Scotia Plaza
Toronto, USA

HEIGHT: 275m/902 feet
FLOORS: 68 floors
COMPLETION: 1989
ARCHITECT: WZMH Architects

Headquarters of the Bank of Nova Scotia, this 220,000m² developments integrates historical buildings with a new 68 storey high rise office tower in the heart of the downtown financial district. An 11 storey atrium links the new red Napoleon granite clad office tower with the historic limestone bank building and provides a significant new main entrance to the existing bank branch. Below grade, a pedestrian concourse connects this $350M development with the extensive Toronto underground retail walkway system as well as with the Toronto transit system. Parking for 450 cars is provided below grade.

http://tinypic.com/5wqia

http://tinypic.com/5wqhg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/319to-11203-3.jpg

http://photo.starblvd.net/RateOurTalls/3-4-4-1079768982?m=1&pg=2&ro=3&co=3

http://photo.starblvd.net/RateOurTalls/3-4-5-1079769091?m=1&pg=2&ro=3&co=4

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/toronto13.jpg

http://tinypic.com/5wqpy

http://tinypic.com/5wqp5

http://www.wzmh.com/Introduction/introduction.htm

It's ok but not exciting.

7/10

IT's TALL! 9/10

8/10

Nice.

my favorite Toronto skyscraper!!...I love the design, shape and yes...even the color!!...and it's got height....9.5/10

Love it's colours and it's sleek shape. Anything but boxy.

9/10

the cousin tower of SF's B of A .. . i really like this one . . 8.5/10

The color is great, it's sleek and it's nice and it carries its height quite well. One of my T.O. favs ->9/10

Love that flat-bed scanner look of this one. Great form.

My favourite in Toronto also.

9.5

by far and away Toronto's best

9!

tays

7.5/10 - Takes to the sky really well, and the vertical setbacks add a lot to the shape; there's also good contrast between the broad and narrow faces. It's definitely not just anoter box.
The major problem is the facade - it's sleek and catches the light nicely from some angles, but, outside of the cutout "V" at the top, is somehow a bit bland when it's not dancing with the light...once again, all those little windows remind me of holes in a cheese grater...

i love it, its got a very interesting design. The top, i dont know what to say, its just awesom! Its a great landmark as there are not many tall buildings nearby. its all Toronto has to offer;)
10

My favourite TO Skyscraper! :)

If this thing was in New York or Chicago, people would be praising it up the Yingyang :)

Hows about an interior shot...one of the atriums

http://www.worldisround.com/photos/299/352.jpg?1



KGB

very ugly building but looks tall[show in the first pic];)

Pablo, ugly building?

Toronto's best... very unique, nothing else like it in the world. 9/10.

a 7.5/10:rant: ;) :D

8.5/10

Proabably my favoirte in Toronto.

8/10

Cool!! very tall 2:D

Best in Toronto. Would have been over 1000 ft. if they had of neglected the look of the tower. 10/10

My favouite Toronto building and it's so tall
9/10

10/10... 'cause it's a canadian building. i'm biased.. :cool:

I have been there before... Nothing special, really ;o)

one side looks good but the other one looks flat 7

Total drivel, architecturally speaking. Not grossly offensive, but making no statement whatever except "let's cram a lot of corner offices into this thing." I rate it a 4.

Nice interior!

7.5/10

Totally kickass building. My favorite in Toronto.

Beautiful too.

9/10

Not bad. I sound like a broken record here, but I am giving out yet another 7.5/10.

Oh yeah!:)I really like these kind of towers.This one really looks because of it's colour and slimmines!
9.5/10

Edit!

It doesn't get much better than this, IMO. It is the best that canada has to offer and it is top 5 in the world IMO. In person it was spectacular...so thin yet so tall, it was incredible to stand next to. 9.5

Standing on King looking up at this beauty is in my opinion an absolute necessity for any true skyscraper buff. A truely breath taking building to see in person!

I dont think alot of people realize the size of this building its mammoth, especially in its width. Thats what makes this building so spectacular to me.

I work at Scotia Plaza on the top floor (68th floor). It has great views from all sides and spacious floor plans. Not much to complain about except when the fire alarm rings and it is a long way down the stairs.

I worked on the 68th trading floor as well a few years ago. The view northwards from the kitchen is very nice considering nobody is tall enough back there to block the view.

Too simplified in form, which to me dosent seem to lend it that air of grace. A 7/10 from me.

7 Another example of Toronto's conservative architecture

Makes me want to start counting the windows, but doesn't strike me as a building.

