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Architecture: the wonderful, and the everyday parts of our built environment

I've always loved photographs of architecture. It is a way to experience buildings lost to time and 'progress'. It is also a way to see details we might overlook as we pass by day after day.

Of course a lot of these photos are from our travels outside of Toronto, too, across Ontario, out to Eastern Canada, down in the US, Europe, and China.



(Not the category you were looking for? The full list is here at the bottom of this page.)

Balm Beach, Ontario

Winter lodge Winter lodge (Along the beach)

Beaverton, Ontario

Strand Theatre Strand Theatre (Strand Theatre)

Beijing, China

Great Wall of China - Mutianyu section Great Wall of China - Mutianyu section (Outside Beijing)

Bredenbury, England

Rowden Mill train station Rowden Mill train station (Old train station)

British Columbia, Canada

Decay of the Church Decay of the Church (New Church House)

Changsha, China

Mnt Yuelu Academy roof Mnt Yuelu Academy roof (Mnt Yuelu Academy)

Chelsea

London blocks London blocks (London, England)

St. Augustine Brickwork St. Augustine Brickwork (London, England)

Chicago, Illinois

Chicago skyline Chicago skyline (Down by the water)

Collingwood, Ontario

Collingwood Post Office Collingwood Post Office (Main Street)

Collingwood Post Office columns Collingwood Post Office columns (Main Street)

Collingwood Roof Line Collingwood Roof Line (Main Street)

Dora House

Dora House entry Dora House entry (London, England)

Georgian Bay, Ontario

Balm Beach Blue Balm Beach Blue (Balm Beach)

Balm Beach Blue Too Balm Beach Blue Too (Balm Beach)

Dressing and Dressing and (Balm Beach)

Ocean Garage too Ocean Garage too (Balm Beach)

Hillsdale, Ontario

Moonstone 'You List With' Moonstone 'You List With' (Main Street)

Moonstone Blues Moonstone Blues (Main Street)

Moonstone Chimney Moonstone Chimney (Main Street)

Moonstone Door Moonstone Door (Main Street)

Moonstone Transom Moonstone Transom (Main Street)

Jarvis and Bloor

Blue grid building Blue grid building (Toronto, Ontario)

Kingston, Ontario

"New" Kingston "New" Kingston (Downtown)

Church shapes Church shapes (Downtown)

Kingston buildings Kingston buildings (Downtown)

Kingston Red Yellow Kingston Red Yellow (Downtown)

Kingston Square Kingston Square (Market Square)

Kingston Stone Flowers Kingston Stone Flowers (Empire Theatre on Princess St)

Kingston wall Kingston wall (Princess Street)

Saint Andrews door Saint Andrews door (Princess Street)

Lake Simcoe, Ontario

St. George's 1877 noise St. George's 1877 noise (St. George's Church)

London, England

Cranley flowers Cranley flowers (Chelsea)

Cranley mews bike Cranley mews bike (Chelsea)

london Apple Store london Apple Store (Regent Street)

Natural History Museum Faces Natural History Museum Faces (Natural History Museum)

Natural History Museum Finish Natural History Museum Finish (Natural History Museum)

Natural History Museum Fishes Natural History Museum Fishes (Natural History Museum)

Natural History Museum Stonework 1 Natural History Museum Stonework 1 (Natural History Museum)

Natural History Museum Stonework 2 Natural History Museum Stonework 2 (Natural History Museum)

St. Jude's chair St. Jude's chair (Chelsea)

Yellow Door Number 4 Yellow Door Number 4 (Notting Hill)

Ludlow, England

Ludlow Castle chairs Ludlow Castle chairs (Ludlow Castle)

Ludlow Castle flowers Ludlow Castle flowers (Ludlow Castle)

Ludlow Door Ludlow Door (Old Town)

Ludlow Window Vines Ludlow Window Vines (Old Town)

Markham, Ontario

First Markham roof First Markham roof (First Markham Mall)

