20231004. Pillars of the modern age.
Tag Archives: modernist
20231003. A mid-century modern roundhouse.
20230912. #Moriyama30 #10 – Jack Miner Senior Public School (1970) – modernist with very early #postmodern elements.In memory of Raymond Moriyama, here’s 30 Toronto area works by Moriyama in 30 days.
20230905. In memory of Raymond Moriyama, a deeply influencial architect, I present #Moriyama30 – 30 Toronto and Area works by Moriyama in 30 days. #3 is the Ontario Agricultural College Centennial Arboretum Centre (1974), University of Guelph.
20230731. Sometimes mid-century modern towers are shaped like giant equilateral triangular prisms.
20230725. Weston 3: The low-rise with the large prominent stairwell. The brickwork to the right of the front door may suggest that this stairwell enclosure was added on. Could there be an elevator lift in there too?
20230712. The mid-century modern highrise.
20230707. Virtual Colonnade II.
20230706. Virtual Colonnade.
20230616. The Beaches IV: Baltic butterfly-roofed modernism in the Beaches by Estonian Viktor Tretjakewitsch, 1952. With a group of other immigrants, they may have been the first in Ontario to propose a co-operative model.
20230615. The Beaches III: Inside the Beach Mall. Formerly the Allen Beach Theatre (Hymes Feldman and Watson, 1919), a 1929 ad read “A Nice Place for Nice Folks to Go.” The theatre lasted 50 years and was renovated into a mall in 1970. The architectural style of the time is still evident today.
20230515. Notice. A change is proposed for this site – featuring a spectacular mid-century modern office building that’s not on the heritage register at 505 University (Shell Oil Building, Marani and Morris, 1958). The building will be demolished, rebuilt with 7 fewer floors and 50 more storeys on top.
20230329. Fine Fenestration.
20230305. Semicircular modernism Back.
20230304. Semicircular modernism Front.
20230301. What a pair.
0230126. Seeking shade at the now demolished Robert Street Park pavilion which had a very unique zigzag roofline that can be seen at shorturl.at/bijLQ.
20230122. Remember the adjoining modernist east wing of the Don Jail? Built 1958, Demolished 2014.
20230118. The cute but soon to be replaced Beth Joseph Lubavitch modernist synagogue. Armour Heights, North York.
20230117. Jarvis and Wellesley features two buildings with brutalist elements – one modern (1971) one postmodern (1992).
20230114. The cute Inglewood Apartments of Moore Park.
20221123. Crowned modernism on Antibes Drive.
20221121. A tower in the Park. Forest Lane Apartments, Westminister, North York, Toronto.
20221120. An attractive TTC traction power substation near Finch Station.
20221118. The Bathville Towers feature a tower and podium both shaped like parallelograms with one turned 35 degrees from the other resulting in interesting angles where the building meets the street.
