Tag Archives: Core Architects
20220107. A diamond in the facade of 488 University Avenue.
20210908. The interiors of the former IBM offices (John B, Parkin Associatiates, 1965) have been stripped but the facades will remain under the Crosstown III tower.
20210826. Modern August #26. Seeya Celestica as you make way for the Crosstown Community.
20210806. Modern August #6. Toronto’s modern Celestica (formerly IBM) Offices (1965) shall soon sprout buildings as high as 130 metres as the Crosstown comes to Don Mills and Eglinton.
20201021. The most brutalist part of the former Grand Hotel has been demolished.
20191021. The Stanley Condominiums have turned Church and Carlton into a high-rise intersection.
20170205. The College condominiums, aptly named for the street they are on, sport multi-coloured glass balconies on the west side catching the afternoon sun.
20170107. The contemporary Worklofts condos and the modern I-Zone Lofts have opposing diagonals.
20161214. 488 University; before an impressive concrete facade and now a glass envelope awaiting another 37 storeys.
20160820. The Fashion District’s Fashion House Condos.
20160225. Toronto’s 1972 brutalist Grand Hotel may be redeveloped into a 45 storey tower.
ERA Architects conducted the heritage impact statement. In short the building is not heritage-listed, not in a Heritage Conservation District and its height is not out of character with coming development. Amexon Development and CORE Architects Inc are behind the proposal.
20151130. The art of exuviating an International Style concrete facade.
20151109. Changing the face of Dundas and University in Toronto.
It is sad to see the facade of this 1968 International Style tower being removed and replaced with temporary walls. The office tower will be reclad in glass and 37 floors of condominiums will be added above.