Mahamevna Dome Mahamevna Dome (Kennedy and Elgin Mills)

Mahamevna Dome 2 Mahamevna Dome 2 (Kennedy and Elgin Mills)

Victoria Square United Church Victoria Square United Church (Victoria Square)

Victoria Square United Church 2 Victoria Square United Church 2 (Victoria Square)

Victoria Square United Church postcard Victoria Square United Church postcard (Victoria Square)

Work stairs Work stairs (Work)

Work stairs too Work stairs too (Work)

Midland, Ontario

Midland Bowling 1 Midland Bowling 1 (Main Street)

Moonstone, Ontario

Moonstone Grain Ceiling Moonstone Grain Ceiling (Grain Elevator)

Moonstone Grain Escape Moonstone Grain Escape (Grain Elevator)

Moonstone Grain Love Moonstone Grain Love (Grain Elevator)

Moonstone Grain Reflection Moonstone Grain Reflection (Grain Elevator)

Moonstone Grain Window Too Moonstone Grain Window Too (Grain Elevator)

Napanee, Ontario

Bad roof Bad roof (Outside town on Hay Bay North Shore Road)

Blue and green textured wall Blue and green textured wall (Along the river)

Greater Greater (Napanee Town Hall)

Napanee Red Trio Napanee Red Trio (Main Street)

Napanee roofs Napanee roofs (Hwy 2)

Napanee window Napanee window (Hwy 2)

Napanee window 2 Napanee window 2 (Hwy 2)

Paisley Paisley (Paisley Hotel)

New York, NY

Bergdorf Wreaths Bergdorf Wreaths (Central Park)

Waldorf Wreath Waldorf Wreath (Waldorf Hotel)

Newburgh, Ontario

Newburgh wall Newburgh wall (Along the main street)

Nova Scotia, Canada

Lighthouse close up Lighthouse close up (Peggy's Cove)

Round window Round window (Along the waterfront, downtown Halifax)

Ottawa, Ontario

Connaught Building doors Connaught Building doors (Byward Market)

Green Roofs at the Canadian Museum of Civilization Green Roofs at the Canadian Museum of Civilization (Parliament Buildings)

Library of Parliament and the Centre Block Library of Parliament and the Centre Block (Parliament Buildings)

Mint Flag Mint Flag (Royal Canadian Mint)

Museum Roof Museum Roof (Canadian Museum of Civilization)

Ottawa Blue Reflection Ottawa Blue Reflection (Byward market)

Ottawa curves Ottawa curves (Along Elgin Street)

Ottawa flags Ottawa flags (Congress Centre)

Ottawa Parliament Library Ottawa Parliament Library (Parliament Buildings)

Queen Street East

Not the River Not the River (Over the Don Valley Parkway)

Queen Street Reflections Queen Street Reflections (Over the Don Valley parkway)

Sarnia, Ontario

Sarnia Blue Water Bridge Sarnia Blue Water Bridge (Point Edward)

Sarnia blues Sarnia blues (Park)

Sarnia dormer Sarnia dormer (Canatara Park)

Sarnia Old Door 1 Sarnia Old Door 1 (Just off the 402)

Sarnia Old Door 2 Sarnia Old Door 2 (Just off the 402)

Sarnia Vent Sarnia Vent (Just off the 402)

Second Life

Sudo on Second Life Sudo on Second Life (Sudo island)

Southern Ontario

Antique dome Antique dome (Thomas Foster memorial)

Barn Barn (Outside Napanee)

Boat house green Boat house green (Balsam lake)

Keeping Cool Keeping Cool (Toronto Zoo)

Sharon Temple Sharon Temple (Sharon, Ontario)

Sutton, Ontario

Sutton school at dusk Sutton school at dusk (Public school)

Toronto, Ontario

203 Queen St East - cornice 203 Queen St East - cornice (Queen Street East)

AGO Grange Staircase AGO Grange Staircase (Art Gallery of Ontario)

