Category Archives: photos
20140228. The modernist Lord Lansdowne Public School (c.1961, Architect Peter Pennington) – main building, gymnasium wing and main entrance.
The folded plate roof unifies these three sections of the school.
20140227. 880 Bay St., Toronto – allegedly designed by the man behind the Queen Elizabeth Building (CNE) – Peter Dickinson.
At one point, this handsome government building was slated for demolition. Can anyone verify that this is a Peter Dickinson building?
20140226. Acrophobia above Adelaide and Church in Toronto from the Spire’s 15th storey.
I am not that afraid of heights but leaning over the railing from a corner balcony made me a bit nervous.
20140225. TTC’s modernist Old Mill subway station (c.1968) in Toronto.
John Martins-Manteiga’s Mean City documents some of Toronto’s finest post-war era modernist architecture. Although not mentioned in the book, I think that Old Mill station is also a fine specimen of modernism with its half elevated and half underground station design and beautiful views of the Humber River.
20140224. Up close to 1 Dundas St W, one of three towers at the Eaton Centre complex in Toronto.
20140223. An empty Sears closed today at the Eaton Centre in Toronto. Anyone sad to see it go?
Nordstrom is next.
20140222. Looking through the glass roof of Queen’s Park subway station’s SW entrance (Toronto).
Queen’s Park subway opened in 1964 and the Ontario Power building in the background was completed in 1976.
20140221. The Chapters at Runnymede and Bloor in Toronto is now closed.
The last day was February 16th, 2014. The lease expired and Chapters was not willing to renew with the increase in rent.
20140220. Inside the tunnel linking Queen’s Park subway station and the provincial government buildings.
20140219. Tesserae in sun and shadow. Minimal Aesthetic #27.
20140218. The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 250 College St, Toronto. Architecture: International Style.
Although the CAMH building facades are made with concrete, it is an example of the International architectural style not Brutalism.
20140217. The Brutalist Masters building at 296 Mill Road, Markland Wood hood, Toronto (c.1976).
This building’s backside is brazenly Brutalist. I’ll capture it for a future post.
20140216. Looking down through all 12 storeys of the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto.
At the bottom of this building void is a study area perched atop a suspended orb-shaped lecture hall.
20140215. The demolition of the Alexandra Park neighbourhood in Toronto has begun.
Apparently no residents will be displaced during the redevelopment of the neighbourhood in the area west of Spadina Avenue, between Queen St and Dundas St. The project will take anywhere from 12 to 15 years to complete.
20140214. The great stairs inside the renovated 1952 Wymilwood Student Union building at University of Toronto.
20140131. Contextualism. The rear building addresses its context in terms of the materials, forms and details of the building in front of it.
20140212. Toronto’s out-of-use International Marine Passenger Terminal on Pier 52 in the port lands.
The $10 million 3,500 m2 terminal was built in 2005 to accommodate ferry service between Toronto and Rochester, NY but only operated for six months.
20140211. Enwave’s Pearl Street Station is one of three stations generating steam to heat 140 buildings in downtown Toronto.
20140210. Tower through trellis. Minimal Aesthetic #26.
20140209. Skating Ottawa’s 7.8 km Rideau Canal Skateway under the Bank Street bridge at Winterlude.
The Bank Street Canal Bridge was constructed in 1912 and restored in 1993.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vikpahwa/12426213855/
20140208. Looking northeast, Toronto’s skyline offers daring buildings.
20140207. Renaissance Center Station on the Detroit People Mover.
The Detroit People is a 2.9-mile (4.7 km) automated system operated on a single set of tracks encircling downtown.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vikpahwa/12378438394/
![20140207. Renaissance Center Station on the Detroit People Mover, a 2.9-mile (4.7 km) automated system operated on a single set of tracks, encircles Downtown Detroit, Michigan.[1]](http://vikpahwa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/20140207_2013_T2i_0067.jpg)
20140206. Graduate House at University of Toronto is an aggressively deconstructivist building.
“The building is clad in charcoal-coloured precast concrete with a perforated aluminum skin draped over the north and east facades. A skew in the south block generates positive agitation and ‘delaminates’ the facade into overlapping planes of texture.”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vikpahwa/12356825524/
20130205. Today’s Toronto snowstorm at 130 metres.
