20161107. A crystalline glass roof rises above a landscaped tree line at the Toronto Ismaili Centre in Don Mills, next to the Aga Khan Museum. Designed by Charles Correa and Moriyama & Teshima Architects.
20161106. The interesting and varied historic architecture of Spadina Avenue. From left to right: WJ Gage building, Darling Building, Tower Building, Reading Building, Fashion Building and The Morgan Condominiums (built 2002).
20161105. The box that is Italinteriors Contract at 445 King Street East.
20161104. The Broadview Hotel, once Jilly’s strip club, looks splendid once again.
20161103. Toronto’s safest and most impressive hoarding. Made of shipping containers, it protects the sidewalk in front of a government building slated for demolition at 880 Bay Street.
20161102. The distinctive concave facade of the Ontario Court of Justice Criminal Youth and Family Courts Building. Peter Dickinson,1957.
20161101. The grand classical entrance to the recently renovated Nelson Mandela Park Public School.
20161030. Heading in to the underground at Spadina Station.
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.
