Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed

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We do have some architecturally good buildings here. The Clay and Glass Gallery, John M. Harper Branch of WPL, the Perimeter Institute and so on. It's just the new residential buildings that are very subpar. Charlie West is clean and minimal, but this building is unfortunately really cheap looking as are a lot of the other ones going up (nevermind the mess that are the student buildings - for a good student building look up Broadcasting Tower in Leeds). The local architecture firms here need to be a little more daring with their work. It doesn't necessarily take huge budgets, just imagination. One day I'd love to see something unique like this building in Toronto in our city:

Yes this is exactly what I meant, that recent residential towers are uninspired and cheap. Funny you mention this tower in Toronto, which was designed by Saucier + Perrotte - architects of the first phase of Perimeter Institute.