20220127. The Agnes MacPhail apartment complex features two towers connected by a narrow section in between them.
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20220115. Form follows function on this apartment building facade. The middle windows not level with the others suggests stairwell.
20210814. Modern August #14. The Trillium Apartments with its funky concrete port cochere and fountain.
20210724. Bridges of July #24. Under the O’Connor Drive Bridge over Taylor-Massey Creek.
20210526. The apartment houses of O’Connor.
20210510. With blackened balconies, the Georgian apartment building (1976) in Woodbine Gardens is nothing like its namesake.
20210413. This unusual apartment building features elements found in closets like hangers and hooks and separate entrances to ground floor units.
20210409. Connecting two mid-rises with a modern porte-cochere in Woodbine Gardens.
20200624. The Salvation Army East Toronto Citadel with its unusual addition.
20190920. A former Brutalist bank at Danforth and Woodbine.
20190908. The unusual social housing on Lumsden Avenue.
20180820. The colossal apartment towers of Crescent Town (1971) rise above the private podium level connecting each high-rise.
20170909. The Concord’s concrete canopy on Cosburn is a fine example of Flinstone Modernism.
20150914. Residence for the Sisters of St. Joseph, a 2015 Toronto Urban Design Award nominee.
Shim-Sutcliffe Architects
20150212. The Shim-Sutcliffe Architects award-winning Sisters of the St. Joseph Residence (East York, Toronto).
This is a hospital / assisted-living centre with impressive green features including integrated solar panels, geothermal heating and cooling, a green roof and permeable pavers in the parking lot to reduce water runoff.