Tag Archives: Toronto; architecture
20200223. The Loblaw Groceterias building (1928) has been resurrected as the West Block.
20200212. The rear of the Toronto Reference Library.
20200211. Entering the Radisson Hotel Admiral Toronto-Harbourfront parking garage.
20200210. Living in Brutalism at Moss Park’s 1974 Centrepoint East high-rise complex.
20200203. Featuring Tonight. Bumping & Grinding and Vice Versa! This is the best place to watch a Leaf game! Filmores Hotel is closing! Bought by Menkes for $31.5 million, it will most likely be demolished.
20200202. Toronto City Council has endorsed replacing the brutalist St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts with a new state-of-the-art cultural and civic hub.
20200201. The McDonald Block complex, the administrative hub of the Ontario government, is undergoing a major reconstruction that will replace all core building systems.
20200131. Satellite Dish Place, Regent Park.
20200129. The greenhouse-inspired structure above the patio outside New Fort Hall at Hotel X. The hall features glass floors both in and out with foundations of former barracks of nearby Fort York below.
20200123. Modernist Congregation B’Nai Torah.
20200122. Thales Canada (formerly IBM) at 105 Moatfield Drive is a great example of a Brutalist office tower (Crang & Boake, 1982).
20200121. Goodbye to University of Toronto’s Best (left, 1954) and Banting (right, 1930) Institutes named for the two men that discovered and commercialized insulin in 1922. They will be replaced by the Schwartz Reisman Innovation Centre.
20200111. A large mural graces the south side ground floor wall of the Grid Condos.
20200110. The front precast concrete wall of the Toronto Hydro Electric Substation at Charles and Jarvis.
20200107. The Jean Lumb Public School and the Bishop Macdonell Catholic Elementary School opened yesterday in Toronto’s CityPlace neighbourhood though I cannot tell which school is shown in this photo.
20191230. Matching mid-rises in the Church and Wellesley neighbourhood.
20191229. Behind the facades of 19 Duncan Street, a future mixed-use development, significant progress has been made on excavation.
20191228. Taking advantage of a facade’s support structure in lighting a construction hoarding walkway at King and Peter.
20191227. The best construction hoarding in Toronto could be at Wellington and York, around the 1888 Toronto Club.
20191226. Modern lines in a Mimico industrial park.
20191216. Although the days of old Alexandra Park’s brutalist brick townhomes are numbered, they continue to intrigue with unexpected symmetry.
20170629. An ellipsoid at sunset created by the triodetic-domed Cinesphere and it reflection.
20170628. The contrast between 19th century architecture and contemporary condo tower at 582 Sherbourne. Featured in Toronto Architecture: A City Guide.
20160710. Toronto’s late modern St. Andrew’s United Church sits hidden near Bloor and Church.
