Sprouting from Toronto's Yonge and Bloor intersection, the enormous new tower known as The One is pretty impossible to miss — both through its visual prominence and its saga of construction setbacks along with disastrous financial and legal challenges.Despite all its trials and tribulations, the soaring skyscraper known as The One is about to claim the title of Canada's tallest building.However, this distinction will be short-lived, and The One will reign as the country's tallest building for just a few months before another huge skyscraper snatches away the crown.The 85-storey tower is now just a few levels shy of its peak and on the cusp of overtaking the country's longstanding tallest building, First Canadian Place, as the country's new tallest within a matter of weeks.The One now rises roughly 80 storeys into the Toronto skyline, and its design from U.K.-based architects Foster + Partners working with local talent Core Architects has already become a ne...
Toronto's troubled megatower, The One, is set to become Canada's tallest building, surpassing First Canadian Place. Designed by Foster + Partners and Core Architects, it will soon claim the title but is expected to be overtaken by another skyscraper within months. At 345 meters, SkyTower's upper floors will be roughly eye-level with the CN Tower observation deck. Toronto's new $128 million market building is also set to open.
