Tag Archives: architecture
20151109. Changing the face of Dundas and University in Toronto.
It is sad to see the facade of this 1968 International Style tower being removed and replaced with temporary walls. The office tower will be reclad in glass and 37 floors of condominiums will be added above.
20151108. Brutalist stairwell enclosure. Veteren residence, Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto.
20151107. Blocks of Brutalism in perspective at Oshawa’s Ontario Ministry of Finance Building.
20151106. The polished granite block massing postmodernism that houses the Sherbourne subway.
20151105. The sinuous concrete elegance of Ottawa’s 1966 train station.
20151104. Take the stairs at the University of Toronto Scarborough Instructional Centre.
20151103. The U condominium skyscraper keeps another skyscraper company.
20151102. The symmetrical postmodern pyramids of the Promenade Village Shoppes in Thornhill.
20151101. Know your emergency exits! Toronto’s TTC Union Station.
20151029. A archetypal Modernist lighted canopy surrounds Toronto’s Sony Centre for the Performing Arts.
20151028. Bipedalism through translucent glass flooring at Toronto’s old Don Jail.
20151026. At night, Toronto’s 78- storey Aura Condominium at College Park is crowned by glowing white LED icicles.
20151025. A posterior view of Toronto City Hall.
20151022. Opposingly tapered balconies give the U Condominiums a unique look.
20151020. The striking blue angled podium glazing of Iron Chef Marimoto’s future restaurant at Theatre Park.
20151012. The Centre of Excellence is a lightbox at night. Glendon Campus, York University, Toronto.
20151011. An uptown post-modern brick and glass abstraction. Minimal Aesthetic 73.
20151009. Exposed concrete, concealed light. Can you guess which subway station? Minimal Aesthetic 72.
20151008. Hanging lights make Yorkdale Mall’s future Nordstrom a pretty construction site. Toronto.
20151007. The Scarborough Civic Centre branch is Toronto’s 100th library.
20151005. Scarborough Civic Centre self-reflection. Architect Raymond Moriyama, 1969.
20151003. Looking up at 1 of 3 interior 21 metre delta frames supporting Toronto’s Queen Richmond Centre West.
20151001. A LEED Platinum Inverted Constitution Square. Ottawa Ontario.
20150927. Toronto’s First Canadian Place towers 298 metres over its base.
