rdaner
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Taken 18 June.
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ImmenselyMental
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Here is one photo I took of this project from across Devonshire Place yesterday morning:
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DavidCapizzano
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Looks like the first cladding panels have appeared!
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
It looks a lot darker and less woody than I was expecting.
Northern Light
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Photos taken yesterday, July 3rd, 2025:
First from Bedford, peeking out over St. George Stn.
Now closer:
Now for a better look at that cladding:
Uhhhhh........
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Finally, from the south:
First from Bedford, peeking out over St. George Stn.
Now closer:
Now for a better look at that cladding:
Uhhhhh........
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Finally, from the south:
DarwinP
Active Member
That’s the cladding? That’s unfortunate. Looks nothing like the render. Looks like a greenish brown.yikes
postpostmodern
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For the record, the renderings in the database are out of date. The cladding colour has changed, and the 'wings' at the top removed. Looks like a round of VE occured.
I do agree that the warmer wood toned cladding was better.
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I do agree that the warmer wood toned cladding was better.
U of T constructing Canada’s tallest academic timber building
The Academic Wood Tower will serve as a beacon for green architecture and provide spaces for three of U of T's faculties and schools.
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DarwinP
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So they made the design less interesting and the cladding uglier. Great..For the record, the renderings in the database are out of date. The cladding colour has changed, and the 'wings' at the top removed. Looks like a round of VE occured.
I do agree that the warmer wood toned cladding was better.
U of T constructing Canada’s tallest academic timber building
The Academic Wood Tower will serve as a beacon for green architecture and provide spaces for three of U of T's faculties and schools.
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UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
...that grey looks horribly depressing, IMO. /bleh
ImmenselyMental
Active Member
Rising into the view from Robarts Library towards Yorkville, as seen on the left (if you look closely, cladding installation is slightly further ahead on the west side of the tower)
Northern Light
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rdaner
Senior Member
Taken 10 July.
ImmenselyMental
Active Member
I have not posted the view from St. George Street looking east to this tower, as I usually take photos of this project from the northeast corner of Varsity Centre, but I took photos from both perspectives yesterday evening:
ImmenselyMental
Active Member
The external elevator shaft has grown by three floors in the two weeks since my most recent photo in this thread; photo from noon today:
70Challenger
Active Member
For once I would have preferred an low-reflectance glass curtain wall, just to show off the beautiful wood structure.