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Toronto Waterfront Boards
The competition entry boards from the 5 teams on the Toronto Waterfront can be viewed here.
Thirty-eight design teams from 15 countries on four continents submitted proposals for the competition. The five teams selected to compete are:
- Foster and Partners, London UK and Atelier Dreiseitl, Uberlingen, Germany
- Stan Allen Architects, Princeton and Sarah Whiting and Ron Witte Architects, Princeton
- Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, New York and MartÃÂnez Lapena-Torres Architects, Barcelona
- West 8, Rotterdam and du Toit Allsopp Hillier, Toronto
- Snøhetta, Norway, Sasaki Associates, New York, nARCHITECTS, New York, Weisz + Yoes Architecture, New York, H3, New York, Balmori Associates, New York and Halcrow Yolles HPA, New York
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the p.o.r.t. boards left me with a odd sense of deja vu
http://www.wtcsitememorial.org/ent/entI=706382.html
Points + Lines >>> Loops and Lilies?
I can’t fathom a homogenous swath of Orange playfully traced across such a vast waterfront. It seems all schemes put forth by the architecture contingents threw the gamut of catch-phrases, iconic buildings, kayak slips and romantic skating rinks (note that Lake Ontario never freezes), all missing the mark that Geuze started to reveal.
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