One King Street West, Heritage skyscraper in Financial District, Toronto, Canada
One King Street West is a 51-storey, 176-metre condo hotel completed in 2006, its blue-glass tower rising from the 1914 Dominion Bank Building by Darling and Pearson. The stone base has rows of rectangular windows and arched windows near its top, with carved panels between lower floors. Four floors were added above the heritage building.
The Dominion Bank Building, an early 13-storey skyscraper designed by Darling and Pearson, was completed in 1914. The neighbouring Michie & Co. Grocers & Wine Merchant at 7 King Street West was demolished in 2001 to clear the site. Construction of the attached tower ran from 2002 to 2005, and the complex opened in 2006 with four floors added atop the heritage building.
The Grand Banking Hall, with its Corinthian columns and tall windows, now serves as a meeting room with a bar. The lobby bar is named Teller's Bar, a reference to the building's banking past. The basement bank vault can be booked for private meetings or meals.
The building contains 575 residential and commercial suites spread between the historic base and the contemporary tower. Eight elevators serve all floors, making navigation through this mixed-use complex straightforward for residents and visitors.
The tower is only 17 metres wide but 52 metres deep, a ratio of 1 to 11 that far exceeds the 1 to 4 or 1 to 6 usual for skyscrapers. Engineers had to work specifically to limit sway at the top of the 176-metre structure. The building also holds a six-storey atrium planted with tropical vegetation.
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