Tag Archives: architecture
20170110. Facades of Victorian houses on Glen Road in North St. James Town have been restored from dereliction (http://goo.gl/2NZhAf) as part of a Lanterra Developments’ project.
20170109. The Humber Loop on TTC Route 501 Queen closed yesterday and will remain closed for much of 2017 to facilitate its renewal including new tracks, platforms, shelters, tunnel walkway and new roof for service building.
20170108. The Art Deco Concourse Building at 100 Adelaide St W is back.
20170105. Below the metal canopy of the Allen Lambert Galleria at Toronto’s Brookfield Place (Holiday Version).
20170102. Krystyna Sadowska’s 1967 sculpture suits the concrete plaza of the brutalist Centrepoint East apartment complex in Moss Park (Ryan & Lee, 1974).
20170101. City of Toronto Archives postmodern skylight. Minimal Aesthetic 103.
20161231. “A bargain centre like this happens once in a lifetime!!!” How true.
20161229. Inside the open podium under the Tableau Condominiums.
20161226. The Milburn building on Colborne Street – designed by the “master practitioner” of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, E.J. Lennox (architect of Casa Loma and Old City Hall).
20161225. Only two walls of the heritage-designated 1927 Canadian Westinghouse Building remain standing as construction commences on the future two-building King Blue Condominium and Hotel complex.
20161224. Michael Snow’s Lightline art feature is finally active on the Trump International Hotel & Tower Toronto.
20161223. Looking up at the Trump International Hotel & Tower Toronto Lightline art feature that’s finally active but only after the developer defaulted on its debt and put the building up for sale – the name Trump will no longer disgrace the skyscraper.
20161221. Toronto’s beautiful Bank of Nova Scotia building banking hall features marble columns and counters, coffered decorated ceiling and a lovely clock.
20161219. The Art Deco facade’s fenestration compliments the contemporary condo curtain wall at Burano Condos.
20161217. Scotia Plaza Tower Grid.
20161215. The 1925 Gothic Revival McLaughlin Motor Car Showroom facade now forms part of the ground floor of the Burano Condominiums (Architects Alliance, ERA Architects, 2012).
20161214. 488 University; before an impressive concrete facade and now a glass envelope awaiting another 37 storeys.
20161212. Once painted greyish blue, this revived picturesque 1888 Queen Anne house shows its original red brick. 110 Park Road, Rosedale.
20161207. Mirrors, lines and geometry at the Sun Life Centre.
20161206. The redesigned Berczy Park, with its granite pavers in diamond shapes, is open and almost complete in Toronto’s St. Lawrence Market neighbourhood.
20161205. South and north elevations at dusk of Onespadina, future iconic home of University of Toronto’s John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, as it nears completion.
20161204. A peek at the postmodern predilection of the planned St. Lawrence Neighbourhood’s C-2 Block.
20161203. Permanent fans watch the accessibility ramp of Rod Robbie Pedestrian Bridge, named after Skydome’s (@RogersCentre) architect.
20161202. The timeless Sun Life Centre flanks both sides of University Ave at King St in Toronto.
