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20230914. #Moriyama30 #12 – L’Amoreaux Collegiate Institute (1973). Many Moriyama projects defy description – pomo round windows and colourful entrances and brick with a rough cinder block finish – restrain the temptation to define and classify. Someone asked me why there are so many Moriyama buildings in Scarborough. That is a good question!In memory of Raymond Moriyama, here’s 30 Toronto area works by Moriyama in 30 days.

20211130. The building beside Fire Station 311, a 1911 Queen Anne Revival building by Robert McCallum and National Historic Site, is an example of contextual architecture with its keystones, fenestration and garage opening inspired by the station.