20210922. Will Moss Park’s 1974 Centrepoint East High-Rise Complex be the first white brutalist buildings in Toronto?
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20210827. Modern August #27. The 1965 Bell Telephone building podium and tower at 76 Adelaide St W just lost its very thoughtful facade. Note how the brown exchange building in the background has a similar fenestration. Will the new facade be this thoughtful?
20210814. Modern August #14. The Trillium Apartments with its funky concrete port cochere and fountain.
20210803. Modern August #3. Uno Prii’s 1968 Gallery Towers seems to be getting a facelift. 50 Stephanie Street, Toronto.
20210630. Brutalist June ends with Brutalism #30 – Brutalist Gateway to the Underground circa 1974.
20210615. Brutalist June 15. Living in Brutalism at Moss Park’s 1974 Centrepoint East high-rise complex.
20210529. The Tuxedo Court Apartments sport turquoise stripes and large solar panels.
20210523. The three aligned towers of Pharmacy Place or Clairlea Court or 263-283 Pharmacy Ave. I like how this complex rises out of Warden Woods.
20210516. A Blue Diamond Condos facade.
20210510. With blackened balconies, the Georgian apartment building (1976) in Woodbine Gardens is nothing like its namesake.
20210430. Before and after the transformation at College and Huron. Apart from podium colour and shape, the new structure looks little like the original.
20210228. The top addition (1966) to the former Shell Oil Building (1958) starts above the ornamental floor.
20210227. One of Peter Caspari’s 67 year old City Park Co-op buildings, part of the first modern multi-building apartment complex in Toronto.
20210222. The slender north facade of the Monde Condominiums on the East Bayfront. Moshe Safdie and Quadrangle Architects, 2016.
20210221. A side profile of the impressive Brutalist Masters Condos of Etobicoke’s Markland Wood.
20210220. The pleasing lines of Balfour Square. Seligman and Dick, 1969.
20210218. Contrasting the unique Round Hill Condos stepped-out original west facade and aluminum-sided east facade which give it a concave footprint.
20210210. Colourful Artscape Weston Common is Artscape’s newest community cultural hub.
20210110. The Emerald Park Condos rise over a North York hood like giant trees.
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?
20210104. The modern residential high-rises of St. James Town, the largest high-rise community in Canada. From left to right: The Winnipeg, The Halifax, The Vancouver (240, 260, 280 Wellesley St E).
20200102. Promenade Gardens (1965), a large three-winged modern building.
20210101. The Kingsview (1960) on the Kingsway, a brutal modern luxury cellular tower.
20201120. A modern apartment high-rise with a very substantial entranceway canopy.
20201114. The space between the Chelmsford Apartments high-rise towers.
