20241204. House Slab Tower.
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20240815. Oakville 3. Life behind slats at Andrew Court.
20240814. Oakville II. The view of Oakville’s Brutalist Oak Hill from the street. What an interesting entrance.
20240813. Oakville I. Oakville’s Brutalist Oak Hill in profile.
20240804. Weeds attempt to colonize an accidental courtyard.
20240727. Porte Cochère X. Heavy Duty 135 Fenelon Drive.
20240720. Porte Cochère III. 91 Cosburn Ave. This canopy has been removed and the building painted grey and white. Don’t paint brick!
20230725. Weston 3: The low-rise with the large prominent stairwell. The brickwork to the right of the front door may suggest that this stairwell enclosure was added on. Could there be an elevator lift in there too?
20230313. The stylish encasement of a highrise in aluminum siding. Minimal Aesthetic 177.
20221123. Crowned modernism on Antibes Drive.
20221116. The Goodland Gardens Apartments, 1974.
20221101. The modernist apartment buildings of Antibes Drive
20221029. 10 Sunny Glenway (1973) is one of five modernist concrete highrises in Flemingdon Park, North York.
20221012. Three of five Brentwood Towers (Harry Kohl, 1958-1961) of Midtown Toronto.
20220912. The breeze block HVAC enclosure.
20220907. Vaughan Road runs diagonally across Toronto’s street grid and close to Eglinton and Dufferin its buildings have unusual footprints making for some interesting apartment building massings.
20220906. St Aidan’s awesome Anglican Church. Burgess, McLean and MacPhadyen, Ottawa, 1965 (2nd of 2 – see 20220820).
20220905. Hopewell Court from behind the wall of the York Beltline Trail. Whenever I see a wall like this, I am reminded of Italian photographer Gabrielle Basilico (1944-2013).
20220831. Another unique, although modified, porte cochere or entrance canopy at the Century Park tower in Port Credit.
20220829. The Janmount Towers (1972) and associated strip mall feature interesting concrete nibs.
20220828. Queen Elizabeth Tower A in profile – one of the earliest condominium developments downtown (1975-78, Tridel). Do the bulges have bigger units?
20220822. The Star Trek porte-cochere (entrance canopy) at the Castilian Apartments (3311 Bathurst St).
20220809. Horizontally-lined balconies against the vertically-lined wall at 30 Cartier St. Perhaps the first building occupied by Cartier Place Suite Hotel who have since expanded into the next building to the west.
20220730. Fine concrete lines at the Britannia at 415 Greenview Ave, Napean, Ottawa, 1976.
20220706. St. George Street is home to the modern mid-rise.