AGO ramp AGO ramp (Art Gallery of Ontario)

AGO Staircase curves 1 AGO Staircase curves 1 (Art Gallery of Ontario)

AGO Staircase curves 2 AGO Staircase curves 2 (Art Gallery of Ontario)

AGO Transformation monitor AGO Transformation monitor (Art Gallery of Ontario)

AGO trees - 1 AGO trees - 1 (Art Gallery of Ontario)

AGO trees - 2 AGO trees - 2 (Art Gallery of Ontario)

AGO Walker Court AGO Walker Court (Art Gallery of Ontario)

Allan s Puddle Allan s Puddle (Allan Gardens Conservatory)

Another gauge - High Level Pumping Station Another gauge - High Level Pumping Station (High Level Pumping Station)

Apartment Blocks Apartment Blocks (North Toronto)

Aquarium stones Aquarium stones (Ripleys Aquarium of Canada)

Aquarium Tunnel Aquarium Tunnel (Ripleys Aquarium of Canada)

BAPS Mandir sitting BAPS Mandir sitting (BAPS)

Bata Headquarters Bata Headquarters (Eglinton Avenue East)

Bata sky Bata sky (Eglinton Avenue East)

Bathurst green window Bathurst green window (Bathurst Street)

Bay Street blue 1 Bay Street blue 1 (Bay Street)

Bay Street blue 2 Bay Street blue 2 (Bay Street)

Beltline over-bridge Beltline over-bridge (South of Moore ParkBeltline path)

Berkley Color Berkley Color (Queen Street East)

Berkley Diamond Berkley Diamond (Queen Street East)

Berkley Trio Berkley Trio (Queen Street East)

Bernard Two with vines Bernard Two with vines (Downtown)

Big arch Big arch (Winston Churchill park and resevoir)

Bloor 390 Bloor 390 (Bloor and Bathurst)

Blue barber Blue barber (Yonge Street)

Bread wall Bread wall (King Street East)

Brickworks broken window Brickworks broken window (Don Valley brickworks)

Brickworks light Brickworks light (Don Valley brickworks)

Brickworks looking up Brickworks looking up (Don Valley brickworks)

Brickworks sunrise Brickworks sunrise (Don Valley brickworks)

Brickworks wall Brickworks wall (Don Valley brickworks)

Brickworks X Brickworks X (Don Valley brickworks)

Bridge Lines Bridge Lines (Don River)

Bridge rust Bridge rust (Train bridge south of Eglinton and Laird)

C-food C-food (Yonge Street)

Caledonia 1144 Caledonia 1144 (Caledonia and Lawrence West)

Caledonia Owl Caledonia Owl (Caledonia and Lawrence West)

Carlton roof Carlton roof (Carlton and Jarvis)

Centre Centre (Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre and park)

Church hands Church hands (Church on Bloor West)

Church night steps Church night steps (Eglinton St. Georges United church)

Church shapes Church shapes (Chapel of St. James the Less)

Church window Church window (Eglinton St. Georges United church)

Coin Laundry blues Coin Laundry blues (Bathurst Street)

Conservatory reflection Conservatory reflection (Royal Conservatory of Music)

Consumers clock Consumers clock (Yonge Street)

Consumers flowers Consumers flowers (Yonge Street)

Consumers Gas showroom skylight Consumers Gas showroom skylight (North Toronto)

Curtain 4 Curtain 4 (King Street East)

Demo house Demo house (Mount Pleasant)

Design Exchange sustainable house Design Exchange sustainable house (Toronto Stock Exchange)

Dinner in red Dinner in red (Our dinning room)

Don River blue architecture Don River blue architecture (Don River)

Don Valley All Don Valley All (Don Valley brickworks)

Donnelly at night Donnelly at night (University of Toronto)

Door door Door door (Beltline path)

Door door too Door door too (Sherbourne and Gerrard)

