(10-21-2019, 09:24 AM)Tony_Plow Wrote: I think this building will miss the mark a bit - uninspired design; too much glass, etc.

(10-21-2019, 01:56 PM)tomh009 Wrote:

(10-21-2019, 09:24 AM)Tony_Plow Wrote: I think this building will miss the mark a bit - uninspired design; too much glass, etc.

It's not just a glass box: the glass portion protrudes at an angle from inside a concrete shell, the glass covers only the front and maybe a third of the (Kitchener) east side of the building. There is a rooftop terrace on top of the glass portion, and the street level is quite open.

Maybe it's easier to see by reposting the render here:

(10-21-2019, 02:53 PM)Tony_Plow Wrote:

(10-21-2019, 01:56 PM)tomh009 Wrote: It's not just a glass box: the glass portion protrudes at an angle from inside a concrete shell, the glass covers only the front and maybe a third of the (Kitchener) east side of the building. There is a rooftop terrace on top of the glass portion, and the street level is quite open.

Maybe it's easier to see by reposting the render here:

Thanks - yes, I saw that previously.  The portion of the concrete shell that has been installed to date doesn't look great.  Also, from street level, the glass is overwhelming.  In this case, the rendering looks better than the actual construction.  Compare this design to Perimeter's design at King & Allen - the King & Allen design makes 345 King look like a fairly standard suburban office building.  IMO Perimeter could have done better here.  It's not terrible, but it's not great.

(10-21-2019, 05:39 PM)panamaniac Wrote: Concrete, or precast stone of some sort?  Like the glass, it seems to complement the Waterloo Trust tower in a way I hadn't expected.