#254 l Toronto Dominion Bank Tower l TORONTO l 223m l 56fl

RafflesCity · April 18th, 2003, 09:43 PM

Toronto Dominion Bank Tower
Toronto, Canada

HEIGHT: 223m/731 feet
FLOORS: 56 floors
COMPLETION: 1969
ARCHITECT: Bregman + Hamann Architects/ John B. Parkin Associates/ Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

The TD Centre consists of six towers: the Ernst & Young Tower, Royal Trust Tower, Canadian Pacific Tower, 95 Wellington, Maritime Life Tower, and the tallest of them all, the TD Bank Tower. Aside from these six towers, there is a pavilion at the base of the TD Bank Tower that houses the TD Canada Trust Main Branch (known as the Toronto Dominion Main Branch).

The original idea for the TD Centre was to create the largest concrete building in the British Commonwealth at that time. With the advent of several obstacles despite key connections, the original idea was scrapped and Mies van der Rohe entered into the picture. The TD Centre was commissioned by Allen Lambert, the chairman of the Toronto Dominion Bank until his retirement in 1978.

The building features the typical Mies van der Rohe's black steel I-shaped beam on the facade. The building is basically comprised of black steel elements and glazing.

Also as part of the complex, the old Toronto Stock Exchange building was incorporated and converted into the Design Exchange building that can be accessed from Bay Street or inside the complex.

There are many renovations ongoing in the underground levels but the main structure and facades remain the way they were since the 1960s.

April 18th, 2003, 09:51 PM

5 Not the worst building, it looks somewhat good for international style... but this is another example why I think Toronto's skyline is extremely boring and conservative!

April 19th, 2003, 05:35 AM

6.5/10

SteelCity32 · April 19th, 2003, 06:08 AM

BIG BOX. 4/10

Muse · April 20th, 2003, 08:49 AM

Big sleek box with the Mies van der Rohe touch. With an army of smaller boxes around it! Talk about "box city"!

7.5

***Taller, Better*** · December 12th, 2005, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Muse

Big sleek box with the Mies van der Rohe touch. With an army of smaller boxes around it! Talk about "box city"!

7.5

how fortunate for you that your city (Sydney) was spared any "boxes" by
international architects in the 60's.

April 20th, 2003, 01:22 PM

Boxiness is not a problem here, but a solution.

hugo_hlv · March 8th, 2005, 04:34 PM

7/10

RafflesCity · April 20th, 2003, 05:02 PM

7/10

Nice shiny and boxy. Works well with its surroundings.

renell · April 20th, 2003, 05:04 PM

6.5 not the ugliest box i've seen, but it is still a box

Wu-Gambino · April 23rd, 2003, 10:03 PM

8.5/10

Nice windows and the shape is nice.

Liz L · April 25th, 2003, 02:40 AM

6.5/10 - THe facade catches the light well, and the slim spandrels and mullions provide a touch of contrast; are the windowless floors sky lobbies, as in the old WTC, I wonder? But still...
Maybe I'm just crabby today, but while it isn't a really ugly box, it's still a box, confound it....

Byron · April 27th, 2003, 06:14 PM

i give it an 8.5, looking by who its designed and the time at which it was built, it is one of the defining buildings in this city, and even after 36 years it retains beauty and looks very modern. these pictures arent too flattering as well so i can see your point of view as seeing it as "just another box"

Byron · April 27th, 2003, 06:18 PM

by the way s.com says it was completed in 1967.

***Chad*** · April 27th, 2003, 07:14 PM

The TD Tower formed by the impacted of The Chase Manhattan Plaza in New York City........8/10

The Messiah · April 28th, 2003, 01:18 AM

Yeah it's allright.Nothing special ofcourse about the design.It's just that the facade does it. 6.0.10

Jase Calvin · April 28th, 2003, 08:54 PM

I was gonna say that it looked like a Mies Van Der Rohe before I saw his name on the credits. It's quite boring really, and it looks just like the shorter boxes around it. Its only redeeming features are its height and passable facade. 3.5/10.

