Monthly Archives: September 2020
20200926. Head westward to see The Westward, a high-rise condominium by Diamond Schmitt Architects.
20200925. If you go to MaRS, the Phase 2 building has a great lobby.
20200924. The white concrete finned facade of a 392,000 square foot distribution warehouse.
20200923. Epitaph Inspiration.
20200922. Ventilation at the Copeland underground transformer station. Minimal Aesthetic 152.
20200921. Fire in the House.
20200920. The 1970 340 Mill Rd recedes from the street in steps giving it a striking appearance.
20200919. The brutalist Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General Milton Courthouse.
20200918. The modern curves of Kipling Station, a great example of mid-century expressionist architecture not built in the mid-century.
20200917. The Shell Oil building (tall, 505 University, 1958 ) and the Maclean Hunter building (short – 481 University, 1961) are a handsome pair.
20200916. The main gable wall at St. Jude’s Roman Catholic church features two planes intersecting with interlocking white brick.
20200915. The Yard at Daniels Waterfront is an east-west mid-block pedestrian connection from Jarvis St to Richardson St that will be lined with retail.
20200914. The underpass from Canada’s Wonderland to nowhwere.
20200913. The Yonge and Rich condos – aptly named for its location and clientele – is sold out.
20200912. From the right perspective, the PJ Condos present the optical illusion of tapering down to almost nothing.
20200911. Three three-winged modern apartment towers at Black Creek and Tretheway in Brookhaven, North York.
20200910. Arch architecture at the Nathan Phillips Square reflecting pool.
20200909. Similar to Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway, Nikola Tesla Blvd in Hamilton is above Burlington Rd E and acts as a bypass to local traffic.
20200908. The rear of 149-157 Bathurst Street, a row of houses to be demolished for a condo development by RAW Design.
20200907. All that remains of the T&T Supermarket in the Port Lands. This land will become part of the re-naturalized mouth of the Don River.
20200906. Downtown Rochester is a compelling confluence of varying architectural eras and styles.
20200905. Heading home over the Burlington (Bay James N. Allan) Skyway bridge.
20200904. The liminal minimalism of Industrial Hamilton. Minimal Aesthetic 151.
20200903. High-rise living in Weston along the GO Transit Kitchener Line and the Union Pearson Express.
