20220120. Heavy-duty high-rise.
Tag Archives: Toronto 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.
20220110. The lines of the Munich RE Centre (1973).
20220106. Getting gothic at the gothic tudor Bradgate Arms Retirement Residence.
20220103. It’s nice to consider contemporary architecture occasionally. The Wong Dai Sin Temple by Shim-Sutcliffe Architects (2015) features weathered steel and a 10 metre cantiliver span.
20220102. Modern Green Tile Pallete. Minimal Aesthetic #164.
20220101. Recess under surveillance. Minimal Aesthetic #163. Surveillance #4.
20211231. Keep on looking up as we welcome 2022!
20211221. The greenhouse-inspired structure above the patio outside New Fort Hall at Hotel X has a new skin. The hall features glass floors both in and out with foundations of former barracks of nearby Fort York below.
20211220. Patterned glass reflection at the Sick Kids Research Centre. Minimal Aesthetic #162.
20211219. Get out of here, a sixth one of the amazing emergency exits on TTC’s Line 1 extension to Vaughan!
20211218. A rear view on the fifth of the amazing emergency exits on TTC’s Line 1 extension to Vaughan.
20211217. Oh my, the fourth of the amazing emergency exits on TTC’s Line 1 extension to Vaughan.
20211216. A third one of the amazing emergency exits on TTC’s Line 1 extension to Vaughan.
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.
20211208. The building with the crown of curved crenellations.
20211205. Merton 4. These buildings on Pailton Crescent are the backs of buildings on Merton Street.
20211204. Merton 3. Merton Street’s stock of unusual buildings includes this bulky modern concrete and brick structure at 250 Merton.
20211202-Merton 2. Merton Street has an excellent collection of interesting buildings including the unusual half mirrored office building at 130 Merton.
