Concrete Toronto: A Guide to Concrete Architecture from the Fifties to the SeventiesMichael McClelland, Graeme Stewart 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 group of industry experts – architects, university faculty, local practitioners, city planners, historians and journalists – to examine the unique and important qualities and the past and future of Toronto's concrete buildings in interviews, articles, archival photos, drawings and case studies. Appealing to both the average reader and the enthusiast, Concrete Toronto provides a refreshing look not only at the neglected buildings, but also at the trends that produced them and the impact and consequences that resulted from their construction. |
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On Concrete Toronto George Baird | 48 |
Looking and Seeing George Thomas Kapelos | 54 |
Reinforced Concrete in Toronto Robert G Hill | 68 |
Design in Concrete and Ronald Mar | 78 |
The Sheraton Centre Michael McClelland | 112 |
Michael Clifford | 198 |
The CN Tower Michael McClelland | 204 |
The Modern Suburbs | 211 |
The Age of Modern HighRise Ivan Saleff | 218 |
Ortho Pharmaceutical Dave LeBlanc | 240 |
The Yonge Eglinton Centre Robyn Heuther | 246 |
Ontario Science Centre Raymond Moriyama | 252 |
Richard Serra Shift Adrian Blackwell | 260 |
Toronto Hilton Hotel Alex Bozikovic | 120 |
Polish Combatants Association Liam Woofter | 126 |
A View of Toronto from Frederic Urban | 132 |
Ontario Institute for John MartinsManteiga | 138 |
Rochdale College Scott Sorli | 144 |
Medical Sciences Building Scott Sorli | 154 |
Building Med Sci Anne Miller | 160 |
Metro Concrete John Van Nostrand | 176 |
The Gardiner Expressway Calvin Brook | 182 |
Eglinton West Subway lan Chodikoff | 190 |
Trent University Lisa Rochon | 274 |
Concrete as a Building Material Chris Andrews | 286 |
The BrokenRib Panel and the Pina Petricone | 292 |
Durability Is Only Skin Deep Ted Kesik | 312 |
David Bowick | 318 |
Scarborough Colleges Paolo Scrivano | 334 |
Torontos Experience in Kathryn Anderson | 340 |
Brian Rudy | 346 |