Montreal (and housing vernacular)

[calimehtar]

I quite like Cube and 2 Ossington by the renderings. There are a number of buildings like this, for example Riverside Lofts and the location of the new Urban Outfitters on Queen. They're all simple, contemporary, brick (Cube may not be, I'm not sure), and manage to fit in nicely in some of the best neighborhoods in the city.

 

[TrickyRicky]

These discussions usually flow to the architectural detailing. The subject that fascinates me however is how these housing types are used and adapt to continuous re-use over time? How is the ownership and responsibility for the space partitianed and how does it evolve? In my opinion these questions search far deeper into uncovering the origins and character of a place than the proportioning of the architectural elements.

 

[Memph]

Montreal in the early to mid 20th century had many styles that with a little practice can be dated to a pretty specific time period when they were produced in mass. In some cases I'm not sure what the architecture styles would be called though. After 1910 or 1920, many American cities were building single family homes in craftsman and tudor revival styles and so lack equivalents to compare to.

1910s?
http://goo.gl/maps/kvLtW

1920s: http://goo.gl/maps/MG21J
3 storeys: http://goo.gl/maps/i7UAo
A bit more Art Deco-esque? http://goo.gl/maps/hpnks
New York has some multifamily homes that are quite similar, not sure if there are any other cities that do.http://goo.gl/maps/yxugt

Art Deco?? I'm no expert on Art Deco and most examples are of commercial/highrise buildings so this is a bit different: http://goo.gl/maps/syTWU

Late 40s/Early 50s, could both of these be considered Tudor Revival?
http://goo.gl/maps/lQVqi

Similar but could it still be considered Tudor without steep gables/roofs and framed timber? Or more late Art Deco?
http://goo.gl/maps/RZr54
I would consider both of these the same style.
http://goo.gl/maps/nyMMx

Late 40s/Early 50s: would this be considered modern (it's still very similar to the ones above)? The pattern of stone on the bottom and brick on top is very common in this period.
http://goo.gl/maps/nm5sl

Early Modern (late 40s to mid 50s)
http://goo.gl/maps/3U1PL
http://goo.gl/maps/XzzWg

Later Modern (Mid 50s-Early 60s?)
http://goo.gl/maps/DuY9A
http://goo.gl/maps/LeC4r

St Leonard-Italian-Modern? (mid 60s?)
http://goo.gl/maps/UU2WZ
A bit plainer example, the geometric brick patterns are one of the defining elements of St Leonard's housing: http://goo.gl/maps/KUyrG