climbing up to the 63rd floor. Keeping the original hieght of the old tower which is much better in my opinion!
ProjectEnd
Superstar
That's just not correct.
Collingwoodbuildinglover
Senior Member
If this is going beside the United building they better put their best foot forward because from what I've seen of the exterior already started on that building it is top notch suck if we had a repeat of no.31 and The Good building where one is done absolutely perfect but the shawtiness of the next door neighbors detracts from it
ADRM
Senior Member
The north elevation as proposed here really sucks. I don't mind teardown-and-rebuild, but at least get it right if you're gonna do that.
cd concept
Senior Member
Yes I can see now that the existing tower is going to be totally dismantled and rebuilt. Not following the same route as the development next door. But it will be restored at its original height seen on the second rendering. Compared to the first rendering which is scaled down to to certain floor.
Read about the changes to the proposal in our latest article:
urbantoronto.ca
Note that the stats in the database page currently reflect Option 2. The updated height is 217.56m.
Additional perspectives:
Redevelopment of Former Shell Building on University Avenue Reworked | UrbanToronto
Cartareal Corp has reworked plans for 505 University Avenue, now before the Toronto Preservation Board for review, proposing a 63-storey mixed-use tower designed by BDP Quadrangle. The development would dismantle and reconstruct the existing former Shell Oil Building as part of the new tower’s base.
Note that the stats in the database page currently reflect Option 2. The updated height is 217.56m.
Additional perspectives:
ducky
New Member
It may just be a Rezoning massing at this point but it would really benefit from some sort of reveal where the tower meets the "existing":
Visually it reads way too much as one heavy mass crashing right into the existing mass.
Again, I know it's just a rezoning but I couldn't help myself.
Visually it reads way too much as one heavy mass crashing right into the existing mass.
Again, I know it's just a rezoning but I couldn't help myself.
AlexBozikovic
Active Member
GBCA is claiming that all the limestone cladding panels will need to be removed over time, so the building may as well get torn down.