KGB · May 1st, 2003, 07:13 PM

You guys are insane LOL!!!

One of my favorite modern buildings period, by probably the best modern architect.

And it was completed in 1967...it's 46-storey compadre, Royal Trust Tower was completed in 1969.

KGB

May 4th, 2003, 10:32 PM

Ummm... I've seen worst. 6.5/10

TropicalSQ744 · May 10th, 2003, 03:55 PM

Its one of the better boxes.. still as bad though

6.5/10

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10	54	19.01%
9.5	11	3.87%
9	19	6.69%
8.5	13	4.58%
8	26	9.15%
7.5	22	7.75%
7	35	12.32%
6.5	17	5.99%
6	23	8.10%
5.5	5	1.76%
5	27	9.51%
4.5	4	1.41%
4	9	3.17%
3.5	4	1.41%
3 or less	15	5.28%
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April 18th, 2003, 09:43 PM	#1
RafflesCity By Spirit Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S I N G A P O R E Posts: 26,215 Likes (Received): 2	#254 l Toronto Dominion Bank Tower l TORONTO l 223m l 56fl Toronto Dominion Bank Tower Toronto, Canada HEIGHT: 223m/731 feet FLOORS: 56 floors COMPLETION: 1969 ARCHITECT: Bregman + Hamann Architects/ John B. Parkin Associates/ Ludwig Mies van der Rohe The TD Centre consists of six towers: the Ernst & Young Tower, Royal Trust Tower, Canadian Pacific Tower, 95 Wellington, Maritime Life Tower, and the tallest of them all, the TD Bank Tower. Aside from these six towers, there is a pavilion at the base of the TD Bank Tower that houses the TD Canada Trust Main Branch (known as the Toronto Dominion Main Branch). The original idea for the TD Centre was to create the largest concrete building in the British Commonwealth at that time. With the advent of several obstacles despite key connections, the original idea was scrapped and Mies van der Rohe entered into the picture. The TD Centre was commissioned by Allen Lambert, the chairman of the Toronto Dominion Bank until his retirement in 1978. The building features the typical Mies van der Rohe's black steel I-shaped beam on the facade. The building is basically comprised of black steel elements and glazing. Also as part of the complex, the old Toronto Stock Exchange building was incorporated and converted into the Design Exchange building that can be accessed from Bay Street or inside the complex. There are many renovations ongoing in the underground levels but the main structure and facades remain the way they were since the 1960s. Last edited by ZZ-II; October 8th, 2009 at 05:10 PM.

April 19th, 2003, 06:08 AM	#4
SteelCity32 Don't be that guy! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 1,098 Likes (Received): 0	BIG BOX. 4/10 __________________ I often dream of huge numb buildings, jet black sinister architecture. Being installed when nobody sees. Their appearence so sudden that few would take notice.

March 8th, 2005, 04:34 PM	#8
hugo_hlv Huelva,Puerta dl Atlntico Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Huelva Posts: 1,423 Likes (Received): 0	7/10 __________________ Huelva capital, destino turístico

April 20th, 2003, 05:04 PM	#10
renell Here Since 2002 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Sydney/Metro Manila Posts: 6,715 Likes (Received): 2	6.5 not the ugliest box i've seen, but it is still a box __________________ dafuq I've been here ten years?!

April 18th, 2003, 09:51 PM	#2
Evergrey Guest Posts: n/a Likes (Received):	5 Not the worst building, it looks somewhat good for international style... but this is another example why I think Toronto's skyline is extremely boring and conservative!

April 19th, 2003, 05:35 AM	#3
BGT Guest Posts: n/a Likes (Received):	6.5/10

April 20th, 2003, 08:49 AM	#5
Muse Supernature Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Sydney Posts: 8,630 Likes (Received): 7	Big sleek box with the Mies van der Rohe touch. With an army of smaller boxes around it! Talk about "box city"! 7.5

April 20th, 2003, 01:22 PM	#7
airsickpenthousedweller Guest Posts: n/a Likes (Received):	Boxiness is not a problem here, but a solution.

