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Category Archives: photos
20221024. Elements of Modernism.
20221023. The National Library and Archives building (Mathers and Haldenby, 1967) is a classified federal heritage building. The tower housing the stacks features many small punched windows.
20221022. Construction and rehabilitation of the Royal Alexandra Bridge (1900) between Ottawa and Gatineau, a National Historic Civil Engineering Site. From 2010.
20221021. The uniquely clad postmodern St. Dunstan’s Roman Catholic Church (1981).
20221020. Reflections of modernism in contemporary glass.
20221019. Inside and outside Bemi’s Brutalist Bibliothèque (Ottawa Public Library main branch, George Bemi, 1973).
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.
20221016. One of a series of 3 spans called the Minto Bridges crossing the Rideau River and connecting Green and Maple Islands to the mainland. Dominion Bridge Company of Montreal, 1900.
20221015. The cute little Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church in Nepean, Ottawa.
20221014. Part of the Lester B. Pearson Building (WZMH, 1973).
20221013. The centre deck of the Royal Alexandra Bridge (1900) between Ottawa and Gatineau carried CPR trains while the side decks carried electric trolleys and carriages. It is a National Historic Civil Engineering Site. From 2010.
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.
20221010. When a gas station becomes a presentation centre for a new condo development – in this case Centricity Condos (Graywood Developments, Turner Fleischer Architects).
20221009. A spot of art at Bay Adelaide Centre East. Minimal Aesthetic 174.
20221008. White circles in glass rectangles. Minimal Aesthetic 76 from 2015.
20221007. The Royal Trust Building (Jim Strutt for the Architects’ Collaborative, 1960) features buff textured precast concrete and window insets with triangles on top and bottom. Info from Capitalmodern.ca
20221006. The Public Service Alliance Building, with its stretched elliptic cylinderical shape and iron-spot brick, defies categorization and still seems current 54 years after construction (Schoeler Heaton Harvor Menendez, 1968).
20221005. The Grid Condos facade.
20221004. A wooden construction hoarding walkway in the late afternoon sun. From 2018.
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.
