20211130. The building beside Fire Station 311, a 1911 Queen Anne Revival building by Robert McCallum and National Historic Site, is an example of contextual architecture with its keystones, fenestration and garage opening inspired by the station.
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The condominium behind this lovely 1891 Gothic Revival building is a bad example of contextual architecture – a principle of design in which a structure is designed with reference to its surroundings.
20190213. This part of the Globe and Mail Centre’s podium has a sympathetic aesthetic in that it follows the height of neighbouring buildings.
20181016. Postmodern Contextualism at Church and Charles. Contextualism is a principle of design in which the structure is designed in response to its specific urban and natural environment.
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.