Interesting how this scraper gives u different impressions when viewed at different angles... :) I like how it looks slim at one side but massive when viewed from the front.. Not bad :cool:

8.5/10

You are right shorty, If you stand in the intersection of Bay and King streets it is just amazing how tall and slim this tower is, plus that in that corner you also have the Fisrt canadian place, the commerce court and the TD tower all of them are TO's tallest, while I lived in Toronto that was my favorite spot.

9/10 my fave in Toronto.

Absolute stunning building...9/10

9.5/10
An amazing building. So sleek and tall. :)

cool, very cool

8,5/10

7/10

Not bad but not great either. Nothing to write home about but it is pleasantly tall and slim.

Looks Texan for some reason.........?

this one is my favorite in canada with montreals tallest. 10

7.5/10

7/10

7/10...I like the unique reddish color chosen as well as it's slim shape as it makes the building soar gracefully. I don't like the change in facade that leads to the top, it's unnecessary.

Nice design, im not so sure about the color though...8/10

nice forms

8.5

It became my favorite Toronto skyscraper before it was even completed. Interesting and unique in both design and color; it's a welcome addition to the Toronto skyline. It's not a building to be confused with any other. If only it were twenty or thirty stories taller, then you'd really have something!

I'm wavering between 8.5 and 9, but since I'm a lifelong Scotiabank customer, I'll let my bias count for half a point. :D

9.5/10

I love its design and colors.

8.5/10

For the front is not very special but the diferents angles 8.5/10:)

7.5/10
Very Tall but has a plain design, I don't like the colour much.

is boring, very simple,But I like it the color and the materials 7/10

Impressive in every detail, the 130' high Atrium features imported granite finishes throughout - and the same Tennessee marble that distinguishes the original Bank of Nova Scotia building on King Street. The Atrium links the past to the present in impressive fashion.

The Atrium is also a showcase for selected artwork from the Bank's distinguished collection. Decorating the north wall of the original banking headquarters is a magnificent marble bas-relief sculpture portraying workers from Canada's past, which is counter pointed on the south wall of the Atrium by the largest oil painted abstract mural ever commissioned in Canada - measuring over 100' high! The focal point of the Atrium is the "Circle of Provinces", a highly stylized banking service counter with dramatic columns and a circular top showcasing provincial coats of arms. Staffed by Scotiabank tellers during regular business hours, it offers a full complement of banking services.

http://www.scotiaplaza.com/about_overview.asp

http://www.scotiaplaza.com/images/about_scotia_plaza/overview/atrium_big.jpg

http://www.scotiaplaza.com/images/about_scotia_plaza/overview/clock_big.jpg

http://www.scotiaplaza.com/images/about_scotia_plaza/overview/waterfall_big.jpg

Typical floor plan
http://www.execusuite.com/scotiamap.jpg

8/10 Like the shape.

I don't like it much, but it looks so tall!! 7/10

nothing really special about this one. like the brown facade, but they should try something else beside that v shaped setback.

8/10

Trully glorious! One of my favs ever! 10/10

7.5/10

Very slim and dominant, love the color too!!

gave it an 8, I like its cool white colour. It would look better with more designs...

ughh, how dumb am i? I was thinking of the first canadian place...well anyways...shoulda gave it a 9-9.5... just to say, this skyscraper is one of my favourite ones in canada!

9/10

While others said this did not "remind them of a building", I think this feels more like a stereotypical building. I like the color, and the massive yet slim feel this building conveys. I like the Setback on one side, and all the vertical strips and corners as well. The color is great, and this building really stands out. A little too unbroken in the vertical dimension for me, needs some horizontal detailing, but all in all a spectacular building.

I see this thing everyday, nice facade for Toronto.

8,5 / 10
Nice building!

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/28toronto-downtownaerial.jpg


10/10 :)

Photographs beautifully.

8/10

I like the sawtooth design - reminds me of the main shaft of the BankWest tower in my hometown, and the colour is distinctive too. 8/10.

I love it a whole lot but it's a little too skinny for my taste's. 9.5/10

i like it 9/10

like the V feature at the top, but the rest is only average! 6

I like the slimness.. 8/10

6.5

Doesn't really do anything for me.

I like it, it's super and it's tall! 8.5/10

One of the most beautiful skyscraper ever built. 10.

8,5/10 - I like it!

8

I never really liked this bldg much but then in my mind I moved it to Chicago and I could appreciate it more then. I wouldn't necessarily want it as a landmark tower and I'd like it better w/out the V. Perhaps it's just that it doesn't look good in TO's skyline...... maybe after a few taller ones are built? Holds its own, tho.

9.0

Its alright 6/10

like the hieght, love the design 9/10

This is one of the most beautifully constructed buildings in the world (yeah, right). A single tower worth in excess of a billion greenbacks in 2004 dollars.

If God is in the details (and She definitely is) this is as good as it gets.

If you have a connecting flight to Timbuktu via Toronto, take a taxi to King and Bay and look up at this edifice.

