Tag Archives: modernism
The epically modern and singular Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church.
20171123. The impressive facade of brick, stone, copper and concrete at the Blessed Cardinal Newman Catholic School church.
20171025. The epically modern Scarborough Church of God with its appropriately shaped array of solar panels.
20171024. The unusual and uncomely modernism / postmodernism of the R Square Restaurant & Bar, your pepper soup joint.
20170929. Peterborough’s 1920 Quaker Oats (PepsiCo) factory where Aunt Jemima pancake mix was created.
An interesting fenestration configuration at the Charlesview Apartments.
20170916. The modern residential high-rises of Oak Street in Regent Park.
20170909. The Concord’s concrete canopy on Cosburn is a fine example of Flinstone Modernism.
20170823. The Executive Offices facade of the Queen Elizabeth Building with its folded-plate concrete roof.
20170813. The blank facade of Uno Prii’s 1972 Spadina Towers in the park.
20170812. Pittsburgh’s Sixth and Penn parking garage is a modernist gem designed by architect Ryan Avedissian who was demoted due to his obsession with abstraction.
20170707. The quintessentially modern entrance at the Queen Elizabeth building.
20170619. The main entrance section to Davisville Public School features a fun flaring concave angular roof and a chimney to match.
20170615. A look back at the 2015 demolition of a modernist Peter Dickinson Regent Park tower in the park.
20170430. The late modernist St. Joan of Arc Church (William Saccoccio, 1967) with its hexagonal nave.
20170426. An aerial view of the anatomy of a demolition (of the single storey modernist Brink’s Express Company of Canada building).
20170424. Walls of unfilled roman classic travertine frame the TD Bank Tower Escalator to Concourse.
20170417. Metro modernism against a brutalist backdrop.
20170414. A wide-angle view of the modernist 1961 Gerald Larkin Building south facade. Architect: Somerville, McMurrich & Oxley.
20170413. A wide-angle view of Nathan Phillips Square.
20170409. The modernist Evangeline Residence is the second largest women’s shelter in Toronto.
20170405. A model modernist triplet in Toronto’s Briar Hill.
20170403. A interesting angle on a largely modernist triangular block.
20170322. Etobicoke’s Viceroy Building is a tiny, old modernist gem; sitting on slender columns, its bulk seems to defy gravity.