April 20th, 2003, 05:02 PM	#9
RafflesCity By Spirit Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S I N G A P O R E Posts: 26,215 Likes (Received): 2	7/10 Nice shiny and boxy. Works well with its surroundings.

April 23rd, 2003, 10:03 PM	#11
Wu-Gambino Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 2,679 Likes (Received): 2	8.5/10 Nice windows and the shape is nice. Last edited by Wu-Gambino; July 1st, 2004 at 01:35 AM.

April 25th, 2003, 02:40 AM	#12
Liz L Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 403 Likes (Received): 0	6.5/10 - THe facade catches the light well, and the slim spandrels and mullions provide a touch of contrast; are the windowless floors sky lobbies, as in the old WTC, I wonder? But still... Maybe I'm just crabby today, but while it isn't a really ugly box, it's still a box, confound it.... __________________ Liz L Art Deco rules!

April 27th, 2003, 06:14 PM	#13
Byron Never Nude Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 676 Likes (Received): 0	i give it an 8.5, looking by who its designed and the time at which it was built, it is one of the defining buildings in this city, and even after 36 years it retains beauty and looks very modern. these pictures arent too flattering as well so i can see your point of view as seeing it as "just another box" __________________ Harvard's Memory Loss Clinic, established in 1952, 1967, and for the first time in 1981.

April 27th, 2003, 06:18 PM	#14
Byron Never Nude Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 676 Likes (Received): 0	by the way s.com says it was completed in 1967. __________________ Harvard's Memory Loss Clinic, established in 1952, 1967, and for the first time in 1981.

April 27th, 2003, 07:14 PM	#15
*Chad* Kickimus Gluteus Maximus Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Bangkok Posts: 36,256 Likes (Received): 292	The TD Tower formed by the impacted of The Chase Manhattan Plaza in New York City........8/10 __________________ You have the right to remain silent, everything you say will be misquoted and used against you in the forum -Imate pravo da ?utite, sve što budete rekli može i bi?e upotrebljeno protiv vas na forumu You know you love me. XOXO.

April 28th, 2003, 01:18 AM	#16
The Messiah Finishing this fight Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Middelburg(The Netherlands) Posts: 1,301 Likes (Received): 1	Yeah it's allright.Nothing special ofcourse about the design.It's just that the facade does it. 6.0.10 __________________ The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 2 characters.

April 28th, 2003, 08:54 PM	#17
Jase Calvin Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Posts: 282 Likes (Received): 0	I was gonna say that it looked like a Mies Van Der Rohe before I saw his name on the credits. It's quite boring really, and it looks just like the shorter boxes around it. Its only redeeming features are its height and passable facade. 3.5/10.

May 1st, 2003, 07:13 PM	#18
KGB Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: TO Posts: 5,820 Likes (Received): 1	You guys are insane LOL!!! One of my favorite modern buildings period, by probably the best modern architect. And it was completed in 1967...it's 46-storey compadre, Royal Trust Tower was completed in 1969. KGB

May 4th, 2003, 10:32 PM	#19
X-seed 4000 Guest Posts: n/a Likes (Received):	Ummm... I've seen worst. 6.5/10

May 10th, 2003, 03:55 PM	#20
TropicalSQ744 Boeing 747-412 9V-SPK Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Singapore (Yishun) Posts: 383 Likes (Received): 0	Its one of the better boxes.. still as bad though 6.5/10 __________________ Singapore Roars! into SSC - Visit our forum today! Lion City in the sun, Tropical paradise on earth ----------------------------------------------------- Skyscrapers.com - Stuff on architectural styles, facade materials and building structures etc. \| HowStuffWorks.com - Skyscrapers \| Popular Science mag - How high can they build? \| Popular Science mag - New sturdier, safer, and smarter skyscrapers. \| Asian forumers post count thread \| Asian and Middle Eastern Skyscraper Forums Stats thread \| Singapore U/C thread

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