Downsview 220 Downsview 220 (Downsview)

Drink Coca-Cola Drink Coca-Cola (Downtown)

Dundas Square Grey Dundas Square Grey (Dundas and Yonge Street)

Education Centre Education Centre (University of Toronto)

Edward Muir gardens (old) Edward Muir gardens (old) (Alexander Muir Memorial Gardens)

Edwards Trio Edwards Trio (Edwards Gardens)

Edwards vines 1 Edwards vines 1 (Edwards Gardens)

Eglinton 'e' Eglinton 'e' (Eglinton Theatre)

Eglinton Park building Eglinton Park building (Eglinton Park)

Eglinton Station pillars Eglinton Station pillars (Yonge and Eglinton)

Emily Carr Room Emily Carr Room (Art Gallery of Ontario)

Enoch windows Enoch windows (Enoch Turner Schoolhouse)

Ernest Hemingway lived here Ernest Hemingway lived here (1597 - 1599 Bathurst Street)

Forest Hill 320 Forest Hill 320 (Forest Hill)

Four-38 Four-38 (Jarvis and Wellesley)

Gable snakes Gable snakes (Queen Street East)

Garage birdhouse Garage birdhouse (Our backyard)

Garage trees Garage trees (Our backyard)

Ghanim House Sign Ghanim House Sign (North York)

Ghanim House Slice Ghanim House Slice (North York)

Ghanim House Sun Ghanim House Sun (North York)

Great Hall Great Hall (Ossington)

Green bridge 1 Green bridge 1 (Don Valley bikepath under a bridge)

Green bridge 2 Green bridge 2 (Don Valley bikepath under a bridge)

Hare Krishna leaded glass window 1 Hare Krishna leaded glass window 1 (Hare Krishna Church on Avenue Road)

Hare Krishna leaded glass window 2 Hare Krishna leaded glass window 2 (Hare Krishna Church on Avenue Road)

Instagram: Soldiers Tower Instagram: Soldiers Tower (University of Toronto)

Jilly's Faces Jilly's Faces (Queen Street East)

Kensington Market Door 3 Kensington Market Door 3 (Kensington Market)

Kensington Market half roof 1 Kensington Market half roof 1 (Kensington Market)

Kensington Market half roof 2 Kensington Market half roof 2 (Kensington Market)

Kensington Market roof and trees Kensington Market roof and trees (Kensington Market)

Kingston road Door Kingston road Door (Upper Beaches)

Kingston road News Kingston road News (Upper Beaches)

Lane Rain Lane Rain (Harbord St.)

Lawrence Park Apartments Lawrence Park Apartments (Alexander Muir Memorial Gardens)

Looking north Looking north (Bloor and Bathurst)

Looking south from the Candy Factory Loft Looking south from the Candy Factory Loft (Queen Street)

Looking up at the High Level Pumping Station Looking up at the High Level Pumping Station (High Level Pumping Station)

Mandir Dome and Flag Mandir Dome and Flag (BAPS)

Mandir Domes from farther back Mandir Domes from farther back (BAPS)

Mandir pattern Mandir pattern (BAPS)

Mandir stairs Mandir stairs (BAPS)

Massey Face Massey Face (Mount Pleasant Cemetery)

Massey Flowers Massey Flowers (Mount Pleasant Cemetery)

Massey Statue Massey Statue (Mount Pleasant Cemetery)

Michael A. Lee-Chin Crystal ROM 1 Michael A. Lee-Chin Crystal ROM 1 (Royal Ontario Museum)

Michael A. Lee-Chin Crystal ROM 2 Michael A. Lee-Chin Crystal ROM 2 (Royal Ontario Museum)

Moatfield green Moatfield green (Don Mills)

Monochrome elephants Monochrome elephants (BAPS)

Necropolis roof Necropolis roof (Toronto Necropolis cemetery)

Necropolis vines Necropolis vines (Toronto Necropolis cemetery)

