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One of our favorite Toronto locations is the Reference Library located in the Yorkville neighborhood. The building was designed by Raymond Moriyama and was completed in 1977.  At that time and [...]

As we attempt to navigate the injustice that has prevailed for too long, we’re thought one tiny contribution we could make would be to highlight a black architect of today and one of his [...]

While we’re all stuck at home and anxiously awaiting the chance to travel again we thought we’d take a little virtual trip to the wild world of Antoni Gaudí. His work has become [...]

When we think of architecture, what obviously comes to mind are buildings or maybe even something like a pavilion. Another thing that makes up the urban fabric are sculptures. While not [...]

There are many ways to approach architectural subjects. What you want to say to the viewer will help dictate how to photograph each location. Admittedly, I have a hard time shooting from a wider [...]

When you’re out in the field making photographs or on the computer post-processing, one of the decisions you need to make is whether the image is best in color or black & white. To [...]

It’s been awhile since we’ve featured an architect on the blog, so we thought it was time to share some work of another favorite of ours, Santiago Calatrava. He holds a bit of a [...]

Architecture is filled with patterns, from spiral staircases to something as simple as the lines in the windows. Let’s take a look at how we can isolate these patterns in both wider and [...]

It seems winter is upon us, which means many days of gray, gloomy skies. An easy excuse to put the camera away and avoid shooting. While it may be a bit more limiting to photograph with those [...]

When creating architectural images the biggest consideration in composition is isolation, meaning what to include and exclude within your frame. The two basic ways to go about this are filling [...]