Tag Archives: architecture
20160705. John B. Parkin’s modernist Celestica (formerly IBM) Offices (1965) face demolition as the Crosstown comes to Don Mills and Eglinton.
20160703. John B. Parkin’s forever contemporary Ortho Pharmaceutical Building (1955).
20160630. Toronto’s modernist, unprotected Celestica (formerly IBM) Offices (1965) face redevelopment as The Crosstown comes to Don Mills and Eglinton.
20160629. Aerial of the award-winning Aquatic Centre in Regent Park.
20160628. Commerce Court North Vestibule Ceiling.
20160627. The beautifully designed TR2 Equinix Data Centre on Toronto’s Parliament St has porcelain panels reminiscent of punch cards.
20160626. The twin towers of the Edge on Triangle Park Condominiums.
20160624. The Picasso on Richmond’s blank western canvas.
20160622. An aerial view of Toronto Union Station’s historic exposed train shed steel structure.
Progress on the train shed has stalled as the future electrification of Go Transit trains will require either modifying the overhead wiring system to fit under the shed, lowering the floor or raising the roof with the latter being the worst case scenario as it involves considerable cost and harming the historic steel structure.
20160621. The abstract yet patent facade of the Thompson Residences. Minimal Aesthetic 95.
20160619. Before: A 1930 Newsome & Gilbert Limited class 1 brick and beam printing plant on King St West. Now: A partially demolished building making way for the future King Portland Centre.
20160618. The massive block-long building of the Toronto Carpet Manufacturing Company (1899. addition 1925).
20160617. The competing reflections of Bay Adelaide East versus Bay Adelaide West.
20160615. The narrowest building of Toronto’s Waterlink at Pier 27 condos and its industry-separating wall.
20160614. Looking up at Toronto’s newest office building at One York (Sun Life Financial Tower).
20160609. Almost dinner time in the Distillery District.
20160607. The prismatic podium of Toronto’s rhomboidal Burano on Bay Condos.
20160606. The Claude Watson School of the Arts honeycomb facade (Kohn Shnier Architects, 2007).
20160605. Structures contemporary, temporary and of history in Toronto’s Distillery District.
20160603. The brutalist block massing of the Toronto Catholic District School Board Head Office in North York.
20160602. The Eye of Commerce Court North.
20160529. Commerce Court North corridor ceiling.
20160523. An aerial view of Toronto’s quickly rising Harbour Plaza Residences.
20160519. Condo towers in Toronto’s Distillery District provide examples of compatibility and contrast in contextual design.
The white and blue towers contrast strikingly with the historic distillery buildings whereas the red towers seem compatible in shape and colour.