July 10, 2010 – Special Edition

Posted on: July 10th, 2010 | 3 Comments

Welcome to a special Saturday edition of Slow Home! We have a couple of exciting things we want to share with all of our viewers!

We are very pleased that the Slow Home Award winner for Best Apartment/ Loft Project in Toronto was featured in the National Post yesterday, July 09, 2010! As you will remember, the winning project was “Layout 16″ from the “Seventy5 Portland” project designed by Core Architects and developed by Freed Developments.

To read the article in the National Post, click on the link below.

National Post – Seventy5 earns award from Slow Home movement

We are also very pleased to be releasing the Slow Home video featuring “Seventy5 Portland” project and an interview with Charles Gane of Core Architects. We enjoyed having the opportunity to tour the project when we were in Toronto and we hope you enjoy the video and we look forward to your comments!

  • Mid America Mom

    Nicely done video!

    *Love the piece at the post* Sent along note to them since they listed the wrong number of points.

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    Anyone wanting to view the report on Toronto new construction? Link is here – http://theslowhome.com/the-slow-home-report/
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    Mid America Mom

  • Terri

    Congratulations on the exposure in the National Post. The video of Seventy5 Portland’s architect Charles Gane speaking about the project is interesting. He says that the suite design is straightforward, which is true, but if the overall shape is too narrow and deep, there’s almost no way not to “screw it up.” The unit that won our vote was good because of its shape.

    Although he says the eight buildings he’s worked on in the King’s area don’t adhere to a “urban design” focus, it seems obvious that doing so many in one area has given Freed Developments and Core Architects a sort of vision to focus on, so that now they are able to plan around the back alleys as well. This kind of follow-through with developments usually does lead to better design overall, IMO.

  • Grace Coulter

    I am posting a couple days late but I loved the video. Great contemporary design. I am a concrete/glass person so this building really appealed to me and even though I was not around for the initial evaluation I really like the choice. The bathroom location was my only criticism from what I observed in the clip.

    I am really interested in the fact that this is a trend of the area. Talking about the local context made the building seem much more significant and relevant than it would have otherwise.

    great pick for Toronto!
    cheers