#igerspeterborough

The Chemical Sciences Building (2011) has a Governor General’s Medal in Architecture, Canada’s highest award for outstanding architecture. #igerspeterborough #architecture #concrete #brutalism #TrentU #teeplearchitects #peterboroughontario (at Trent University)

Brute chute. #igerspeterborough #architecture #concrete #brutalism #TrentU #ChamplainCollege #peterboroughontario #RonThom (at Trent University)

A Champlain College student said to us “...is there a bird up there? Are you birding?” We replied, “no, we are concreting.” #igerspeterborough #architecture #concrete #brutalism #TrentU #ChamplainCollege #peterboroughontario #RonThom (at Trent University)

Lady Eaton is Trent’s second college, and originally built as a female-only dormitory in 1968. It is clad in textured concrete. Ron Thom’s associate Alastair Grant was the main architect. #igerspeterborough #architecture #concrete #brutalism #TrentU #LadyEatonCollege #peterboroughontario #RonThom #AlastairGrant (at Lady Eaton TrentU)

The Feryon Bridge crosses the Otonabee River and connects the Symons Campus’ east and west banks. It is original to the campus and part of Ron Thom’s masterplan. #igerspeterborough #architecture #concrete #brutalism #TrentU #peterboroughontario #RonThom #OtonabeeRiver #FaryonBridge (at Trent University)

Brandeis, Yale, Harvard and M.I.T. were all visited for design inspiration of the Bata Library. The walls of Bata are exposed-aggregate rubble and concrete. So brut! #igerspeterborough #architecture #concrete #brutalism #TrentU #BataLibrary #peterboroughontario #RonThom (at Bata Library, Trent University)