20231102. What a pair on Davenport Road.
Tag Archives: architecture
20231030. Mid-century medical.
20231026. Why have townhouses in rows when you can have them in a circle with a giant communal backyard?
20231023. Art in St. Clair West subway station.
20231018. An alley in Kensington Market.
20231012. The Favorite.
20231011. What it looks like underneath the pavers at Nathan Phillips Square. Also “Wellspring” by artist Jenine Marsh at Nuit Blanche 2023.
20231010. Scarborough Civic Centre. Notice how each level steps back right of the stairwells and steps forward to the left. An atrium reminiscent of Toronto Reference Library and North York Central Library. All 3 by Raymond Moriyama.
20231009. The mayor’s carpet-walled office at the Scarborough Civic Centre and its round window view.
20231005. Pillars of the modern age II. #hamilton #gtha #architecture #architectureTO #modernist #modernism #modernTO #modernarchitecture
20231004. Pillars of the modern age.
20231003. A mid-century modern roundhouse.
20230927. #Moriyama30 #25. University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies (2004) at 158 St. George St.
In memory of Raymond Moriyama, here’s 30 Toronto area works by Mr. Moriyama and Moriyama Teshima Architects in 30 days.
20230926. #Moriyama30 #24. The Stephen E. Quinlan Building, Seneca Polytechnic @ York Campus (1999).
In memory of Raymond Moriyama, here’s 30 Toronto area works by Mr. Moriyama and Moriyama Teshima Architects in 30 days.
20230925. #Moriyama30 #23 – Rotunda, Vari Hall, York University (postmodern 1992).
In memory of Raymond Moriyama, here’s 30 Toronto area works by Mr. Moriyama and Moriyama Teshima Architects in 30 days.
20230924. #Moriyama30 #22 – North York Central Library (Postmodern 1987).
In memory of Raymond Moriyama, here’s 30 Toronto area works by Mr. Moriyama and Moriyama Teshima Architects in 30 days.
20230923. #Moriyama30 #21 – Scarborough Civic Centre (1973) defies classification with modern, postmodern and expressionist elements.
In memory of Raymond Moriyama, here’s 30 Toronto area works by Mr. Moriyama and Moriyam Teshima Architects in 30 days.
20230922. #Moriyama30 #20 – Toronto Reference Library (1977).
In memory of Raymond Moriyama, here’s 30 Toronto area works by Mr. Moriyama and Moriyama Teshima Architects in 30 days.
20230920. #Moriyama30 #18 – The Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, 2005.
I know I said Toronto area but just look at that beautiful wet board-form concrete!
In memory of Raymond Moriyama, here’s 30 Ontario works by Mr. Moriyama and Moriyama Teshima Architects in 30 days. #ottawa #ottawaarch #ottawaarchitecture #architecture
20230919. #Moriyama30 #17
Albert Campbell Collegiate Institute (1976).
In memory of Raymond Moriyama, here’s 30 Toronto area works by Mr. Moriyama and Moriyama Teshima Architects in 30 days.
20230918. #Moriyama30 #16 – The Bata Shoe Museum (maybe deconstructivist?, 1995). In memory of Raymond Moriyama, here’s 30 Toronto area works by Moriyama in 30 days.
20230917. #Moriyama30 #15 – Novotel Toronto North York (postmodern, 1987). In memory of Raymond Moriyama, here’s 30 Toronto area works by Moriyama in 30 days.
20230916. #Moriyama30 #14
Owen Public School (postmodern, 1993).
In memory of Raymond Moriyama, here’s 30 Toronto area works by Moriyama in 30 days.
#Moriyama30 #13
The George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, Toronto Metropolitan University (2004).
In memory of Raymond Moriyama, here’s 30 Toronto area works by Moriyama in 30 days.
20230914. #Moriyama30 #12 – L’Amoreaux Collegiate Institute (1973). Many Moriyama projects defy description – pomo round windows and colourful entrances and brick with a rough cinder block finish – restrain the temptation to define and classify. Someone asked me why there are so many Moriyama buildings in Scarborough. That is a good question!In memory of Raymond Moriyama, here’s 30 Toronto area works by Moriyama in 30 days.
