20220103. It’s nice to consider contemporary architecture occasionally. The Wong Dai Sin Temple by Shim-Sutcliffe Architects (2015) features weathered steel and a 10 metre cantiliver span.
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20190622. The Cathedral of the Transfiguration sits empty in the middle of the barren Cathedraltown in Markham, Ontario.
20150327. Markham’s concrete and coloured glass Unionville High School.
20150320. Frontier living in Georgian style in the upper reaches of Markham.
20150315. The Cathedral of the Transfiguration sits empty in the middle of the barren Cathedraltown in Markham, Ontario.
20140114. The Atos Markham Pan Am Centre will host water polo, badminton and table tennis during the 2015 Toronto Pan Am games.
This building, designed by B+H Architects, is located in the new future Downtown Markham under development near Warden and Hwy 7.
20141225. The Milne Dam (latest build 1968) on the Rouge River is the seed from which Markham, Ontario sprang.
20141224. In a new subdivision in the future downtown Markham, “they are all made out of ticky tacky and they all look just the same.”
20140728. The Old Finch Avenue Bailey Bridge triptych.
This is one of only three bailey bridges in the Greater Toronto Area. This particular bridge (in Markham) dates back to 1954. It was built by the Canadian Military Engineers in three days after Hurricane Hazel hit Toronto and washed out the original bridge.
Although hard to see in the bottom image, the bailey bridge does not actually make contact with the original bridge foundation.
Interestingly, bailey bridges are usually considered temporary structures but this bridge has been in place for 60 years.
20140424. York Region Transit has great bus shelters with accessible heated enclosures, real-time arrival info and Presto devices on dedicated busways.
