20221117. The lines of the modernist Bathville Towers (1966) in North York.
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20221116. The Goodland Gardens Apartments, 1974.
20221115. This old lot and rather gritty modernist institutional building would make for great film set for something sinister.
20221114. St. Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church. James Haffa, 1957.
20221105. In one way out the other through the underground loading dock at 123 Edward.
20221101. The modernist apartment buildings of Antibes Drive
20221029. 10 Sunny Glenway (1973) is one of five modernist concrete highrises in Flemingdon Park, North York.
20221027. Now that The Bay has left the Hudson’s Bay Centre, this terrible brutalism can be replaced.
20221026. Freestyle fenestration with do-it-yourself mullions at the old Church of Scientology building on Yonge Street.
20221024. Elements of Modernism.
20221020. Reflections of modernism in contemporary glass.
20221018. This office / apartment building complex (Kenson Towers, Crang and Boake, 1960) is all about contrast – commercial x residential, short x tall. horizontal x vertical, thick x thin, brick x concrete – all sitting on a neutral updated base.
20221017. Interesting angles, exposed pipes and smokestack at the Power Plant (Murray and Murray, 1973), providing district heating and cooling at University of Ottawa.
20221012. Three of five Brentwood Towers (Harry Kohl, 1958-1961) of Midtown Toronto.
20221011. Pleasant Park Baptist Church (Norman D. Sherriff, 1961) features a zigzag chimney and handrail, coloured tiles and glass blocks.
20221003. Bulky balcony building on Bank Street (1986).
20221002. This modernist Concourse building is attached to a strip mall (1085 Steeles Ave W) which would make a great location for a new residential building with retail at ground.
20221001. A funky porte cochere that reminds me of the mid-century expressionism of Uno Prii.
20220929. The base of the The Concourse building at 1085 Steeles Ave E.
20220928. The old school modernist concrete and brick bus shelters of the large and sparse Confederation Heights public service campus in Ottawa
20220926. The tent-shaped St-Rémi Parish by Polish architect Zygmunt Julian Nowak, 1965.
20220924. The Billings Bridge Tower (1974) is a modernist office tower with romanesque arches at grade.
20220921. The mid-rise Maclean Hunter building facade seems secured for the construction of the 55 storey United Building at University and Dundas.
20220919. The Treehouse, or Kemper House (Jim Strutt, 1962) resides in the only modernist heritage conservation district in Canada.
20220916. Nested Triangles Parish or St. Timothy’s Presbyterian Church in Alta Vista. Burgess, MCLean & MacPhadyen, 1959.
