
Tag Archives: architecture
20210622. Brutalist June continues with Brutalism #22. An impeccable brutalist office tower by Crang & Boake (1982).

20210621. Brutalist June continues with Brutalism 21 – Brutalist Ventilation at the George Drew Complex.

20210619. June Is Brutalism Month! Brutalist-19. The other side of Toronto’s Masters condominiums feature funky concrete stairwells.

20210618. Brutalist June Continues! Brutalism #18. Concrete Stairwell Enclosure. Veteren Residence, Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto.

20210617. It’s Brutalist June! Brutalist 17 – The 1969 Allan I. Carswell Astronomical Observatory at York University.

20210615. Brutalist June 15. Living in Brutalism at Moss Park’s 1974 Centrepoint East high-rise complex.

20210614. Brutalist June continues with Brutalism 14 – Concrete canyon on the Canada Life Campus.

20210613. Brutalist June continues with Brutalism 13 – demolished brutalism at The Grand Hotel and former RCMP Toronto Headquarters.

20210612. Brutalist June continues with Brutalism 12 – Reflections of sunlight give Toronto Police 52 Division a festive look.

20210611. Brutalist June continues with Brutalism 11 – The loved or reviled Robarts Library.

20210610. Brutalist June continues with Brutalism-10. John M. Kelly Library is the other brutalist University of Toronto library.

20210609. Brutalist June continues with Brutalism-09 – a minimal brutalist parkade in a North York industrial park.

20210608. Brutalist Month continues. Here’s the concrete Michener Institute of Education at the University Health Network. B+H Architects, 1972.

20210607. Brutalism-07. Sometimes little Brutalist buildings are cute. Stay-tuned for Brutalism for all of June!

20210606. Brutalist June continues! Brutalism-06. Etobicoke’s Toronto District School Board West Education Office is a Brutalist place to be.
20210605. #Brutalism Month continues! #Brutalist-05. The west facade of the brutalist yet forever contemporary Manulife Centre.

20210604. June is #Brutalism Month! #Brutalist-04. Toronto’s un-designated 1974 Brutalist Masters Building A at Mill Road and Burnhamthorpe.

20210603. June is #Brutalism Month! #Brutalist-03. The decent little brutalist building at 350 Bloor St E by Toronto’s Parkin Partnership Architects.

20210602. June is #Brutalism Month and here is #Brutalist-02: Industrial park brutalism at Canada Post’s Toronto South Central Letter Processing Plant.

20210601. June is #Brutalism Month so stay tuned for 30 heavy duty concrete images! #Brutalist-01. A massive aging concrete parking garage stretches into the distance.

20210531. Concave precast concrete panels adorn Taylor Creek Public School.

20210530. Heavy Shade at Bloordale Middle School.

20210529. The Tuxedo Court Apartments sport turquoise stripes and large solar panels.

20210528. 4D or not 4D. That is the question. The unique concrete shade structures appear around the top and south sides of all windows for ‘heavy’ shade. Also interesting is how the entrances respond to the slope of the ground with more steps, a longer handrail and a thicker concrete pad.

