Urban Shocker
Doyenne
These photos certainly reaffirm how much more succesful the International Style was when it came to commercial rather than residential design. Those banks were exquisite!
Yes, and they're so similar - do you know if they were both by Parkin? The Bank of Nova Scotia is. And how refreshing that similarity seems, given the current obsession with novelty forms, loud signage, corporate branding and standing out rather than expanding existing forms and fitting in.
The dialogue between these functional, handsomely proportioned mid-1950s commercial buildings, designed by leading local architects of the day, and contemporary condo towers such as Casa couldn't be more eloquent - residential design successfully embracing International Style.