ROM Michael Lee-Chin’s Crystal, Toronto
Architect: Daniel Libeskind
Completed: 2007
Cost: $270 million or 2,382 Porsche Targas or 81,819 Nikon Dfs
While the Rom’s Crystal has been controversial and often referred to as one of the world’s ugliest buildings, a sharp contrast to the Porsche 911 which through the course of time has undergone continuous development while staying true to the original design.

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Architect: Frank Gehry
Completed: 2008
Cost: $276 million or 2,330 Porsche Targas or 83,637 Nikon Dfs
The billowing glass facade, looks like a glass ship drifting through the city. But for practical reasons, most would prefer to be drifting through the city in a high performance, race inspired car based on the original designs of Ferdinand Porsche.

OCAD University Sharp Centre for Design, Toronto
Architect: Will Alsop
Completed: 2004
Cost: $42.5 million or 367 Porsche Targas or 12,879 Nikon Dfs
While the table top structure is conventional, it makes efficient use of space for classrooms, studios, etc. The Targa’s design is not conventional, but it has become a timeless classic just as the Sharp Centre for Design will be.

Shangri-La Hotel, Toronto
Architect: James Cheng
Completed: 2012
Like the roof of the Porsche Targa, the all glass “ice cube” which will house a pool and restaurant, gives panoramic views, while the Zhang Huan sculpture “Rising”, like the Porsche insignia, give a hint of the power that lies within.

Roy Thompson Hall, Toronto
Architect: Arthur Erickson
Completed: 1982
Cost: $57 million or 492 Porsche Targas or 17,273 Nikon Dfs
Roy Thompson Hall’s circular architectural design exhibits a sloping and curvilinear glass exterior similar to the glass found on the Porsche Targa.

City Hall, Toronto
Architect: Viljo Revell, Bruce Kuwabara
Completed: 1965
Cost: $31 million or 268 Porsche Targas or 9,393 Nikon Dfs
Nicknamed “The Eye of the Government” for the way it looks from above, and like the design of the first Porsche 911, this futuristic looking building was a head of its time and remains that way today.

Allen Lambert Galleria, Brookfield Place, Toronto
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Completed: 1992
Sometimes referred to the crystal cathedral of commerce, this six story high atrium is filled supports which branch out into parabolic shapes and the facades of historic buildings along the sides of the structure, give the feeling of walking along a city street under a canopy of trees. The historic buildings are a tribute to the buildings and architecture of yesteryear. Similarly, every redesigned Porsche 911 is a tribute to the original.

Allen Lambert Galleria, Brookfield Place, Toronto
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Completed: 1992
Captured at the same location as the previous picture, just facing the opposite direction. This picture was not entered into the contest due to the contest rules saying that you cannot submit the same Photo, or substantially the same Photo, more than one time. I chose to enter the previous picture instead of this one on the advice of my brother, the architect, who said the previous picture was more architectonic…yes, he said that. I didn’t even bother to look it up.

White Lipped Snail, Toronto
Architect: God
Completed: Unknown
Cost: $0 or 0 Porsche Targas or 0 Nikon Dfs
Despite the zero drag coefficient at top speed, the sleek lines and aerodynamic curves are wasted on this house on wheels. The rooftop design is simplistic, practical, and functional, while the painted swirls on the exterior walls and roof evoke thoughts of a never ending vortex. Also, like the Porsche when the petal is put to the metal, the White Lipped Snail leaves tracks wherever it goes.
*This photo was not accepted in to the gallery of images. I suppose the designated content moderator decided that it did not abide by the rules for the contest and did not fit their vision. I still feel this is the perfect example of thinking outside the box…Ferdinand Porsche would have been proud

Allen Lambert Galleria, Brookfield Place, Toronto
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Completed: 1992
Calatrava’s creation is bright, breathtaking, and beautiful…just like a Porsche 911 Targa

The three winning entires, of nearly 400, in the Porsche by Design photo contest: Robert A. of Calgary, Martin E. of Strathmore, and Ando R. of Montreal.