Tag Archives: brutalism
20201013. The brutalist parallel triangle wedge-shaped parkade exit stairwell.
20201009. Geometrically, the Manulife Centre’s new glass skirt seems to work with the brutalist tower but its most interesting feature now lies hidden.
20201006. An interesting feature of Edgeley in the Park (Irving Grossman, 1971, Jane and Finch) is that the south-facing wing (left) has its facades reversed when compared to the rest of the building (see previously posted photos – 4/4).
20201005. Edgeley in the Park, a 1971 brutalist complex in Jane and Finch by Irving Grossman, is more than a quarter kilometre long. (3/4).
20201004. Edgeley in the Park, Brutalism in Jane and Finch by Toronto architect Irving Grossman (2/4).
20201002. Dirty beautiful brutalism in Jane and Finch (1/4).
20200919. The brutalist Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General Milton Courthouse.
20200830. The precast concrete brutalism of Apple Self Storage.
20200823. A fine plain brutalist parkade in a North York industrial park.
20200821. Metro modernism against a brutalist backdrop. St. George Station and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto (2/2).
20200820. Metro modernism against a brutalist backdrop. St. George Station and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at University of Toronto (1/2).
20200816. The Paneled Brutalism of the Toronto District School Board Education Centre as featured in my new book with Spacing. Get your copy today at https://spacingstore.ca/.
20200812. The beautiful brutalist Masters Condominiums Building B at 296-300 Mill Road, Markland Wood, Etobicoke, Toronto (Kelton Architects & Planners, 1976).
20200810. Appreciating the Toronto Star building before it is incorporated into the new mega-development at One Yonge by Pinnacle International and Hariri Pontarini Architects.
20200805. The High Point Mall Medical Centre in Mississauga. Not sure whether it’s the high point of medical care but look at the coarse aggregate concrete!
20200724. Brutalist Ventilation on an Incline. George Drew Complex.
20200705. Sometimes the demolition of one building reveals an impressive view of another. Jorgensen Hall, Ryerson University, WZMH Architects, 1971.
20200704. Bell Brutalism.
20200622. High-rise Brutalism at the Chelmsford Apartments in Agincourt.
20200621. Brutalism at the Toronto Star Building (1971) includes coarse aggregate concrete.
20200618. The massive brutalist shell around the seed of the planetarium.
20200501. The patterned concrete of the enwave Walton Street Steam Plant north facade.
20200415. The brutalist SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health (formerly the Hincks Dellcrest Centre) at Jarvis and Wellesley. Shore & Moffat, 1967.
20200411. Demolition on Elizabeth Street has revealed some fine brutalism at the Enwave Walton Street Steam Plant.
