{"id":448,"date":"2025-07-31T17:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T17:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=448"},"modified":"2025-08-01T15:08:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:08:11","slug":"brendan-mcneill-photographs-curious-juxtaposition-between-torontos-historic-buildings-and-modern-skyscrapers-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2025\/07\/31\/brendan-mcneill-photographs-curious-juxtaposition-between-torontos-historic-buildings-and-modern-skyscrapers-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Brendan McNeill photographs “curious juxtaposition” between Toronto’s historic buildings and modern skyscrapers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photographer Brendan McNeill has documented the juxtaposition of the historic buildings of Toronto<\/a> and the current wave of construction in his photo series Ten Years Taller.<\/span><\/p>\n

Photographed across the city, Ten Years Taller<\/a> is composed of close-ups and wider shots of Toronto’s historic streets along with projects such as BIG’s King Toronto Residences<\/a> and ongoing construction on the city’s waterfront.<\/p>\n

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Photographer Brendan McNeill has captured Toronto’s developing metropolis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

McNeill created the series in response to the current wave of development that is transforming the city.<\/p>\n

The photographer, who grew up in a rural area, said he experienced a culture shock when he moved to Toronto just over a decade ago, but the city has now begun to transform into “something else”.<\/p>\n

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The images depict the intersection of the city’s historic buildings with newer construction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The initial culture shock between a rural environment and an urban metropolis like Toronto [began] to transition into something else,” McNeill told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“I looked at it and I was just like \u2013 the development and the rate of development in the city is mind-blowing.”<\/p>\n

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Other images capture the city’s developing waterfront<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The photos show the intersection of Toronto’s various neighbourhoods and architectural styles \u2013 notably its brick Victorian townhouses next to glass skyscrapers<\/a> \u2013 in what the photographer describes as an “organised calamity”.<\/p>\n

According to non-profit Toronto Society of Architects<\/a> executive director Jo\u00ebl Le\u00f3n Danis, McNeill’s series forms part of a wider reflection on the city’s current development.<\/p>\n