canarob said:
One of the greatest Cheapenings in Toronto history?
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Size reduction excepted, I don't think it looks cheap, or much cheaper than the previous iteration.

It does look a bit less like a sore thumb, sticking out behind Falconer Hall.

Overall I'm fine w/the change, but I would have been happy were it nixed entirely. I don't like the tendency to endlessly pile more 'stuff' into campus, its plenty busy, and plenty dense for the most part. The heritage bits really ought not to be molested or crowded in by sore thumbs.
 
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Umm, I think it looks 'better' than the previous version,
but given all the angles and pointy elements in the layout and arrangement of the cladding,
you'd think that they could configure the cladding so that it blends well with the peaked roof lines of Falconer Hall....
But it doesn't.

That could be as simple as eliminating the flat roofline and creating peaks with the cladding fins instead.
... and then maybe the rooftop mechanicals would be screened
and the building would serve as a counterpoint to the Michael Lee-Chin Pavilion on the other side of the ROM.

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There already is a similarity in the angularity of the entrances.

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There’s an overwhelming meekness in the new design that looks lost and adrift- they should just restart with a modern design in stone that utilizes the same colour palette and archway motif as the ROM’s Avenue Road wing if they want something of a background building.
 
...seemingly at war with the Faculty of the Cat's Meow Design. 😼
 
Scale & balance has improved but taking fiscal shortcuts AGAIN with too much grey. More orange-less grey please.
 
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