No parking blues No parking blues (Caledonia Park)

Noor 1963 Noor 1963 (Noor Cultural Centre (Formerly the JCCC))

Noor chains Noor chains (Noor Cultural Centre (Formerly the JCCC))

Noor full Noor full (Noor Cultural Centre (Formerly the JCCC))

Noor vines Noor vines (Noor Cultural Centre (Formerly the JCCC))

Northern (hall) lights Northern (hall) lights (Our front hall)

NOT the Distillery District NOT the Distillery District (Beltline path)

NTCI orange door and stairs NTCI orange door and stairs (North Toronto)

Number Nine Number Nine (Downtown)

OAA Outside OAA Outside (Ontario Association of Architects)

OAA Stairs OAA Stairs (Ontario Association of Architects)

Old City Hall W Old City Hall W (Old City Hall)

Once was windows Once was windows (Sherbourne and Gerrard)

Osgoode Hall Library Ceiling Osgoode Hall Library Ceiling (Osgoode Hall)

Osgoode iron fence Osgoode iron fence (Osgoode Hall)

Painted wall Painted wall (Queen Street East)

Park bench blues Park bench blues (Caledonia Park)

Parkhurst window Parkhurst window (Laird Industrial area)

Pleasant French Cemetery Pleasant French Cemetery (Mount Pleasant Cemetery)

Pool doors Pool doors ( D.D. Summerville Pool in the Beaches)

Queens Park ceiling Queens Park ceiling (Queens Park)

RCM Ihnatowycz Hall entrance RCM Ihnatowycz Hall entrance (Royal Ontario Museum)

Rethink Space Rethink Space (Don Valley brickworks)

Revolution Counter - High Level Pumping Station Revolution Counter - High Level Pumping Station (High Level Pumping Station)

Riverdale bridge Riverdale bridge (Riverdale Farm)

Riverdale fence Riverdale fence (Riverdale Farm)

ROM C5 Restaurant ROM C5 Restaurant (Royal Ontario Museum)

ROM Ceiling 1 ROM Ceiling 1 (Royal Ontario Museum)

ROM Ceiling Angles ROM Ceiling Angles (Royal Ontario Museum)

ROM Ceiling Combo ROM Ceiling Combo (Royal Ontario Museum)

ROM Crystal Opening ROM Crystal Opening (Royal Ontario Museum (ROM))

ROM Crystal Top ROM Crystal Top (Royal Ontario Museum)

ROM Gate flower ROM Gate flower (Royal Ontario Museum)

ROM Leaded Glass inside ROM Leaded Glass inside (Royal Ontario Museum)

ROM Leaded Glass outside ROM Leaded Glass outside (Royal Ontario Museum)

ROM Leaded glass windows ROM Leaded glass windows (Royal Ontario Museum)

ROM Rotunda ceiling ROM Rotunda ceiling (Royal Ontario Museum)

ROM Rotunda Ceiling again ROM Rotunda Ceiling again (Royal Ontario Museum)

ROM Rotunda East ROM Rotunda East (Royal Ontario Museum)

ROM Rotunda Pillar ROM Rotunda Pillar (Royal Ontario Museum)

ROM Rotunda Window ROM Rotunda Window (Royal Ontario Museum)

ROM Stairs and Candles ROM Stairs and Candles (Royal Ontario Museum)

ROM Teak Mosque Screen ROM Teak Mosque Screen (Royal Ontario Museum)

ROM Traditional Dancers ROM Traditional Dancers (Royal Ontario Museum)

ROM Vanity Fair portraits ROM Vanity Fair portraits (Royal Ontario Museum)

Roof patterns Roof patterns (Outside Castle Frank TTC station)

Royal Bank blues Royal Bank blues (Royal Bank Plaza)

Royal Bank brass Royal Bank brass (Royal Bank Plaza)

Royal Bank reflection Royal Bank reflection (Royal Bank Plaza)

