SPA has been submitted here.

Architect on plans is LGA

Height remains 16s

Unit Count remains 175 (88 affordable)

Queen St Elevation, at grade:

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Residential Entrance at Dunn Ave Courtyard:

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@Paclo
 
AlbertC said:
Restraint design but kudos for making the Queen Street frontage competent.
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Competent?

This has to be the worst iteration of this building. Brown and gold? It looks like an awful 1980’s development.

This is Parkdale, full of red brick buildings, why would you not use red brick?

The zoning submission with the red brick base and glazed upper levels looked far better. This is just sad.
 
JacksonYodels said:
Competent?

This has to be the worst iteration of this building. Brown and gold? It looks like an awful 1980’s development.

This is Parkdale, full of red brick buildings, why would you not use red brick?

The zoning submission with the red brick base and glazed upper levels looked far better. This is just sad.
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Totally disagree, if a good quality brick is chosen, this could be quite nice. Just because the area is all red, doesnt mean everything needs to be. Saying this is sad is so dramatic - what's sad to me is the continuous glass walls at grade that are all over city. I appreciate the rhythm that this will create and maintain on the street.
 
morecolour said:
Totally disagree, if a good quality brick is chosen, this could be quite nice. Just because the area is all red, doesnt mean everything needs to be. Saying this is sad is so dramatic - what's sad to me is the continuous glass walls at grade that are all over city. I appreciate the rhythm that this will create and maintain on the street.
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Agree to disagree. I think this just poor architecture that does not pay attention to its context. It is social housing that’s drab, and looks like a prison. And who are we kidding, we already know this will not have a nice brick.

My real beef with the project is each iteration of it somehow gets worse. How does a project go from being light and inviting to one that’s so grim and grey?
 
AlbertC said:
Restraint design but kudos for making the Queen Street frontage competent.
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I think the 'retail' section has the basis of good architecture, but the two-storey lobby for the residential is a mistake as it's both inappropriate contextually and frankly just doesn't look good.

I don't know that the building has to be pastiche, but certainly this colour of brink doesn't ring true to Parkdale, and something in the red family of colours would be more apt.

The window style could also have just a bit more flare, historical or contemporary on the podium levels. That could be seen in shape, but it need not, it could be seen in trim work, in sills etc. This isn't terrible, but it's not great, and it draws attention to itself.

It's the combination that I see as problematic. If you want to have a pared-back style to keep costs down, fine, but then blend into the background as much as possible.

If you're going to do 'look-at-me'; you really ought to create something worth looking at, that makes sense.

I don't think it need cost much more than what's proposed. Going to a one-storey lobby should save money, or produce an extra suite; The odd angles on the 'columns' between windows likely cost extra and don't have value, they could be squared off. A change in brick colour shouldn't add to the bill either.

A bit of flourish around the windows might add a tiny bit, but if only applied to the Queen-facing podium shouldn't cost more than 1/10th of what's in the contingency.
 
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