Then go home and take a look at how your favorite skyscraper was constructed.

8/10

Heh, imagine my surprise when the rest of the world thinks it's Toronto's best and holding a respectable position at #26.

9.5/10

Ehem.....6/10

For anyone that doesn't like this building, you don't know the first thing about architecture. Go play with your Lego blocks.

Some of the criticisms are laughable.

8.5/10 Very nice building all around. Much more interesting than the taller Bank of Montreal building (or whatever it's called now.)

Definately not an eyesore!!...one of the better ones to look when I am in Toronto...

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20040529/RIMG5697.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20040529/RIMG5715.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20040529/RIMG5794.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20040529/RIMG6193.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20040529/RIMG6194.jpg

Great, great building. Very original and creative. I give it an 8/10. :okay:

A terrible colour. One of the most unattractive skyscrapers in the world.

One of the best skyscrapers. 9.5.

not a big fan of brown buildings, design is cool

8.5/10

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20050326/RIMG0386.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20050326/RIMG0388.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20050326/RIMG0391.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20050326/RIMG0392.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20050326/RIMG0394.jpg

nice pics hkskyline :O

Scotia Plaza is my favourite in Toronto.

http://img10.exs.cx/img10/3241/p10007882kk.jpg

best tower in toronto....beautiful..........my fav...

Too wide for my liking and I don't like the colour. 6

Its ok but i don't like the colour 6/10

4/10 Not my style.

Shapeshifting building ^^
The design is really nice, and the color scheme works well. Lighting seems completely uninteresting :-(
7.5

Maroon Red
http://img173.echo.cx/img173/3070/5wqia7oo.jpg

Not sure how I feel about this one. One minute I love it and the next I hate it. The design is neat to look at but it seems uninspired. The color is ok till you see it against the skyline. I definitely like the shape and the way it looks from different angles. I kinda I wish it had been a bit shorter to make the setbacks better-proportioned with the rest of the building.

10.

6.5/10

It's a tall box with some PoMo setbacks,I don't like the blending.

8.5/10 Nice cladding!

5.

classic 9/10

The colour is really strange, but the shape is very nice and original. 8,5/10

7/10.

Great...! very elegant... 10 points..!

:cheers:

I like the thinness of it and the design at the top!

7/10

7.5/10

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20050624/RIMG0277.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/toronto/20050624/RIMG0291.jpg

10/10

it looks very nice.. 8.5

Tall but ugly, and that colour is awful. 5/10.

7/10

8/10

7/10

8.0/10.0

9.0

Looks pretty good but not really my style.

7/10

8/10

nice one!
i love this tower
10

8.5 Good slim

Nice colour of the facade, 9/10

looks so narrow on some angles
8/10

75/ 100

I'm gonna give this a ten because this is my most favourite skyscraper in the whole country of Canada! Haha.

9/10 unique

this is a great gesign. It has a lot of personality 9.0

Very beautiful, thanks!

7/10

the best in T.O..and 1 of the most beautiful buildings in the world...amazing design and colour.i just luv it...

by far and away Toronto's best

9!,5/10

best in toronto in think.
8.5/10

Nice and tall, but a bit too brown, 7.5/10

6,5/10

I don´t like very much the designe and colours tone used, probaly it don´t be the best structure in TO

9.5/10. Wow, such soaring height. Ordinarily all those square windows would be too much for me but I love the rich red earthy tones and the beautiful cut out at the top. Magnificent.

7/10. I hate the colour.

My favourite in Toronto. The atrium is spectacular. Quality inside and out.

http://static.flickr.com/33/52600164_08430cef26_o.jpg

Nice design, except that triangular thing on the top

I think its great but buildings hardly look clean in red. This building looks like it was made of clay. lol 8/10

9.5/10

8,5/10

7.5/10

nice 8/10

6.5/10. I don't like it! :bash:

Its okay 8/10

nice 8/10, I got my $$$$ in it.

10/10

9/10

Pic by Kappa21


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v664/pushtak/Toronto%20-%20November42005/PIC_0360.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/24/66034520_95f48de18f_b.jpg
Best skyscraper in Toronto

Best skyscraper in Toronto.

Would have rated it higher if the glass in the V section on top were even more reflective.

Classy.

8.5/10

Cheers,

Adam

Nice shape and good cladding 8/10

Nothing special but thats just me. 7/10

Nothing special?

The colour... the shape? And people call it a box.

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/4397/70315253c58a210960o6tf.jpg

8/10

I'm glad they chose beauty over height, now for FCP...

