20211006. 720 Spadina Ave (Eugene Janiss, 1973) is a Brutalist mixed-use tower with an commercial base oriented perpendicularly to a residential tower which presents an almost blank face to the street.
Tag Archives: concrete
20211002. Why not use a cold milling machine to tear up that concrete? Queen Street gets some much needed track replacement near City Hall.
20210929. The Valhalla Executive Centre at 300 The East Mall seems aptly named as it is demolished.
20210923. After a 20 year run, the Toronto Weston Flea Market closed its doors two years ago.
20210922. Will Moss Park’s 1974 Centrepoint East High-Rise Complex be the first white brutalist buildings in Toronto?
20210814. Modern August #14. The Trillium Apartments with its funky concrete port cochere and fountain.
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.
