Market Wharf by Context Development is changing the face of St. Lawrence. The eight-storey podium of the architectsAlliance-designed building is now topped out, its two uppermost floors angled jauntily over Jarvis St. The podium’s contextual massing and materials and syncopated window openings have received universal praise on Urban Toronto, extending aA’s ten year-plus architectural winning streak into the new decade. We look forward to the 32-storey tower portion of Market Wharf, currently at grade, reaching skyward in 2011, with its signature balcony railings adding some much-needed curves to Toronto’s overwhelmingly orthogonal skyline.

Jarvis Street, image by Jasonzed

By androiduk from November 20, 2010

Market Wharf Condos, image by Androiduk

Neighbourhood context by Ed007Toronto from November 7, 2010

Neighborhood context, image by Edward Skira

Looking down Market Street, image by Davin

Project rendering, image courtesy of Context Developments

Scale model, image by Carturo15

Scale model, image by catcher_of_cats

Scale model, image by catcher_of_cats