20221017. Interesting angles, exposed pipes and smokestack at the Power Plant (Murray and Murray, 1973), providing district heating and cooling at University of Ottawa.
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20221015. The cute little Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church in Nepean, Ottawa.
20221014. Part of the Lester B. Pearson Building (WZMH, 1973).
20221011. Pleasant Park Baptist Church (Norman D. Sherriff, 1961) features a zigzag chimney and handrail, coloured tiles and glass blocks.
20221007. The Royal Trust Building (Jim Strutt for the Architects’ Collaborative, 1960) features buff textured precast concrete and window insets with triangles on top and bottom. Info from Capitalmodern.ca
20221006. The Public Service Alliance Building, with its stretched elliptic cylinderical shape and iron-spot brick, defies categorization and still seems current 54 years after construction (Schoeler Heaton Harvor Menendez, 1968).
20220930. “The Dominion Observatory is an excellent example of an eclectic blend of Romanesque Revival and Edwardian Classicist styles” (1904, David Ewart, Chief Architect of the Department of Public Works). #ottawa #architecture #ottawaarch #heritage #historicsite @ParksCanada
20220928. The old school modernist concrete and brick bus shelters of the large and sparse Confederation Heights public service campus in Ottawa
20220926. The tent-shaped St-Rémi Parish by Polish architect Zygmunt Julian Nowak, 1965.
20220925. Brutalist Convenience at J.J.’s Market.
20220924. The Billings Bridge Tower (1974) is a modernist office tower with romanesque arches at grade.
20220923. An industrial park office building with interesting precast coarse aggregate concrete panels that interact with matching window blinds.
20220919. The Treehouse, or Kemper House (Jim Strutt, 1962) resides in the only modernist heritage conservation district in Canada.
20220916. Nested Triangles Parish or St. Timothy’s Presbyterian Church in Alta Vista. Burgess, MCLean & MacPhadyen, 1959.
20220914. A reflection of 275 Slater Street (1968).
20220911. 220 Laurier Ave W uses lovely corduroy concrete precast panels apart from its ground floor entrance upgrade.
20220908. Vanier Community Church = City Church + Capital City Bikers Church. “Our services have a very relaxed feel, powerful ‘rock and roll’ music, and dynamic messages.”
20220902. Eastview Plaza was a mid-century modern outdoor shopping mall before its recent demolition. My only image taken before appreciating modern architecture.
20220828. Queen Elizabeth Tower A in profile – one of the earliest condominium developments downtown (1975-78, Tridel). Do the bulges have bigger units?
20220827. Robarts Library has a buddy – the National Research Council Canada National Science Library. Shore Tilbe Henschek Irwin, 1974, Ottawa.
20220826. The Sir Richard Scott Building uses panels of corduroy concrete giving it that fuzzy tactile look. This building also houses the main branch of the brutalist Ottawa Public Library.
20220824. Might as well make the windowless facade of an office building interesting. Martel Building, 1975, Ottawa.
20220820. St Aidan’s awesome Anglican Church. Burgess, McLean and MacPhadyen, Ottawa, 1965.
20220812. The City Centre Complex (Ashworth, Robbie, Vaughan & Williams, 1965) was a major intercity truck depot now revived with an influx of new local businesses.
20220810. Paroisse St-Rémi is a mid-century expressionist church especially from the sky.
