{"id":870148,"date":"2026-08-24T21:36:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T21:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/870148\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T21:36:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T21:36:20","slug":"gehry-1-0-filter-urbantoronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/870148\/","title":{"rendered":"Gehry 1.0 Filter | UrbanToronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you check out Forma \u2014 the Frank Gehry-designed condo tower rising at King and Duncan streets in Downtown Toronto \u2014 from the windows of the Scotiabank Theatre, a couple blocks to the northwest, it&#8217;s like the windows are there as a filter to bring back the original swoops in the exterior that were in Gehry&#8217;s early designs for the complex. The distortions seem to have some history baked in.<\/p>\n<p>Forma, as seen from the Scotiabank Theatre in Downtown Toronto, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor skycandy<\/p>\n<p>This image comes to us courtesy of UrbanToronto Forum contributor <a href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/forum\/threads\/toronto-forma-308m-84s-great-gulf-gehry-partners.19170\/post-2421388\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">skycandy<\/a>. Want to see your work featured as a Daily Photo? 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