This piece is located behind architecture building at Ryerson university. It appears to be a sculpture made of steel . It looks appealing to me but hidden between the two buildings.

Architecture To Die For...

This is monumental architecture at it's best. The owners of this crypt is the Jarvis family. This includes the William Jarvis who had a street named after him. The use of materials and neo-classical style reflect the need to immortalize the Jarvis name. This is placed near the far end of St. James Cemetery, next to Parliament and Wellesley St. Other crypts include other influential families; such as the Brock family. Although it may invoke other feelings that are associated with burial grounds, there is a rich history to discover by walking through a cemetery, like this one. The unique aspect of this building, is if taken out of context, would it still be considered a crypt?
-Warren

Small building squeezed between bigger buildings

This small shop is located on Markham st. south of Bloor st. w. build on the setbacks of the two neighbor's property.

posted by: Shoghik Koujekian

Mongolian Tents

These small tents seem modest, but in actuality represent a proud nomadic culture. The basic structure is a rigid bamboo skeleton that is forced in compression by the fabric, in tension.

The tents shown here have a concrete pad, and are geared toward curious tourists. Thus, the interior is rendered with running water electricity.

However manicured these particular tents are, true Mongolian tents are required to withstand the sub-zero temperature of the night and the plus 40 temperature during the day; typical of dessert climate.

-Jay Fung

Small Building on Wheels

I'm sure many of you have seen this truck parked along Queen Street in front of Nathan Phillip’s Square. These days, not only are homes mobile, but offices, libraries and restaurants are as well. This portable fast food joint has the ability to travel anywhere to provide their services. It is becoming more evident that in North American culture easy accessibility to fast, inexpensive food is expected. Right now it Toronto, the type of food that can be sold from venders is limited. Maybe eventually these venders will be able to sell a variety of food products. Also, with the vast amount of these venders on our streets, maybe space will be provided specifically for them in the design of future streets. L.P.

Three in One!

This small building is located on Dundas St., close to Sherbourne. From a distance, it looks like there are three separate houses but as you come closer, you realize that these houses are segregated by the use of different colours on the main façade. Considering the fact that there are three different houses, notice that there are only two main entrances. The little shop in the front functions on its own even though it is an extension to the houses. It looks very appealing since it is actually an old bigger building functioning as a small building.

By: Mahwish Babary

Sculpture or Street Furniture??

This sculpture is located on Jarvis street behind a building. It appears to be a sculpture made of stainless steel but is used as street furniture. It lights up at night and looks very appealing!!

By: Naela Ahmed

Small colorful semi houses

These colorful row houses are located at Mutual and Granby St. just one block north of our school. I assume that this row of brick houses is built in 50s and 60s.The interesting thing about them is that five different sharp colors have been used beside each other and they created a welcoming and warm atmosphere at this small intersection.

Small Buildings for Big Buildings

We pass them everyday but does anyone really take notice? Maybe if you’re buying a condominium suite or have interest in developments. Condominium sales centres seem to be popping up at every parking lot in the city. These are small buildings for big buildings. They are highly stylized hype generators that have one goal and that is to sell condo units much the same way a department store sells merchandise. If our economy should ever take a turn for the worse could this typology seize to exist or adaptive resue?

By Mark Siemicki and William Harispuru

holy fences!!!

Walking around Cabbagetown, I decided to document all the different types of gates and fences in the area. Instead of putting these in "maxtrix" form, I decided to put them more in a successive layout.

Lake shore look out

This sculpture/look-out is located along the shore of Lake Ontario close to the Harbourfront Centre. It looks like a simple concrete sphere from afar, but once you get close, you notice the split in the middle, allowing you to climb inside and watch the water, yet be totally sheltered from the wind. So peaceful!

-Anna

Head House

The Head House located in the midst of Ryerson’s Quad, declares the life of Sports and Recreation Centre that exists underneath.

