Tag Archives: modernist
20180212. Etobicoke’s Viceroy Building is a tiny, old modernist gem; sitting on slender columns, its bulk seems to defy gravity (wide-angle version).
20180209. The Carlton and Cambridge stand sentinel on Sentinal Rd., watching over the frontier-style subdivision at York University.
Strange architectural bedfellows – colossal and contemporary contrasting with modest, modernist and moderne – until the older building sprouts its own office tower.
The epically modern and singular Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church (II).
20180119. Miesian Desk in Travertine Wall. Minimal Aesthetic 120.
20171227. Strong lines relate the modernist Burton Tower (McLennan Physical Laboratories) to the contemporary One Spadina (John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design) north facade.
20171210. In Etobicoke on Resurrection Road, one can find the divine use of concrete at the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ Catholic Church.
20171208. Three ‘-ists’ to describe the heritage listed mid-century Flemingdon Park Apartments: Brutalist, Expressionist and Modernist.
20171207. Abandoned possessions at the almost abandoned Massey Medal winning Don Valley Woods modernist townhouse complex which is slated for demolition to make way for the Ravine condo development by Urban Capital.
20171204. The massive modernist Moss Park apartment complex (1964) from above.
20171201. Modern symmetry at the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church.
Parkwoods United Church (1964), yet another fantastic modernist religious structure.
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.
The sun sets behind the Kennedy Station Passenger Pick-up and Drop-off.
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.
20170913. The east facade of the Toronto Fire and EMS Training Centre.
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.
High-rise living at Charles and Balmuto.