8.5/10

I like it, nice and sleek. 7/10

Mon ville a la tour en second lieu la plus grande à Toronto, très bien. Le Banque de Scotia a une texture étonnante et J'aime le bâtiment. Si j'ai la chance, je voudrais l'acheter. Wow, now with my English. This building is totally Toronto born, what's the point on trying to fit this in another city? Well, this doesn't make scenes, or well, good job. Nothing to say about this batiment (Building). 9/10.

Here's a closeup of the side
http://static.flickr.com/20/72147533_2baa85a95d_b.jpg

I like the shape.. 8/10

From the ground, 902 feet up, without a spire
http://static.flickr.com/42/79547812_7ffc0bacab_b.jpg

Love it. 10

7/10

6/10

Sleek elegant and regal with good color and shine. The best in Toronto, one of if not the best of Canada. 9/10

I Like it. 8/10.

7/10

6/10... it looks ok but the colour is sooo ugly :bash:

Wow, I've never heard of this but what a cool building :shocked:
I has a strong vertical feeling.
And the facade color is very striking.
I like it a lot 9/10

7/10 Looks bland from afar

10/10

I like this scraper 9/10

A nice clean and handsome post modern piece that gets additional points for size.

8.5/10

http://static.flickr.com/43/110978895_cfddc1d0d1_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/36/107019847_8ee5d06ba1_b.jpg

dark and uninspiring. 5/10

http://static.flickr.com/46/125300065_fce5fc37c1_b.jpg

best canadian scraper,,, and in person looks even better, the horizontal - vertical proportions are very good,

10/10

Here it is, peeking out of other towers...

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/6281/april0906downtownshotsxibetter.jpg

I love the facade, very sleek. If only they made it a different color. :dunno:

7/10

I love the facade, very sleek. If only they made it a different color. :dunno:

The colours represent the Company Scotia Bank

It is unique, and adds colour to the skyline....9/10

Love the colour. 9/10

6,5

great building for sure, but no special work to the architecture

A lot of corner offices... I give it an 8.5 because the coloring is odd.

8/10

My favourite in Toronto... Possibly Canada?

Canada's best 8/10

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/poto111/xDSCN1045.jpg

8,5

6.0/10

Tall and the color is quite a rare. Nice...
3rd pic in the 1st post look really close to Trump Tower.

breathtaking! One of Toronto's best!

5/10

design is pretty good ,colour is :puke: 6/10

design is pretty good ,colour is :puke: 6/10

The colour on this building is fantastic! Come' On! 9/10

Too bad it doesn't come in black. ;) But I do like the sleek shape of it. :laugh:

Here are two pictures I took a week ago of this building. I think the colour is very nice!

http://img421.imageshack.us/img421/391/may2706tdcentreviewsi2il.jpg

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/7919/may2706tdcentreviewsiii4yf.jpg

I think 20 years from now it will still look handsome, when some of the questionable novelty buildings going up now look dated and kitchy.

I like the building but not the colour.

My favorite Toronto's tower. 8/10

a kind of building i love very much 9/10

I love this building...I can see it from my roof top in York!..It's very tall and beatiful. I just love it, it's so elegant. Definetly a change from boxy buildings in Toronto!

8/10

I like the color and the black at the top. I dont like the angle with the horizontal setbacks.

7.5/10 not bad

7/10

I'm not sure about the choice of color.

9/10

6/10

9.5/10

7.5

I love the design1!!

9/10. I like it!

It looks awesome! 9/10

i saw this one and it is sooo beutiful! :)

8.5 because that brown color makes it look uglier than it should be.

Yeah, it's tall .. 7/10

7/10 :wink2:

7/10.

8/10

it looks nice 9/10

8/10

I like it, 8/10. Plus it has my provinces name attacted to it!

9/10

A very classy looking building. 10/10

My favorite skyscraper in T.O. 9/10

Awful colour killed not so bad building. Because of its narrow shape seems to be very high- and that's good. I dont like the top. Elevation would look better with another colour, really...No more than 7/10

http://static.flickr.com/102/271341238_7489af5461_b.jpg

8.5 / 10

I think the colour really suits the building, since it's the 'scotia bank colour', though i agree it's a bit unattractive. It's sleek, and aesthetically pleasing. It's tall too. Never been to Toronto, but yeah, better than any of the towers in my city. So 9.5/10

One of my favourite buildings in the world.

the color in the building really adds personality to it. the design is simplistic, yet, one of the great results of it

9

8/10

Cool :)

7/10

nothing that interesting
6.5/10

Unique color, though not my favorit. Otherwise a fairly elegant yet conventional skyscraper. 8/10

8/10;)

8.5 nice.

:wave: 9/10 ok

nothing that interesting
6.5/10

My thoughts exactly...:2cents:

i have seen similar somewhere... nothing special
i think i voted 6 ...

i voted 10

8/10

nice, but that red color :(