2024-12-21T22:49:23-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150439480/pei-adds-rhythm-to-the-toronto-skyline-with-new-2221-yonge-street-design Josh Niland 2024-07-30T20:39:00-04:00 >2024-07-31T15:44:11-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d9/d9ff443cb817a92355c797ea3fb4c1ac.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The latest addition to Toronto&rsquo;s skyline,&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/pei-architects" target="_blank">PEI Architects</a>&rsquo; <a href="https://archinect.com/pei-architects/project/2221-yonge-st" target="_blank">2221 Yonge Street</a> tower, is now open after a 2022 completion. New images of the 56-story design reveal the presence of cantilevered wraparound balconies leading down to a six-story podium with a grand porte-coch&egrave;re and sloped garden, a facade concept which PEI&rsquo;s principal Li Chung (Sandi) Pei explains as a "unique design feature, rather than as appendages to a large glassy mass."&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/39889407/quadrangle-architects-ltd" target="_blank">Quadrangle Architects</a> were included on the project team for the 435,000-square-foot high-rise that includes 566 total residential suites.</p> <p>It will be joined nearby by <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/447/hariri-pontarini-architects" target="_blank">Hariri Pontarini Architects</a>' record-breaking <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1030804/one-yonge" target="_blank">Pinnacle One Yonge</a> and the proposed <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/2122649/55-yonge" target="_blank">55 Yonge</a> project from Quadrangle and <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/105861755/partisans" target="_blank">PARTISANS</a>.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/41/41c4a1ede7992da83eb89477c99d06ca.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/41/41c4a1ede7992da83eb89477c99d06ca.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: Kerun Ip, courtesy of PEI Architects</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d1/d18cd7e6fd5a9d42c1f61eb586a19dfc.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d1/d18cd7e6fd5a9d42c1f61eb586a19dfc.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: Kerun Ip, courtesy of PEI Architects</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f1/f1236aa89070ed358e79206028b54bae.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f1/f1236aa89070ed358e79206028b54bae.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: Kerun Ip, courtesy of PEI Architects</figcaption></figure>