Tag Archives: modernist
20180703. The modern 20th century 21 St. Clair Ave E.
20180702. The mid-century expressionist triangular St. Peter’s Estonian Lutheran Church.
20180611. Taking a break at a Toronto Hydro electric substation with a pretty cool precast concrete wall.
20180610. A blank facade at the modernist University of Toronto Chestnut Residence and former Colony Hotel.
20180524. Staring up the streamline moderne stairway glass block window at the Hamilton Hydro Electric Station.
20180522. Enjoying the cool covered parkade at the City Adult Learning Centre (formerly Parkview Secondary School). Peter Pennington, 1964.
20180518. The oblong spirals of a concrete stairwell at the University of Toronto Scarborough Andrews Building.
20180511. The modernist Humber Valley United Church entrance facade.
20180429. The symmetrical south facade of the modern TTC Finch Station bus terminal.
20180422. The Style Moderne brick and glass-block cladding of the IBM Head Office and Factory at Don Mills Crossing faces demolition.
John B. Parkin’s forsaken orthogonal modernist IBM office campus (1965) at Eglinton and Don Mills is at grave risk of demolition.
20180417. Catholic Modernism at Our Lady of Fatima Shrine (1960).
20180413. A fine modernist entranceway to TTC’s Greenwood power Substation.
20180408. Brilliant modern interior design allowing light to penetrate through glass blocks in the walls of the City Adult Learning Centre covered pedestrian bridge. Architect Peter Pennington, 1963.
20180407. Sitting by the modernist space age canopy at the Ash Grove apartments in North York.
20180402. The one-of-a-kind modernist Saint Maria Goretti Parish.
20180329. A rose window and square crosses on a curved and rounded facade greet churchgoers at Our Lady Queen of Croatia Church.
20180326. Masterful modernism at Cedarbrae Collegiate Institute. Scarborough, Toronto, Allward & Gouinlock, 1959.
20180322. Tout est possible at the modernist École Élémentaire Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau.
20180321. The striking yet simple design of the Bickford Centre (formerly Bickford Park High School, Toronto Board of Education, 1965).
20180315. Triangular prism shaped buildings such as the 1958 modernist Mimico Presbyterian Church have interesting side elevations.
20180313. The modernist triangular north elevation of the 1958 Mimico Presbyterian Church.
20180312. Play basketball circa 1961 at Glen Ames Senior Public School in The Beaches.
20180311. John B. Parkin had a particular interest in designing school buildings in the modernist style including the 1942 Sunnylea Junior School shown here with its 1948 addition.
