20211114. A postmodern strip mall in Cooksville features a gatehouse and tower reminiscent of a castle.
20211113. Undergoing restoration, Toronto’s Design Exchange is using the perfect scaffolding cover.
20211112. Ventilation Fenestration (Mississauga Hospital, Trillium Health Partners). Minimal Aesthetic #161.
20211111. A modern Mississauga mid-rise with an unusual shape in profile.
20211110. Demolition Dissection at the Valhalla Executive Centre.
20211109. Demolition Cross Section at the Valhalla Executive Centre.
20211108. Toronto Transmission Tower Tops. Minimal Aesthetic 160.
20211107. Downstream from the Claireville Dam, the West Humber River flows under Highway 427.
20211106. Drawing the reservoir down at Claireville Dam, an earthen embankment dam with five radial arm gates, that provides flood control for the West Humber River.
20211105. A break in the brick wall. Minimal Aesthetic 159.
20211104. Drawing the reservoir down at G. Ross Lord Dam, an earthen embankment dam that provides flood control for the West Don River.
20211103. Something’s afoot at the patched up and twice fire damaged heritage property at 422-424 Wellington Street West.
20211102. Wrapped heritage facades along King Street West mark the front of the King Toronto construction site.
20211101. Looking into a big old brick box at the King Toronto Construction site.
20211031. Portal to the Underground (Etobicoke Creek).
20211030. The Well is rising fast.
20211029. The Entertainment District (now the Toronto Downtown West BIA) is construction central with tower cranes active at Nobu Residences Toronto, Maverick, 55 Mercer and 19 Duncan.
20211028. Wellesley Station’s second entrance at 17 Dundonald Street is reconstructed nine feet north of the original building shown here in 2015.
20211027. The Herbert H. Carnegie Centennial Centre (Hockey rink). Architect Irving D. Boigon, 1967. Does anyone know if this arena has always been cladded in aluminum?
20211026. The colourful, playful and award-winning Sharp Centre for Design at OCAD completed by ALSOP Architects in 2004.
20211025. The Village By the Grange is a large scale mixed use project completed in 1980 by the ubiquitous WZMH Architects.
20211024. The north entrance to the understated formal modernism of the Toronto Court House (Marani Morris & Allan, 1966).
20211023. Toronto’s first commercial timber-framed building is in Liberty Village.
20211022. Signs of the new St. Lawrence Market North have finally appeared.
20211021. The Monoliths Of Royal Bank Plaza … are gone!
