OHH and from the release page.
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Yes, and it does look wierd beside the curvy hydro building.
Yes, and it does look wierd beside the curvy hydro building.
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MaRS Discovery District Phase II (661 University Ave / 101 College St) | Complete | 23 st | 113 m | Discovery District
According to todays Globe (page A11) "next week directors of the non-profit MaRS discovery district are scheduled to announce a private-sector investment of more than $300 million to complete the second phase..."
"The new building will more than double the laboratory and office space available in the complex, making it bigger than any single office tower in the financial district...." It will grow to 1.6 million square feet by 2010. And the best part, "the potential market for research-oriented office in that district, five minutes from the hospitals in one direction, five minutes from the university in the other, is as much as 10 million square feet according to city economic-development officer Kyle Benham.
"The new building will more than double the laboratory and office space available in the complex, making it bigger than any single office tower in the financial district...." It will grow to 1.6 million square feet by 2010. And the best part, "the potential market for research-oriented office in that district, five minutes from the hospitals in one direction, five minutes from the university in the other, is as much as 10 million square feet according to city economic-development officer Kyle Benham.
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I love this complex. A nice, big, quiet food court downstairs too :cheers:
I didn't realize the design would be changed from being anything but a twin of the first (East) tower, but this looks pretty good. I wish it was a twin of the first tower, to create symmetry around the old building onsite.
I didn't realize the design would be changed from being anything but a twin of the first (East) tower, but this looks pretty good. I wish it was a twin of the first tower, to create symmetry around the old building onsite.
More equipment on site.
university avenue is going to look ridiculously impressive in 5 years. from st. clair all the way down to the lakeshore.
Has the subway entrance on that corner been demolished yet or are they going to wait until this building is done?
Walking along University Ave near St. Patrick station yesterday, it occurred to me that if Toronto ever gets a mega-supertall this is where it should / would go. The scale of the street certainly could handle it, there's some distance from the CN Tower so that it wouldn't compete with it in the skyline, and there are plenty of non-descript mid-rises in the area that no one would miss. Also, shadows over NPSquare wouldn't be an issue if located closer to Dundas and the University subway line would get a major boost, relieving some of the pressure on the Yonge line.university avenue is going to look ridiculously impressive in 5 years. from st. clair all the way down to the lakeshore.
So here's my proposal: a 130-storey, Renzo Piano / Cesar Pelli / Norman Foster-designed skyscraper with offices, courts, a hotel, a U of T dep't, gov't services, etc. Such a tower would still be 50-storeys lower than the CN Tower thereby maintaining its position as Toronto's premier landmark.
Anybody with me on this? Maldive, care to do a rendering?
I'd be okay with Piano or a top quality Foster (the firm is so big now it's become a factory of recycled gimmicks and gizmos) but Pelli does nothing for me. IMO, Richard Rogers would be perfectly suited for Toronto as well as a great rival to that British designed engineering marvel going up out westRenzo Piano / Cesar Pelli / Norman Foster-designed skyscraper with offices
^^Richard Rogers is fine by me.
Great to see this one back on the radar.
Lookin' good. Just wish they'd demolish the hyrdo building across the street.
Huh? Why? That's a great building. It has a beautiful curved facade that suits the intersection perfectly. While I'd love to see an example of this style built a lot taller, it would have to be built somewhere else because the current height is in keeping with the surrounding architecture.Lookin' good. Just wish they'd demolish the hyrdo building across the street.
Your statement is another example of someone that just doesn't understand the International Style of architecture. Sometimes less is more. Simple clean lines instead of ornate doohickeys do have their place in good architecture.
I would be very disappointed if the Hydro Building were demolished. Like it or not, it is actually a landmark building in Toronto, just not to the same degree as much taller ones.
I like the Hydro Building too. Too bad it's not taller. But I can think of many more buildings that should be demolished to make way for new projects, but this isn't one of 'em.
Any new photos?
This thread has been dead for a couple months, thought I'd breath some life into it - by asking a question! Does anyone have new photos of the site? Anything?
This thread has been dead for a couple months, thought I'd breath some life into it - by asking a question! Does anyone have new photos of the site? Anything?
no pictures, but they have been digging! it's not too deep yet, probably 10 or 15 feet. this is truly a massive footprint.
Right about that Yin, the site is massive.
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Doesn't that mean that the status needs to be changed from 'planned' to 'under construction'?
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