Tag Archives: concrete
20210721. Bridges of July #21. The covered concrete and glass walkway along the Progress Avenue overpass above McCowan Ave.
20210718. Bridges of July #18. Under where Highway 427 splits into the Queen Elizabeth Way and the Gardiner Expressway.
20210705. Bridges (and underpasses and overpasses) of July 05. John B. Parkin’s 1966 modern enclosed open spandrel concrete arch bridge brings the subway over the Riverdale Ravine.
20210701. Infrastructure is sexy so here are the bridges of July! 01. A man puts a highway overpass into scale showing just how much space fast moving vehicles need.
20210630. Brutalist June ends with Brutalism #30 – Brutalist Gateway to the Underground circa 1974.
20210629. Brutalist June continues with Brutalism #29. Brutalism in the Toronto Catholic District School Board.
20210628. Brutalist June continues with Brutalism #28. Pillars support the Beverley Halls (former Polish Combatants’ Hall) above a parking garage. Wieslaw Wodkiewicz, 1973.
20210627.#Brutalist June continues with #Brutalism #27. The consonance of concrete and canopy at the Ontario Science Centre.
20210624. Brutalist June continues with Brutalism #24. Béton brut is the term used to describe concrete left unfinished after being cast like here at the Sheraton Centre Toronto.
20210623. Brutalist June continues with Brutalism #23. Uno Prii’s Alan Brown building (1983) is one of a kind.
20210622. Brutalist June continues with Brutalism #22. An impeccable brutalist office tower by Crang & Boake (1982).
20210621. Brutalist June continues with Brutalism 21 – Brutalist Ventilation at the George Drew Complex.
20210619. June Is Brutalism Month! Brutalist-19. The other side of Toronto’s Masters condominiums feature funky concrete stairwells.
20210615. Brutalist June 15. Living in Brutalism at Moss Park’s 1974 Centrepoint East high-rise complex.
20210614. Brutalist June continues with Brutalism 14 – Concrete canyon on the Canada Life Campus.
20210613. Brutalist June continues with Brutalism 13 – demolished brutalism at The Grand Hotel and former RCMP Toronto Headquarters.
20210611. Brutalist June continues with Brutalism 11 – The loved or reviled Robarts Library.
20210610. Brutalist June continues with Brutalism-10. John M. Kelly Library is the other brutalist University of Toronto library.
20210609. Brutalist June continues with Brutalism-09 – a minimal brutalist parkade in a North York industrial park.
20210608. Brutalist Month continues. Here’s the concrete Michener Institute of Education at the University Health Network. B+H Architects, 1972.
20210607. Brutalism-07. Sometimes little Brutalist buildings are cute. Stay-tuned for Brutalism for all of June!
20210606. Brutalist June continues! Brutalism-06. Etobicoke’s Toronto District School Board West Education Office is a Brutalist place to be.
20210605. #Brutalism Month continues! #Brutalist-05. The west facade of the brutalist yet forever contemporary Manulife Centre.
20210604. June is #Brutalism Month! #Brutalist-04. Toronto’s un-designated 1974 Brutalist Masters Building A at Mill Road and Burnhamthorpe.
