
Tag Archives: architecture
20171213. Facing bay 17 on the John Street Roundhouse turntable.

20171210. In Etobicoke on Resurrection Road, one can find the divine use of concrete at the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ Catholic Church.

The Manulife North Tower, an impressive structure of mirrored glass framed by concrete, by Clifford Lawrie Bolton Richie Architects, 1983.

20171203. An aerial view of the overturned brown brick brutalist ziggurat – formerly Sears headquarters and now Ontario Government offices.

20171202. Giving that concrete slab a smooth finish high above the Garden District.

20171201. Modern symmetry at the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church.

Parkwoods United Church (1964), yet another fantastic modernist religious structure.

The epically modern and singular Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church.

20171128. Being King of the castle for just a moment at Casa Loma (Architect E.J. Lennox, Gothic Revival, 1913).

20171125. The pleasing geometry of the Sun Life Centre West Tower.

Ceiling, ground, concourse and platform levels at Downsview Park Station on the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension.

20171123. The impressive facade of brick, stone, copper and concrete at the Blessed Cardinal Newman Catholic School church.

20171117. Looking up at the Queens Quay Terminal skylights.

20171115. Inside the columnar Queens Quay Terminal.

20171113. Looking down the south facade of WaterPark Place II at 10 Bay Street in Toronto. B+H Architects, 1990.

20171109. The stunning front facade of One Spadina at night.The photo is framed so that the tower is cut off emphasizing its physical strength and upward thrust towards the sky.

20171109. Light streaks frame a night east side view of One Spadina.

20171108. The odd juxtaposition of the sleek NXT2 condo tower and faux Victorian Windermere By The Lake townhomes, both by Cresford Developments.

20171106. The Eaton Centre’s new pedestrian bridge to Hudson’s Bay and Saks Fifth Avenue is now open.


20171105. The brown brick brutalist buildings of Swansea’s South Kingsway Square.

Demolition and development in Humber Bay as Kraft’s Mr. Christie’s Factory gives way.

20171026. 325 Gerrard St E is a handsome building destined for demolition in Regent Park redevelopment Phase 4.

20171025. The epically modern Scarborough Church of God with its appropriately shaped array of solar panels.

20171024. The unusual and uncomely modernism / postmodernism of the R Square Restaurant & Bar, your pepper soup joint.
