20220120. Heavy-duty high-rise.
Tag Archives: modern architecture
20220116. The days are numbered for this modern, handsome, uniquely cladded former Universal Studios Canada building at Victoria Park and Sheppard
20220115. Form follows function on this apartment building facade. The middle windows not level with the others suggests stairwell.
20220114. The Bayview Towers complex includes 4 buildings with 70 Ruddington Dr (centre) built 20 years later than the other 3. Differences include corner balconies, the roofline and fenestration.
20220113. The Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Catholic Church of Alderwood, Etobicoke.
20220112. The unusual glass block windows at the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club (1957).
20220111. Connecting holes in a modern concrete wall.
20211212. The handsome Walden Circle Apartments in Clarkson, Mississauga incorporate angles in its front elevation.
20211210. The modern townhouse (in Don Mills) complete with tile work, brick wall patterns and two shades of brick.
20211209. Tiffany Place (11 Wincott Dr, 1975) is a handsome late-modern high-rise with segmented facades in brown brick.
20211206. Merton 5. Le Corbu (194 Merton St) is the coolest name for a repurposed loft building with modern curves (formerly home to Green Forest Lumber – logo on left side).
20211201-Merton1. Merton Street an excellent collection of interesting buildings including 170 Merton, the painted brick brutalist brokerage.
20211126. The funny fenestration at 40 Chicester Place in Scarborough includes a missing window, one taller floor and three different windows.
20211122. With both the TTC and Miway now operating buses out of Kipling station, the Islington Station bus terminal will soon be redeveloped.
20211111. A modern Mississauga mid-rise with an unusual shape in profile.
20211028. Wellesley Station’s second entrance at 17 Dundonald Street is reconstructed nine feet north of the original building shown here in 2015.
20211027. The Herbert H. Carnegie Centennial Centre (Hockey rink). Architect Irving D. Boigon, 1967. Does anyone know if this arena has always been cladded in aluminum?
20211024. The north entrance to the understated formal modernism of the Toronto Court House (Marani Morris & Allan, 1966).
20211014. The new Davisville Junior Public School is a far cry from the original. Frankly speaking, the only positive thing I can say about this new school is that it is new.
20211005. Demolitions can be beautiful II. Two modern mid-rises are coming down in Greenwood-Coxwell as Toronto Community Housing rebuilds the Don Summerville Apartments.
20211004. Demolitions can be beautiful. Two modern mid-rises are coming down in Greenwood-Coxwell as Toronto Community Housing rebuilds the Don Summerville Apartments.
20210908. The interiors of the former IBM offices (John B, Parkin Associatiates, 1965) have been stripped but the facades will remain under the Crosstown III tower.
20210831. Modern August #31. Many of Toronto’s finest mid-century modern buildings face the same risk as this now demolished strip mall in Victoria Village.
20210830. Modern August #30. Whites Location Equipment Supply has equipped the film industry for over 50 years from this massive modern warehouse.
20210826. Modern August #26. Seeya Celestica as you make way for the Crosstown Community.
