Collingwoodbuildinglover said:
Sorry Im not @Contra lol but from what I can see in the renders this is how we should be looking
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So this isn't technically accurate. None of it is window wall. As officerdwellers post above explains, curtain wall vs window wall is based on how it attaches to the structure. So even those all glass parts are curtain wall. Just a different treatment of curtain wall. So while you're right about which treatment goes where, none of it is actually window wall (thank god), just two different types of curtain wall.

That said, the terminology is deeply confusing and i wish we had better names for differentiating the two.
 
TossYourJacket said:
So this isn't technically accurate. None of it is window wall. As officerdwellers post above explains, curtain wall vs window wall is based on how it attaches to the structure. So even those all glass parts are curtain wall. Just a different treatment of curtain wall. So while you're right about which treatment goes where, none of it is actually window wall (thank god), just two different types of curtain wall.

That said, the terminology is deeply confusing and i wish we had better names for differentiating the two.
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Yeah I'm not going to lie I kind of sketched that out quickly. I'll openly say I'm not the most familiar with the different claddings and I'm still learning the differences as people are explaining it.I know It was my post officedweller responded to that pointed out that it was curtain wall I just kind of had a brain fart
 
Collingwoodbuildinglover said:
Yeah I'm not going to lie I kind of sketched that out quickly. I'll openly say I'm not the most familiar with the different claddings and I'm still learning the differences as people are explaining it.I know It was my post officedweller responded to that pointed out that it was curtain wall I just kind of had a brain fart
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No worries! I have a degree in civil engineering and it still took me forever to remember the difference between window wall and curtain wall. The terminology is just a mess. Window wall being the one that looks less glassy is very counter intuitive.
 
Forgot to post this on Wednesday, but Forma can now be seen from John and Richmond (also note the Blue Jays logo on TD Terrace at 160 Front Street)
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Surrealplaces said:
I'm looking forward to watching this one rise.
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And when you say one, it is probably just one. I don't mean to be pessimistic but I can't see a second tower of that size and cost being built in this climate and with Frank Gehry probably gone by then.

I'm just glad the cladding looks as good or better than what could have been expected. There'll be nothing like it in Toronto.

Civdis said:
I'm not sure this will be a popular opinion on here, but I actually think the design we are ending up with is better than the original proposed. It may not be as dramatic, but I think it will age way better.
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I would have loved it if the original towers had been built, but the thing is, they were never designed to be built. These towers could not have been engineered to be built and financed in a real world — nor do they look intended to be lived in.

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I do mourn the loss of some more of the remaining Gehryesque billows that eventually got cut as well.

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This however is nothing to sneeze at. It's very elegant and fits King Street perfectly.

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My dream for Toronto is to get a true Gehry but that hope is fading. This tower is going to be a beauty but I've long wished for something like Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris or the Disney Concert Hall in LA. The base of the original plan could make for its own building if transferred to the waterfront:

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...I think it could be engineered as such with the first renders, but likely at the cost of most countries' budgets. >.<
 
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