James Taite
@jamestaite.bsky.social
Stonemason in Ottawa, Canada. Approaching peak hoser.
And ‘day’ as an architectural term is, in turn, taken from the French ‘jour’.
November 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
And ‘day’ as an architectural term is, in turn, taken from the French ‘jour’.
Love this construction term on old drawings: ‘daylight’.
An opening can be described as having a daylight of a measured quantity, in this case 2’-1”. Derived from the term ‘day’, meaning a part of a window subdivided by masonry, going back at least as far as the early 19thc.
An opening can be described as having a daylight of a measured quantity, in this case 2’-1”. Derived from the term ‘day’, meaning a part of a window subdivided by masonry, going back at least as far as the early 19thc.
November 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Love this construction term on old drawings: ‘daylight’.
An opening can be described as having a daylight of a measured quantity, in this case 2’-1”. Derived from the term ‘day’, meaning a part of a window subdivided by masonry, going back at least as far as the early 19thc.
An opening can be described as having a daylight of a measured quantity, in this case 2’-1”. Derived from the term ‘day’, meaning a part of a window subdivided by masonry, going back at least as far as the early 19thc.
construction detail
November 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
construction detail
lilies and roses and lilies
November 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
lilies and roses and lilies
movember winner pack it in boys
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
movember winner pack it in boys
or these vibes...
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
or these vibes...
Not the best pics; took these 15 yrs ago or so when I had the opportunity to poke my head in. It had been boarded up for decades, was being used as a construction office for an adjacent project.
3 parallel brick vaults, the first for the public, the middle for clerical work, the last for storage.
3 parallel brick vaults, the first for the public, the middle for clerical work, the last for storage.
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Not the best pics; took these 15 yrs ago or so when I had the opportunity to poke my head in. It had been boarded up for decades, was being used as a construction office for an adjacent project.
3 parallel brick vaults, the first for the public, the middle for clerical work, the last for storage.
3 parallel brick vaults, the first for the public, the middle for clerical work, the last for storage.
It's a *little* better than facadism, in this case. They've completely altered the context, and even moved the building 20 or thirty feet, but they have actually preserved it relatively intact, including the brick barrel vaults of its construction.
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
It's a *little* better than facadism, in this case. They've completely altered the context, and even moved the building 20 or thirty feet, but they have actually preserved it relatively intact, including the brick barrel vaults of its construction.
old City Registry Office, Ottawa, 1873
November 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
old City Registry Office, Ottawa, 1873
triskelion representing the perpetually recurring cosmic trinity of concrete cure, crack, and patch
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
triskelion representing the perpetually recurring cosmic trinity of concrete cure, crack, and patch
beaut of a Dutchman on the return stop of a bellcast wash
look at how well the tooling carries from the old piece to the new just fucking beautiful
look at how well the tooling carries from the old piece to the new just fucking beautiful
November 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
beaut of a Dutchman on the return stop of a bellcast wash
look at how well the tooling carries from the old piece to the new just fucking beautiful
look at how well the tooling carries from the old piece to the new just fucking beautiful
There are so so many reasons to oppose this bailout of private interest, but I keep coming back to the contrast between the fantastic (though rundown) 60s civic monument they want to demolish and the utter dog they show as it’s replacement
October 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
There are so so many reasons to oppose this bailout of private interest, but I keep coming back to the contrast between the fantastic (though rundown) 60s civic monument they want to demolish and the utter dog they show as it’s replacement
I love looking at this shit: those chisel marks perpendicular to the joint, along the arris, are where the stone has been pared in. When stones lip when profiles don’t line up, whether an error of the fixer mason or the banker mason, the stone is just cut in place to sweeten, no shame no bother.
October 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I love looking at this shit: those chisel marks perpendicular to the joint, along the arris, are where the stone has been pared in. When stones lip when profiles don’t line up, whether an error of the fixer mason or the banker mason, the stone is just cut in place to sweeten, no shame no bother.
In for a colonoscopy ready to take shitposting to a whole new level
October 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
In for a colonoscopy ready to take shitposting to a whole new level
…The hidden key. Hide the radiating joints inside the stone and make the visible perps vertical.
Artful ruses.
Artful ruses.
October 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
…The hidden key. Hide the radiating joints inside the stone and make the visible perps vertical.
Artful ruses.
Artful ruses.