Tag Archives: architecture
20200918. The modern curves of Kipling Station, a great example of mid-century expressionist architecture not built in the mid-century.
20200917. The Shell Oil building (tall, 505 University, 1958 ) and the Maclean Hunter building (short – 481 University, 1961) are a handsome pair.
20200916. The main gable wall at St. Jude’s Roman Catholic church features two planes intersecting with interlocking white brick.
20200915. The Yard at Daniels Waterfront is an east-west mid-block pedestrian connection from Jarvis St to Richardson St that will be lined with retail.
20200913. The Yonge and Rich condos – aptly named for its location and clientele – is sold out.
20200912. From the right perspective, the PJ Condos present the optical illusion of tapering down to almost nothing.
20200911. Three three-winged modern apartment towers at Black Creek and Tretheway in Brookhaven, North York.
20200910. Arch architecture at the Nathan Phillips Square reflecting pool.
20200908. The rear of 149-157 Bathurst Street, a row of houses to be demolished for a condo development by RAW Design.
20200906. Downtown Rochester is a compelling confluence of varying architectural eras and styles.
20200904. The liminal minimalism of Industrial Hamilton. Minimal Aesthetic 151.
20200903. High-rise living in Weston along the GO Transit Kitchener Line and the Union Pearson Express.
20200902. Now that’s a serious modern canopy – thin smooth concrete curved into a early space age shape.
20200831. The sun sets behind 555 Richmond St W, temporarily visible in its entirety but with an imprint of the demolished building that once obscured it.
20200830. The precast concrete brutalism of Apple Self Storage.
20200829. Postmodern architecture incorporates symbolic references to classical architectural styles and often look whimsical and kitsch like 110 Davenport Road.
20200828. Tree stumps sit in front of stripped facades in Alexandra Park as demolition for Phase 2A commences.
20200827. Enter the Nestlé Tower.
20200826. Bracing the facades of the heritage buildings along King St West (left – 511 King St W, GW Gouinlock, 1893, Richardsonian Romanesque) for the King Toronto mixed use redevelopment.
20200825. Mirror Town circa 2014.
20200824. Contrasting the size of the small row houses on Elm Street with the massive SickKids Research Institute.
20200823. A fine plain brutalist parkade in a North York industrial park.
20200822. The Darwood in Parkdale, a modern mid-rise, features interesting brick work and fenestration.
20200821. Metro modernism against a brutalist backdrop. St. George Station and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto (2/2).
