Tag Archives: brutalist
20201107. Concrete eye in the sky.
20201105. 77 Grenville St, an Ontario Government building and former Archives of Ontario, was built at the height of Brutalism’s popularity in Canada (E. Janiss, 1972).
20201104. The Queen St entrance to the Sheraton Centre, a complex built to compliment City Hall directly across the street (John B. Parkin Associates, 1972).
20201103. Buffalo’s brutalist City Court Building – appropriate on election night as the next U.S. president may be determined in the courts.
20201025. The Agincourt Commercial Centre has interesting Brutalist elements.
20201021. The most brutalist part of the former Grand Hotel has been demolished.
20201013. The brutalist parallel triangle wedge-shaped parkade exit stairwell.
20201009. Geometrically, the Manulife Centre’s new glass skirt seems to work with the brutalist tower but its most interesting feature now lies hidden.
20201006. An interesting feature of Edgeley in the Park (Irving Grossman, 1971, Jane and Finch) is that the south-facing wing (left) has its facades reversed when compared to the rest of the building (see previously posted photos – 4/4).
20201005. Edgeley in the Park, a 1971 brutalist complex in Jane and Finch by Irving Grossman, is more than a quarter kilometre long. (3/4).
20201004. Edgeley in the Park, Brutalism in Jane and Finch by Toronto architect Irving Grossman (2/4).
20201002. Dirty beautiful brutalism in Jane and Finch (1/4).
20200919. The brutalist Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General Milton Courthouse.
20200830. The precast concrete brutalism of Apple Self Storage.
20200823. A fine plain brutalist parkade in a North York industrial park.
20200821. Metro modernism against a brutalist backdrop. St. George Station and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto (2/2).
20200820. Metro modernism against a brutalist backdrop. St. George Station and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at University of Toronto (1/2).
20200812. The beautiful brutalist Masters Condominiums Building B at 296-300 Mill Road, Markland Wood, Etobicoke, Toronto (Kelton Architects & Planners, 1976).
20200805. The High Point Mall Medical Centre in Mississauga. Not sure whether it’s the high point of medical care but look at the coarse aggregate concrete!
20200724. Brutalist Ventilation on an Incline. George Drew Complex.
20200705. Sometimes the demolition of one building reveals an impressive view of another. Jorgensen Hall, Ryerson University, WZMH Architects, 1971.
20200704. Bell Brutalism.
20200622. High-rise Brutalism at the Chelmsford Apartments in Agincourt.
20200621. Brutalism at the Toronto Star Building (1971) includes coarse aggregate concrete.