Leila Mazhari-Roman Pevcevicius

Diversity in Symmetry

The above semi-detached form house building is located on Jarvis Street, north of Gerrard Street. Its basic architectural form is symmetrical. However, unlike other surrounding semi-detached buildings, each component of the building, such as door, guardrail, and window frame, is unique and has its own colour scheme. The two house units might be constructed with the same structural elements inside. But they still express their unique characteristics through different coloured exterior claddings and elements. This has been done due to the fact that the site is listed on the City of Toronto Inventory of Heritage Properties.

posted by JooYun Shin

Changing uses over time

This small building was originally a carport and has since been converted into public space. Sandwiched between these two sets of row houses, the space has been renovated and enclosed to allow for public use. The form consists of a flat roof and window sizes that speak to the adjacent buildings. As well the building is relatively small compared to surrounding structures and is recessed back from the other buildings, allowing for a more enclosed entry. However one thing noticeably missing is wheelchair accessibility, which is probably a factor of the age of the building/renovation.

- Aiden Mai, Reema Kanwar

The Parking Lot Building

This particular parking lot building is in downtown Toronto.
Parking lot building is one of many examples of small building type.
Comparing with scales of other buildings surrounding the parking space, it's amazing as it is still considered as belonging same architecture category!
Even though the only function for such type of building is for a person's supervising the parking space, it has windows, doors, and even advertisement boards on its upper portion of the structure.

- Sung Hoon Jang

Backyard Living?

This 'house' is located south of Wellesley and Parliament in the backyard of another home. Though it appears it could be a garage or other outbuilding from the rear, the front facade tells a different story.
-Garrett Dvernichuk

The small in a big world

This building is located on Queen St., about a block east of Yonge St. Not many small interesting commercial places can be found in and around the very exclusive, tall buildings area of which Queen St. is known for. The Small building stands out for its combination of material, texture and colour to blend in with its surrounding environment and at the same time is interesting enough for the use of its purpose.

Juan Saona

The image is shot on Mutual Street, looking east, between Shuter and Dundas. There is an interesting mix of commercial and residential uses, small houses and slightly larger apartment buildings. Notice the house-office on the right, the access to the roof patio over the bay window is extreme to say the least, but I guess it's a comfortable seat!

Sander Waxman

This is a little shed in my backyard. Currently, we are using it for my tools and gardening equipment. However, it has the potential to become a little house with a couple of additional openings.

Meldan Kutertan

Still Growing

This small building is located around the area of College Park. This building looks very segregated from its neighboring structures. As College Park and the surrounding urban environment is rapidly changing and evolving to satisfy an increasing density population. This building still prohibits itself to change and evolve with its growing community. This small building is still growing.

M. Mercado

Small Shed for the Community

Located at Mabelle Ave. and Dundas West Ave. is a small community shed where people can rest away from the sun light. This type of small building has been a popular resting area for a very long time and the shape hasn't changed much since. The design serves only the purpose for shading and its size big enough to place benches.

- WooSuk, Lee

How many small things you can find in this picture?

The people that live here must love all things small...notice the small house, small car, and 4 small trees. [The windows are pretty big though.]

This house is located on a residential street near Dundas and Parliament.

P.S We counted 13.

-Alex Kusiak, Pam Sin, Jason Fung

all-in-one newspaper box

This all-in-one newspaper box is a good example of small street furniture (probably almost equivalent to the size of one of the older traditional boxes). This is one of the two all-in-one newspaper box found on the south side of Dundas, just west of Yonge Street. We found it quite interesting not only because of how it brilliantly withdrew from the traditional old “cluttered” way (boxes typically found at intersections chained onto a light post with their naked behinds facing the street), but also how the design created a transformation in usage and type, helping to make it more space efficient and effective at the same time. This small street furniture is a great example of “bigness found within smallness.”

