Tag Archives: toronto
20170718. The Sheppard Centre’s residential component includes this synergistic trio of Brutalist-inspired towers. Perhaps the centre’s expansion and renovation will not detract from this handsome collective.
20170717. The mid-century expressionist St. Peter’s Estonian Lutheran Church. Note the very unusual angled walls with the apex at the middle of the facade, consisting of english garden bond split-brickwork with heading courses inserted every 6th course and alternating courses of recessed and protruding brick.
The York University Curtis Lecture Halls exemplify Brutalism with a form expressing its function.
20170715. The singularly Brutalist Masters Condos of Etobicoke’s Markland Wood.
20170713. The domes of the City of Toronto’s F.J. Horgan Water Treatment Plant.
20170711. The unparalleled simplicity of Mies van der Rohe’s Toronto-Dominion Centre is still evident today on its 50th anniversary.
20170711. Having lunch at the foot of a massive monolithic Mies masterpiece on its 50th anniversary.
20170710. The 1910 S.F. Bowser and Company Factory, producer of oil tanks, has Edwardian Classical features including a flat roof, less ornate corbelled brickwork and piers, and flat-headed windows (39 Mowat Avenue).
20170709. A massive Mammoet self-propelled modular transport (with three 6 axle line modules) supports the new Wilkinson Eyre-designed Eaton Centre pedestrian bridge as it is fastened in place.
20170707. The quintessentially modern entrance at the Queen Elizabeth building.
The long buildings of Mowat Avenue in Liberty Village.
Billboards and industrial built heritage in Liberty Village.
The massive King West Life Condominiums of Liberty Village.
The very impressive open air pavilion at Toronto’s new Trillium Park.
20170630. Underneath a three-dimensional trillium.
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.
20170627. Climbing up to the One Spadina Design Studio where only gestures can explain the dramatic ceiling.
20170625. Bay Adelaide Centre West wide angle.
‪20170624. Placing the #TTC’s new York University Station ceiling inside a sphere.
20170621. Looking up at the symmetrical Scott Library skylight.
20170619. The main entrance section to Davisville Public School features a fun flaring concave angular roof and a chimney to match.
20170618. An askew view of vertically scored precast concrete. Minimal Aesthetic 115.
20170618. Where two diagonally patterned perpendicular planes meet. Minimal Aesthetic 114.
