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Concrete Toronto : a guidebook to concrete architecture from the fifties to the seventies / editors, Michael McClelland, Graeme Stewart ; designer, Steven Ho Yin Chong.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture--Ontario--Toronto--History--20th century.
- Architecture.
- Concrete construction--Ontario--Toronto--History--20th century.
- Concrete construction.
- Toronto (Ont.)--Buildings, structures, etc--History--20th century.
- Toronto (Ont.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (637 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : Coach House Books, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Toronto is a concrete city. From international landmarks to civic buildings to cultural institutions to metropolitan infrastructure and the single-family home, reminders of the era of 'brutalist' architecture surround Torontonians. But for how long? As architectural fashion has shifted to the glass-and-steel neomodernism of today, these concrete structures have been increasingly ignored ? and in some cases, demolished. Concrete Toronto takes readers on a guided tour of Toronto's concrete architecture. Editors Michael McClelland and Graeme Stewart have assembled a diverse g
- Contents:
- Guidebook
- Introduction
- Downtown
- Infrastructure
- The Modern Suburbs
- Beyond Toronto
- Building with Concrete
- Afterword.
- Notes:
- Co-published by: E.R.A. Architects.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781770560307
- 1770560300
- 9781770560314
- 1770560319
- OCLC:
- 781613914
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