-Edwina Tam, Nasim Erfani-rad

Located roughly 25km south of San Francisco in Burlingame California, this small building was originally used as a ticket booth and waiting area for the greyhound bus line. Burlingame, which was initially settled as a destination for the second homes of wealthy San Franciscans, was later surrounded by urban growth. As the density between the cities increased, the particular bus route was canceled out as more efficient public transportation was introduced. Positioned on a small intersection island, the small structure was saved and converted into a now popular and original Italian sandwich shop. With standing space for about 5 people inside and most of the seating outside the building, it is one of the smallest and most delightful enclosed restaurants I have experienced, and a good example of a successful building re-use
-Ilya Skok

Ticket Booths

There are various ticket booths located in our urban context. They take different forms, and they are made from different materials. Depending on the item being sold and the surrounding buildings the design, form and structure of the booth changes. Some are mobile and transportable to variety of locations and some belong to a specific building and location. The function of them mainly is to sell tickets, host advertisements and entertain the public. There are ticket booths for parking, theatres, entertainment venues and such. Their design and symbolism is specific to their location and function. It stands out from the urban context and it's best if it is recognizable as a ticket booth.

This particular one is located on the commercialized Dundas Square and Yonge Street for a theatre venue. It sells ticket and it is a pleasant gathering spot. It marks the entrance of the theatre and it stands out, while blends in with the design of the theatre. The wood material on the outside edge of the booth and the embellishments is properly done for theatre.

s.samanian

Among the Trees

Let's get out of the city for a bit. This cottage is located in the town of Brooklin (north of Whitby, Durham).
Almost lost among the trees; I must have passed by a hundred times without noticing. This little cottage never had a chance. Once called home, this tiny cottage has been left to fend for itself among the encroaching trees. It's unfortunate that it's charm cannot protect it now. Surrounding lands have been purchased by developers and soon it will be torn down.

-N. White-

These modernized row houses, located on Granby St. near Church and Gerrard, create a more pleasing surrounding to the area. Through continuing the basic idea with the family of row houses in this vicinity these houses bring a lighter and more newly designed feeling to this neighbourhood in Toronto.

J.Amaya

Possibly the Smallest Restaurant

Another form of small building type that has certainly survived
antiquity are the balconies and street furniture throughout the
ancient cities of Italy. Siena in particular reflects this building
type in their restaurants, cafes and any additional lifestyle and
entertainment venues layed out in the piazzas and popular
sqaures. The function of this small building type is clearly
identified as a means of leisure, to see and be seen.

Although not quite adaptable to the increasing population
and possible capacity of their respected venues, these
small buildings types still perform their purpose at their best
even after hundreds of years.

Endri Hoxha

The Smallest Building

This birdhouse is located on the lawn of a house on Earl St., between Jarvis St. and Sherbourne St. The area is highly residential and features many types and sizes of ornamentation on, and within the vicinity of each house. This birdhouse may represent the ultimate small building, and mimicks the architectural features of its larger property.

-M.Cameron

Little House, Little Doors

This little house is located near college park. Although this house is small in size, there is no compromise on the amount of entrances and windows. It is difficult to distinguish where one house ends and the other begins but overall it creates for a small interesting place in the city.

L.Games

Punctual Apartment

The clock tower located on Yonge St between College St and Wellesley St sits ontop of the stores below. Originally ontop of St. Charles Tavern, the clock tower has now been converted to an interesting multi-level apartment with a great view at all sides.

T.Leung

Small building + Huge street furniture

Pape Avenue has a unique streetscape with a lot of pedestrian-scale street furnitures. It is located on Pape Avenue. The ordinary brick wall makes the street active with a huge street furniture on it. It is also interesting that the image is Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" which is appreciated for the delicate variation of yellow and blue. The image is posted for the promotion of the paints store, but the everyone on the street benefits from it. Isn't it a briliant way to advertise the paint equipment shop without distracting pedestrians?

Y.Chang

timid

located at richmond and church this small building is a relatively new installation, nestled in a narrow site, between two multi story commercial buildings. small buildings are often exaggerated when set in a context that adheres to a much larger scale. this building is not only set in a context out of its scale, but it also displays a unique manner of doing so. it mimics the shape, form and typology of adjacent buildings but at a drastically reduced size. like a child mimicking a adult, this small building looks up to its elders.

