New Condo: Q

http://www.qcondo.com/images/pic1.jpg

http://www.qcondo.com/building.htm

Is it just me, or does that look super awful?

been released for a while

this though is new to the market (and should please you)

www.onesherway.com

^ pics?

I think it looks great. If you're talking about the blank wall - the city mandates that so a future building can be built directly beside it creating a urban street wall. They can't put windows if a future building will rise right infront of them.

The base seems to integrate will with it's surroundings IMO.

been released for a while

this though is new to the market (and should please you)

www.onesherway.com

any other info? I donno what developers are hoping to accomplish when they don't even provide a basic address or location where the building will be built.

^ I don't like the terraced part. It reminds me for some reason of the new condos by the Gooderham I really don't care about, or something further down Queen St E. I just don't see it integrating but I've been wrong many times before.

I agree witgh you on the terraced part. It's mediocre.

"any other info? I donno what developers are hoping to accomplish when they don't even provide a basic address or location where the building will be built"

Architects Alliance designed 4 tower (2x35 & 2X30) development at Sherway Gardens - that is all

Oh okay, I seen these... Similar to SPIRE.

theres a smaller existing building that looks alot like this on King St. East.

I like the massing, I think thats a great model for infil projects. Kudos to the attempt at making the building look vernacular, thats not an easy task. What I don't like is the colour difference, seems strange.

Also reminds me of the lofts across from Trinity Park on Queen West

Yes...good infil that is both sympathetic to the surrounding old architecture, yet has a modern interpretation. This is becoming a standar "Toronto" look...I like it.

I think it is also a very good investment....that area will go from shitty to trendy in very short order.






KGB

What do you expect from a condo called "Q"? They should give us an A! :P

I like it

Its better then a slab of green or blue glass

Oh okay, I seen these... Similar to SPIRE.

errr. Just seen the new renderings. Looks like 18 Yonge.

^ pictures consarn it!

It looks good, it's urban and accomodates it's design to a future neighbouring building.

And can someone explain what they don't like about the terraced part? I think it looks great.

^ in addition to finding the colour scheme of the terraced part offensive, I also don't see the part integrating at all. It would be a much nicer building if it remained the same as at the base. I mean do people really need a balcony?

^ in addition to finding the colour scheme of the terraced part offensive, I also don't see the part integrating at all. It would be a much nicer building if it remained the same as at the base. I mean do people really need a balcony?

Grey is an offensive colour? The top part integrates by having the bottom parts details in the same colour as the terraced part.

People of course don't need a balcony, people don't need windows either, but I think the logic is the units might sell better with those features.

So I'm guessing you'd just prefer a box, instead of a setback building that has a little more definition?

"Grey is an offensive colour? The top part integrates by having the bottom parts details in the same colour as the terraced part."

Well, it should, but it doesn't really. It can't integrate to save its life except for the base.

"So I'm guessing you'd just prefer a box, instead of a setback building that has a little more definition?"

In this case, yes.

Well, it should, but it doesn't really. It can't integrate to save its life except for the base

Integrate with what? - the neighbouring buildings are the height of the base

^ exactly, and that's the part that integrates well

So then we shouldn't build anything higher than 5 storeys in that area? Notice the colour you're complaining about is white/grey, a light colour that's meant to make the building seem less oppressive to the height of the rest of the buildings on that street.

That's the same reason why the setbacks are there, in order to soften the blow that a 'box' (as you would have built there) would create. If it was a flat 10 storey wall next to a 5 storey wall it would look out of place, with this design we get the height, without it sticking out like a sore thumb.

At least that's my take on the design.

^ I don't need to be banged over the head with this, I don't like the design. I don't think it fits right on Queen. You're free to think differently, but yes, I'd prefer a 5 storied low-rise that is a box for this area.

Furthermore, I had no problems with setbacks (I guess technically it's not a box then I'll give you that), I have a problem with balconies which look cheesy.

The floorplans on this building look quite large. I couldn't seem to find any pricing on the website though.

I think it's a great infill project that pays respect to it's neighbours, enhances street-level, adds new residents and is similar to what's being seen on King St. East (which I consider a good thing). It definitely seems like Queen St. East is up and coming.

to address the terraces specifically...

as an object, the building is akward. The terraces are ridiculous.

as experienced from the street, the building would be scaled very well with its surroundings.

The part I like best about the terraced massing is that it allow for a much higher density on streets that we consider too special for typical 'highrise' development. Streets like King and Queen.

ah...it's a little difficult to pass detailed aestetics on that rendering...but it certainly seems to follow a pattern that has been highly successful so far.






KGB

Fair enough. I'll pass judgment once it's done and over.

I checked out the salescentre. The building is OK if you are buying a unit on the Queen side. Large windows and lots of light. The south side is another story. The building only extends halfway to Richmond. The Queen/Richmond complex that's to the west of it extends about 20 feet further east on Richmond than it does on Queen. Q fits in the square part. There are only windows on Queen and some smaller windows/decks on the south. If they ever build something on Richmond or on Jarvis the units facing south will have a view of an alley. They said only a three story building will go on Richmond. I wouldn't trust them on this.

Offered a ton of deals on the place even though they've barely started sales. I wasn't very impressed.