Monthly Archives: October 2016
20161028. A skyward view of the Exhibit Condos cubes askew.
20161027. A parkade perspective below a pair of pedestrian bridges tempts the would-be traveler at Terminal 1.
20161026. Brutalism at its best at York University’s stunning Scott Library.
20161025. A TTC Flexity Outlook LRV (light rail vehicle / streetcar) heads underground on route to Union Station.
20161020. New additions to the steadily densifying South Core include, from left to right, the Sun Life Financial tower, Harbour Plaza Residences (under construction) and RBC WaterPark Place III.
20161023. The Eaton Centre is a facade of quadrilaterals.
20161022. Sun and shadow contrast strongly on LCBO’s big box warehouse, site of a large future Menkes development.
20161021. The consonance of concrete and canopy at the Ontario Science Centre.
20161020. Getting close to TTC’s Flexity streetcar fleet.
20161020a. 4417 vs. 4425. Two TTC 510 Spadina Flexity streetcars (LRVs) meet at Queen and Spadina. Vehicle 4425 is the latest to enter service.
20161020b. Narrowly dodging a TTC Flexity Outlook streetcar on Queens Quay.
20161019. Looking up at the wonderful massing at Toronto’s Berkeley Castle (1868).
20161018. The Grange Triple Double House is a multi-unit dwelling and a winner in the 2016 Innovation in LEED awards for Sustainability. 2014, Williamson Chong Architects.
20161017. Sun Ray Simulation. Minimal Aesthetic 100.
20161016. Living in luxury atop Toronto’s modern 1960 CIL building.
The office tower is at 130 Bloor Street West while residents enter from the rear at 155 Cumberland St. Although this building is not heritage designated, it is known for the heritage-designated two-storey Torno penthouse on the top floors of the original building. The additional floors were added in 2010.
Addition: Quadrangle Architects Limited
Original: @Bregman + Hamann
Torno Penthouse: Philip Johnson
20161015. The Humber Bay Arch Bridge is striking no matter what the angle.
20161014. University of Toronto Scarborough’s impressive Arts and Administration Building, designed by Montgomery & Sisam Architects.
20161013. The broad, curving roadway at ground level leaving Toronto Pearson International Airport Terminal 1.
20161012. An obround skylight corridor leads visitors from the parkade to Mississauga’s Square One shopping centre.
20161011. Hanging out on the breakwater (constructed 1920-1925) at Toronto’s Sunnyside Beach.
20161010. A 1931 Art Deco garage entrance to drive through at the Mayfair Mansions in South Hill, Toronto.
20161009. A study in concrete at York University’s Curtis Lecture Halls. Minimal Aesthetic 99.
20161008. The modernist lines of the impeccably renovated Port Credit Library.
20161007. Sneaking a peek at the UP Express train through the concrete that supports its elevated track.
20161006. The protuberant parkade at Pearson Airport’s Terminal 1.
20161005. From left to right, the three buildings of the wonderful Art Deco R. C. Harris Water Treatment Plant are the Pumping Station, Service Building and Filtration Building.
