{"id":15589,"date":"2023-04-19T06:15:38","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T13:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/texture-and-detail-urbantoronto\/"},"modified":"2023-04-19T06:15:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T13:15:38","slug":"texture-and-detail-urbantoronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/texture-and-detail-urbantoronto\/","title":{"rendered":"Texture and Detail | UrbanToronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p>In a city increasingly defined by the ubiquity of glass in new buildings, it can take the texture and detail found in the podium levels of The Elm and The Ledbury, two new rental towers rising near Queen and Church streets in Downtown Toronto, to remind us how much is being taken away from us when buildings are clad &#8220;only&#8221; in glass. While there is something to be said for the very cleanest of glass designs, 98% of what we get with glass includes a mess of cheap mullions covering the gaps. Here however in this image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/forum\/threads\/toronto-the-elm-the-ledbury-94-18m-28s-fitzrovia-hariri-pontarini.33288\/post-1932069\" target=\"_blank\">skycandy<\/a>, the texture of multi-shaded brick, the precast windowsills, and the patterns of shadow from the prominent brick framing adds immeasurably to a neighbourhood feeling.<\/p>\n<p><imgx alt=\"Texture and detail bring life to the exterior of The Elm and The Ledbury, now under construction in Downtown Toronto\" class=\"image-display_default\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"insert-display_default-19963827-7e26-46bf-af48-188466cde45e\" data-insert-attach=\"{\" id=\"\" data-insert-class=\"image-display_default\" data-insert-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyrisecities.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/articles\/2023\/04\/52074\/52074-156461.jpeg\" onclick=\"photo('https:\/\/cdn.skyrisecities.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/articles\/2023\/04\/52074\/52074-156461.jpeg', true, ''); return false;\" title=\"Texture and detail bring life to the exterior of The Elm and The Ledbury, now under construction in Downtown Toronto, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor skycandy\"\/><span class=\"image-description\">Texture and detail bring life to the exterior of The Elm and The Ledbury, now under construction in Downtown Toronto, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor skycandy<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Want to see your work featured as Daily Photo? You can post in the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/forum\/forums\/photos-and-videos.9\/\" target=\"_blank\">City Photos &amp; Videos<\/a>\u00a0section of the UrbanToronto Forum, or submit your images to our\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/urban_toronto\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/urbantoronto\" target=\"_blank\">UrbanToronto Flickr Pool<\/a>\u00a0for your chance to be featured on our Front Page.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">* * *<\/p>\n<p>UrbanToronto has a research service,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/Pro\/\" target=\"_blank\">UrbanToronto Pro<\/a>, that provides comprehensive data on construction projects in the Greater Toronto Area\u2014from proposal through to completion. 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