Tag Archives: Contemporary
20220625. Selections of abstract glass tower reflections.
20220227. A shiny and angular condo tower stairwell enclosure at Harris Square.
20220122. Braking for the last slivers of sunset.
20220103. It’s nice to consider contemporary architecture occasionally. The Wong Dai Sin Temple by Shim-Sutcliffe Architects (2015) features weathered steel and a 10 metre cantiliver span.
20211221. The greenhouse-inspired structure above the patio outside New Fort Hall at Hotel X has a new skin. The hall features glass floors both in and out with foundations of former barracks of nearby Fort York below.
20200525. The laneway between modern and contemporary.
20200302. River City Phase 3 and its Extreme Architecture is complete.
20200229. The River City Phase 3 concrete facade in the West Don Lands.
20191211. Carlton Street is a corridor of architectural eras.
20190923. The cacophonous Carnaby Condos from Dufferin Street.
20190216. The Extreme Architecture of the nearly completed River City Phase 3 is visible down Adelaide Street East.
20181226. On the faux Victorian frontier in the Upper Beaches
20171227. Strong lines relate the modernist Burton Tower (McLennan Physical Laboratories) to the contemporary One Spadina (John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design) north facade.
River City 1, 2 and 3 shall be an exceptional contemporary trio.
20170415. Cuboid aluminum mechanical shed. Loretto College School.
20170407. A bug’s eye view of the entrance to the illuminated cast glass wedge at the Fort York Visitor Centre.
20170327. The new anodized-aluminum-clad SQ Spadina Queen Condos is very close to completion.
20170323. The wall cladding outside Toronto’s biggest ballroom at the Beanfield Centre – formerly the Allstream Centre but forever the automotive building
20170215. The unique fusing of contemporary and modernist highrise architecture at 66 Isabella.
20160914. The townhome serrations of Linea on Bayview.
20160331. Sunset reflections dapple Toronto’s Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery.
The building that is The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery was built in 1926 as the powerhouse that housed the heating and refrigeration equipment for the Toronto Terminal Warehouse, now the Queen’s Quay Terminal. The building was renovated and reopened in 1987.
20160323. In a staring contest with Toronto’s Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery.
The building that is The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery was built in 1926 as the powerhouse that housed the heating and refrigeration equipment for the Toronto Terminal Warehouse, now the Queen’s Quay Terminal (reflected in the glass). The building was renovated and reopened in 1987.