P. H. Kim

I thought this building was interesting. Its basically a townhouse on the left, with an added garage on the right, but it is among all these apartment highrises and is set way back from the street, not to mention that the entire thing is painted a pale pink/purple colour.
It makes you wonder what the uses have been for the building, and what ever possessed them to paint it that colour...

minibox

This Canada Post mailbox is a good example of "small" street furniture. North of Shuter on Sherbourne, I found it interesting because of its scale in comparison to the "traditional" mailbox. Apparently Canada Post has implemented these "mini" boxes, in order to facilitate faster mail pickups. I guess, in this case, bigger isn't better.

-Emma Lee

Colourful Buildings Complex

This is a complex of small buildings which I found to be very extraordinary due to the usage of colours. These extreme colours include bright yellow and bright green which are colours that are not often found on the buildings around the Downtown, Toronto area. The buildings are attached to each other and create a sort of complex which is economically friendly to the environment. It is economically friendly because it utilizes a minimal amount of space.

Small Building

Washroom?

Located on Queen Street, attached to the side of the West Side Lofts office.

T.T

Half a house or a restaurant?

I've always thought this building on the intersection of Church and Maitland was sort of funny looking/interesting. It looks like a house in terms of its type and structure. Its cut off on the side towards the parking lot gives it an image of being one half of a complete house. But then when it comes to the function of the building, its actually a restaurant, who would have thought?? ... Well i guess the signage gives it away though!
-Said Al Saffarini-

Exterior Living Space

Down an alleyway in the Riverdale area, numerous decks can be seen. Decks are a wonderful way to extend your living space. In this alleyway, there were homes with multiple levels of decks while some only had a single one that covered the entire back yard. From the front of the homes you would not expects all the extra living space to exist.

J. Truong

A small building for small people

This playhouse is designed for children, at an even smaller scale than small buildings. If it were scaled to the size of an adult, it would still be a small structure. The formal aspect of a miniture pitched roof dwelling, its colours and materials reflect its playful function.

t.whelan, s.crowe

Small Pedestrian Bridge

Although not a small building, it is as far as bridges go, it is a small bridge.  This pedestrian bridge is located in Ledbury Park in North York, and creates a walkway above an outdoor skating rink, not to mention a unique feature to the park.

Stephanie Downes

Eating in a Small Building

The outdoor patios of these two restaurants along college act as small buildings just outside of the restaurants. The restaurants themselves are at the base of a much larger building and having the extensions over the patio gives the true scale of the size of the restaurant. As well, they give two examples of the material for this type as one is wood and the other metal.

J. Silverman

Stars to Students

Small former observatory on the University of Toronto's campus. The building has now been converted over into a Student Centre. Question arises as to how to handle small buildings once their intended purpose is outgrown. A small building may suffer more problems of strict specification than a larger building which may have the ability to easily re-adapt.

Need more space?

Need more space?
This is a small dining area for the popular restaurant "7 West" on Charles Street. This restaurant is almost always full and in order to accommodate for more customers, they created a dining area on top of the existing building and fire escape. You would never know whats inside when viewing it from the lane way, but the interior is well decorated and creates an intimate space separate from the larger and louder areas of the Restaurant.

Lboyer

Modernism in Old Cabbagetown

This contemporary business building sits in the midst of old Victorian houses on Carlton Street. It is interesting to note that although most houses in Cabbagetown have been converted to business use, the character of the house remains the same. In this case however, the history of the original building is erased.

KeLeng Tran

Small or Large?

Just a block or so away from campus we passed the old house which currently houses Mutual Street Deli in its main level. The old house has obviously gone through many changes/renovations where even its use has changed. There were many buildings throughout the downtown Toronto area which brought up the issue of size and context, as does the Mutual Street Deli House. When compared to the Sears building in the background it could be considered a small building; however, when compared to the small one storey red buildings directly behind it, the house looks large.