GLAS CONDOMINIUM

A stringent Modernism drives the design of Gläs, a 16-storey condominium near the intersection of King Street West and Spadina Avenue. Located on a constrained site in the city’s Fashion District, Gläs fully occupies its downtown street corner location with an austere palette of black brick, clear and spandrel glass set in charcoal-coloured mullions, and stainless steel detailing. The first nine floors are built out to the edge of the site, which is bounded by narrow city streets on three sides; the building steps back at the tenth floor, deferring to the rooflines of neighbouring warehouse buildings.

Gläs is infused with an elegant, tough-minded urbanism, with brushed steel entrance doors that open directly onto the sidewalk, exposed concrete structural elements throughout the building, and floor-to-ceiling windows that flood each unit with natural light.

Gläs houses 163 units in a variety of configurations including flats, lofts, and double-height penthouses. Interior ceiling heights range from 9’ to 20’. Above grade, units let out onto large terraces or balconies along the west and south sides of the building. On the north face of the building, two-storey “loft houses” accessed from the street extend along the length of the building. Access to three levels of underground is via a private vehicular elevator, located off the laneway on the south side of the building.

Niche Development
TORONTO, CANADA
2009
$60 MILLION
13,033 m2
163 UNITS