Seven crowns Seven crowns (U. of T. Knox College)

Shower in Green - Spadina House Shower in Green - Spadina House (Spadina House)

Shuter Sign Shuter Sign (Downtown)

Shuter Window Shuter Window (Downtown)

Solaas - Eglinton 'e' Solaas - Eglinton 'e' (Eglinton Theatre)

Soldiers Tower ceiling Soldiers Tower ceiling (University of Toronto)

Soldiers Tower wall Soldiers Tower wall (University of Toronto)

Spadina House Dormers Spadina House Dormers (Spadina House)

Spadina House south Spadina House south (Spadina House)

Spadina House tree Spadina House tree (Spadina House)

St. Clements 21 St. Clements 21 (North Toronto)

St. Clements Cross St. Clements Cross (North Toronto)

St. Clements triangle St. Clements triangle (North Toronto)

St. Lawrence Hall St. Lawrence Hall (St. Lawrence Hall)

St. Monica's church window St. Monica's church window (North Toronto)

St. Pauls School St. Pauls School (South of Queen)

Stock Exchange clock Stock Exchange clock (Toronto Stock Exchange)

Strachan Ave Green Strachan Ave Green (Trinity Bellwoods Park)

Subway Skyway Subway Skyway (Bloor St. Viaduct)

Sun Grid Sun Grid (Yonge and Davisville)

Sunnybrook Auditor Sunnybrook Auditor (Sunnybrook hospital)

Tasty Restaurant Tasty Restaurant (Booth Avenue)

Tattoo colours Tattoo colours (Queen Street East)

Tenant Parking Tenant Parking (Spadina near the U. of T.)

The 1871 Berkeley Church The 1871 Berkeley Church (Queen Street East)

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library (U of T during Doors Open)

Toronto Chinatown yellow wall Toronto Chinatown yellow wall (Chinatown)

Toronto city hall Toronto city hall (City Hall)

Toronto Wall Flowers Toronto Wall Flowers (By Rosedale Subway station)

Toronto water tower Toronto water tower (North York)

Tower Tower (Yonge and Bloor)

TTC Roof panels TTC Roof panels (Glencairn Subway Station)

Twice a house Twice a house (Shuter and Mutual)

Uber Bridge Uber Bridge (Under the Millwood bridge)

Uber Eyes Uber Eyes (Under the Millwood bridge)

Umbra wall slats Umbra wall slats (Queen Street West)

Underbridge Underbridge (Under Spadina Ave north of Casa Loma)

We DO call it "Blur" in Toronto... We DO call it "Blur" in Toronto... (Bloor subway station)

Welcome to Kensington Market Welcome to Kensington Market (Kensington Market)

Window blue Window blue (King Street East)

Window Vines Window Vines (Davenport and Cottingham)

Yellow wall, red car Yellow wall, red car (Dufferin Street)

Yonge Eglinton shapes Yonge Eglinton shapes (Yonge Eglinton Centre)

York Theatre York Theatre (Yonge and Eglinton)

York Theatre too York Theatre too (Yonge and Eglinton)

Yorkdale Ceiling Yorkdale Ceiling (Yorkdale)

West Don Lands

Canary Side Canary Side (Canary Restaurant)

Canary Up Canary Up (Canary Restaurant)

Full list of photo categories:

Here are the full set of top level categories that we have used to organize or many, many photos. Enjoy!

Abstract: taking a different approach to the everyday :: with 128 photos
Architecture: the wonderful, and the everyday :: with 306 photos
Art: paintings, sculpture, murals :: with 368 photos
Landscape: as old as art itself :: with 209 photos
Objects: looking at normal objects in a different light :: with 194 photos
People: portraits and street photography :: with 100 photos
Signs: street signs, old signs, new signs :: with 48 photos
Think: photos that make you stop and think :: with 15 photos
Video: motion can change our perspective :: with 3 photos