20240814. Oakville II. The view of Oakville’s Brutalist Oak Hill from the street. What an interesting entrance.
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20240813. Oakville I. Oakville’s Brutalist Oak Hill in profile.
20240202. Modernist stairs versus brutalist stairs. Can you guess the wheres of these two sets of stairs?
20240117. Notice 7. The McLaughlin Planetarium (Allward and Gouinlock, 1968) will make way for the impressive @uoft U of T Centre for Civilizations, Cultures, and Cities.
20231218. The Irving Zucker Sculpture Court on Commonwealth Square and FirstOntario Concert Hall (formerly Hamilton Place, 1972) at dusk.
20231213. What a difference paint, new windows and new balconies make at brutalist Centrepoint East.
20231207. Demolition can occassionally lead to appreciation but when looking at the brutalist base of the Toronto Star building, I am not sure.
20230907. #Moriyama30 #5 – A.Y. Jackson Secondary School (Brutalist, 1970). In memory of Raymond Moriyama, here’s 30 Toronto Area works by Moriyama in 30 days.
20230906. In memory of Raymond Moriyama, a deeply influencial architect, I present #Moriyama30 – 30 Toronto Area works by Moriyama in 30 days. #4 is the Ontario Science Centre (1969).
20230719. Bell Brutalism.
20230530. In Concrete.
20221216. Brutalist Baycrest Hospital facade.
20221107. Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute in Flemingdon Park.
20221106. Brutalist building facade. Bathurst and Brooke.
20221030. The Canada Post Ottawa Mail Processing Plant (OMPP). D’Arcy Helmer, 1970.
20221019. Inside and outside Bemi’s Brutalist Bibliothèque (Ottawa Public Library main branch, George Bemi, 1973).
20220925. Brutalist Convenience at J.J.’s Market.
20220915. The brutalist porte cochere. 145 Marlee Ave, 1973.
20220911. 220 Laurier Ave W uses lovely corduroy concrete precast panels apart from its ground floor entrance upgrade.
20220828. Queen Elizabeth Tower A in profile – one of the earliest condominium developments downtown (1975-78, Tridel). Do the bulges have bigger units?
20220827. Robarts Library has a buddy – the National Research Council Canada National Science Library. Shore Tilbe Henschek Irwin, 1974, Ottawa.
20220730. Fine concrete lines at the Britannia at 415 Greenview Ave, Napean, Ottawa, 1976.
20220722. A corner of the finely detailed concrete Donald Summerville Olympic Pool at Woodbine Beach.
20220707. The R.H. Coats building (Ogilvie and Hogg, 1976, Tunney’s Pasture, Ottawa) has a heavy duty concrete exterior.
20220630. The original NAC is far more impressive to me than its addition however contemporary.
