# Plus atelier

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://paragraph.com/@brandondonnelly), 2018-10-26

allied, apartment, big-architects, bjarke-ingels, bjarke-ingels-group, condo, condominium, floor-area, floor-plan, king, king-street-west, king-toronto, plan, square-footage, toronto, total-living, uncategorized, westbank

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This morning I went through some of the floor plans for [King Toronto](http://kingtoronto.com/), which are now up on [BuzzBuzzHome](https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/ca/king-toronto-condos). In case you’re wondering, they are currently showing an average price of $1604 per square foot.

Here is a 1 bedroom + atelier:

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/e8ba65fd975f77a0a4b9af260e2c384f.jpg)

And here is a 2 bedroom + atelier:

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/4a6493a240e27bbee871a7ea4a4afc3f.jpg)

Right away you’ll probably notice a few things. 

There are no dens in these plans. They have been replaced with [ateliers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atelier), which sounds cool. I want my own atelier where I make things. But it may also be a clever way to get around calling them studies or nooks.

A lot of people in the industry have been commenting on how they’ve included the exterior living space in the calculation of total area. That seems logical to me, especially for a project like this where the terraces form such an integral part of the architecture.

The other thing I noticed is that the buildings are, actually, being referred to as mountains. This has been part of the project’s design narrative since the beginning. So I like the consistency. The above plans are for suites within the “east mountain.” 

But what I wanted to ask all of you today is whether you find the addition of a 3D plan helpful. It’s obviously not new, but it is still fairly uncommon, at least in this market. Do you think it’s worth it?

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://paragraph.com/@brandondonnelly/plus-atelier)*