AlbertC
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737 Bloor West | UrbanToronto
737 Bloor West, Toronto by 1, Kohn Partnership Architects Inc.
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artyboy123
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New rendering updated in the database taken from the arch plan via SPA. Height changed from 14.26m to 14.72m.
AlexBozikovic
Active Member
Totally fine, except the cladding.
This should be brick from top to bottom. While they are using real brick, even on the party wall (!), they’re using concrete block and aluminum panel at grade.
Too many materials, and where it’s most important to use small units of masonry - for durability and for visual interest - is on the ground floor. They’re doing the opposite.
This should be brick from top to bottom. While they are using real brick, even on the party wall (!), they’re using concrete block and aluminum panel at grade.
Too many materials, and where it’s most important to use small units of masonry - for durability and for visual interest - is on the ground floor. They’re doing the opposite.
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ProjectEnd
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"ApPlIcAnT mUsT BrEaKdOwN tHe MaSsInG bY vArYiNg ThE mAtErIaL pAlEtTe"
hbf92
New Member
Whoever came up with this stupid ass directive at City Planning is single-handedly responsible for much of the horrific architecture that permeates this city...
concrete_and_light
Active Member
It's totally subjective as well. What is this based on? It's just one design/planning opinion made into an across the board policy. I can kind of understand where they're coming from in theory, but it has had many negative results in builds around the city.
Northern Light
Superstar
Is the stated policy to break up vertical massing within a podium?
I thought there was a goal to break up horizontal massing, on the podium; which is a goal many of us broadly support, as seen in Mirvish Village.
Clearly, that should not apply to a modest, 3 storey building.
tori477
New Member
Any new development? I recently moved here and I'm dying for that corner to be something good. The corner where christie subway station entrance is, is already so.. underwhelming
AlbertC
Superstar
Unfortunately, no updates here for a while. That's often the problem with these small scaled developments. Movement can be super slow, if it ever happens. There's a couple stagnant sites a bit more to the west around Bloor & Ossington.