Tag Archives: concrete
20210125. Glencairn Station has a new skylight system, a reimagination of the original skylight panels by artist Rita Letendre that were removed due to water damage.
20210124. Parking under the overpass at Lawrence East Station.
20210116. Silos South Side. Canada Malting Co., J.S. Metcalf, 1928.
20210112 A brutalist radome-topped ground radar tower in the Toronto Pearson International Airport infield cargo area.
20210107. A revitalized block of St. James Town features ultra clean modern towers, a new black tower (previously a No Frills) and townhouses but do these elements match?
20200102. Promenade Gardens (1965), a large three-winged modern building.
20210101. The Kingsview (1960) on the Kingsway, a brutal modern luxury cellular tower.
20201229. The ventilation stacks and chambers of Plant Complex 3 Building 36 (1952), a jet engine repair and testing facility at the former de Havilland Aircraft Company campus at Downsview Park.
20201226. 477 Mount Pleasant Road (1960) is quite modern for a mid-century office building.
20201219. The aptly named Outllook Manor at 55 Outlook Ave and Jane St sits at the top of the Black Creek Valley.
20201218. The covered concrete and glass walkway along the Progress Ave ramp over McCowan Ave is still fairly appealing.
20201212. The new Storm Water Quality Facility (SWQF) at Lake Shore and Cherry to treat urban run-off from new West Don Lands development.
20201204. The only similarity between the Chaz Condos and the 1966 Macy Dubois gem that it replaced is the octagonal shape of both buildings.
20201203. Beauty in coarse, grooved, poured-in-place concrete.
20201130. The Colonnade was the first modern mixed use building in the city. Gerald Robinson and Tampold Wells Architects, 1964.
20201127. The A.N. Bourns Science Building, McMaster University.
20201126. Jail is a brutalist place to be. Jail II, Justice Center Complex, Cleveland, Robert P. Madison International, 1995.
20201125. Hamilton’s brutalist hospital.
20201123. The McMaster University Medical Centre’s concrete ground floor parkade mezzanine features directional art.
20201122. A fancy fence casts shadows on a striated concrete wall.
20201121. Bemi’s Brutalist Bibliothèque (Ottawa Public Library main branch).
20201120. A modern apartment high-rise with a very substantial entranceway canopy.
20201119. Brutalism at the Toronto Catholic District School Board (Concrete Architecture #13).
20201117. Rocky Mountain Court (1980), a genre-defying concrete condo tower in downtown Calgary, features rounded shapes like circles and stadiums (rounded rectangles).
