Tag Archives: architecture
20180131. The facade of the 1889 Romanesque Revival Frederick Crompton Building, embedded in the HSBC Building (70 York St), includes rustic stone cladding and the repitition of round-arched arcades.
20180130. This fine specimen of 1878 industrial architecture at 15 Mercer St., built by Langley, Langley & Burke as stables for Verral Cab, Omnibus and Baggage Transfer Co., shall play facade for the 45-storey twin tower Nobu Residences, a condo, hotel, dining complex owned by Nobu Hospitality, a chain founded partly by Robert DeNiro.
20180127. Looking up at Cloverdale Mall.
20180126. Deconstructing the Richmond-Adelaide Centre – a complex of buildings by WZMH Architects spanning 51 years with a temporary trailer terrace addition.
20180125. At the Westbank Honest Ed’s development, Trainers Fitness topples next to the AltermaThinking holdout (and pretty neat store). #Toronto #redevelopment #architecture #demolition @VillageMirvish @Mirvish_Village @MirvishVillage @UrbStrat
20180124. This small block of heritage buildings at Duncan and Adelaide shall sprout two 55-plus-storey condo towers.
Beautiful brick brutalism vs ugly postmodernism.
The epically modern and singular Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church (II).
20180119. Miesian Desk in Travertine Wall. Minimal Aesthetic 120.
20180117. 100 Bloor St W has transformed from the postmodern cliche that was Williams Sonoma to the bulky brutalistic Hermès and most impressive contemporary facade on the Mink Mile.
20180116. Living by the fast lane at the wedge-shaped Garrison at The Yards condominiums.
20180114. A polygonal cross-section of the PATH’s Skywalk.
20180113. Patterns and their projections from curtain to column.
20180112.The two ends of a roundhouse.
20180110. Lying down in a high-rise atrium. Minimal Aesthetic 119.
20180106. Swansea Public School is an amalgamation of building additions including enlargements in 1928, 1953, 1985 and 2016.
20180105. Bipedalism through translucent glass flooring at Toronto’s Brookfield Place.
An underground parking exit ramp can be made elegent with the use of patterned precast concrete.
20180101. Walking in the late winter afternoon shadow of the Harbour Plaza Residences.
20171231. Hope you have a Happy 2018! Thanks for looking!
20171228. Demolishing heritage architecture on College St to make way for the Design Haus condos.
20171227. Strong lines relate the modernist Burton Tower (McLennan Physical Laboratories) to the contemporary One Spadina (John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design) north facade.
20171226. The East United Condos will retain only the west and south facades of the 1906 Christie, Brown & Co. Stables building. See before and after images below.
20171225. One Spadina’s contemporary west entrance befits its 1875 neo-gothic half.
