Civic Symbol: Creating Toronto's New City Hall 1952-1966 - Couverture rigide

Armstrong, Chris

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ISBN 10 : 1442650273 ISBN 13 : 9781442650275

Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

When Toronto's New City Hall opened in 1965, it was an iconic modernist symbol for what was still a sedate and conservative city. Its futuristic design by Finnish architect Viljo Revell, composed of two curved towers flanking a clam-shaped council chamber, remains as strange and distinctive today as it did fifty years ago. In Civic Symbol, Christopher Armstrong chronicles the complex and controversial development of this urban landmark from the initial international competition to the many debates that surrounded its construction and furnishing. Armstrong catalogues the many twists and turns along the path from idea to reality for the extraordinary building that Frank Lloyd Wright claimed future generations would say "marks the spot where Toronto fell." Lavishly illustrated with contemporary photographs, plans, and drawings, Civic Symbol is the essential history of this iconic Canadian building.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Christopher Armstrong is a professor emeritus in the Department of History at York University and the author or co-author of ten books.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1442650273
• ISBN 13: 9781442650275
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224