Concrete Toronto : a guidebook to concrete architecture from the fifties to the seventies

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Prelude; Foreword; Guidebook; Introduction; Downtown; Infrastructure; The Modern Suburbs; Beyond Toronto; Building with Concrete; Afterword.;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 expe. Underappreciated And Misunderstood, The More Than Fifty Concrete Projects Considered Here Represent An Exciting Era Of Cultural Investment And Design Innovation. A Product Of Canada's Coming Into Its Own Culturally, Economically And Artistically, Toronto's Modern Concrete Heritage Is A Testament To Canadian Optimism And Nation-building Following The Second World War. Concrete Toronto Brings Together The Perspectives Of A Diverse Group Of Experts Who Re-examine And Explore These Buildings. You Will Find The Insights Of Many Of The Original Architects, Local Practitioners From Some Of Toronto's Leading Architecture And Engineering Firms, City Planners, University Faculty And Students, Historians And Journalists. Together They Explore, With New And Archival Photos, Drawings, Interviews, Articles, And Case Studies, The Past And Future Of Our Concrete Buildings And The Role Of Concrete As A Material In Their Conception.--book Jacket. Why Concrete Toronto? -- Methodology: The Individual Voice -- Guidebook -- Maps -- 52 Concrete Buildings -- On Concrete Toronto / George Baird -- Concrete Materiality / David Lieberman -- Canadian Concrete / David Rich -- Looking And Seeing / George Thomas Kopelos -- Interview -- Vincent Tovell: Documenting A Cultural Explosion -- Downtown -- Reinforced Concrete In Toronto / Robert G. Hill -- New City Hall / Christopher Hurne -- Design In Concrete And Architectonic Farm In Viljo: Revell's Toronto City Hall / Ronald Mar -- City Hall's Concrete Furniture / Marsha Kelmans -- Interview -- Macy Dubois: Designing In Toronto, Designing In Concrete -- Sheraton Centre / Michael Mcclelland -- Colonnade / Philip Evans -- Toronto Hilton Hotel / Alex Bozikovic -- Sears Canada Headquarters / Jeff Hayes -- Polish Combatants Association: Branch No. 20 / Liam Woofter -- 77 Elm Street / Ian Chodikoff -- View Of Toronto From 70 Alexander Street / Frederic Urban -- Sidney Smith Hall / Shawn Micallef -- Ontario Institute For Studies In Education / John Martins-manteiga -- Tartu College / Thomas Tampold -- Rochdale College / Scott Sorli -- Mclaughlin Planetarium / Scott Weir -- Medical Sciences Building / Scott Sorli -- Building Med Sci / Anne Miller -- John P. Robarts Library / Mary Lou Lobsinger -- Infrastructure -- Metro Concrete / John Van Nostrand -- Donald D. Summerville Olympic Pool / Andrew Pruss -- Gardiner Expressway / Calvin Brook -- Rise Of Parking Garages / Marie-josee Therrien -- Eglinton West Subway Station / Ian Chodikoff -- Manulife Centre Is A Brute / Robert Ouellette -- Manulife Centre: 1967 To Today / Michael Clifford -- Cn Tower / Michael Mcclelland -- Modern Suburbs -- Toronto's Modern Suburbs And The Concrete High-rise / Graeme Stewart -- Age Of Modern High-rise Construction / Ivan Saleff -- Flying Form And Development In Toronto / Lewis Poplak -- Uno Prii: Sculptor In Concrete / Alfred Holden -- Interview -- Uno Prii: Vertical Sculpture (conducted By Alfred Holden) -- Ortho Pharmaceutical / Dave Leblanc -- Don Valley Parkway And Suburban Growth / Graeme Stewart -- Poured Stone Sculpture: A Tour Of Toronto's Postwar Portes Cocheres / Dave Leblanc -- Yonge Eglinton Centre / Robyn Heuther -- Jccc/noor Cultural Centre / Raymond Moriyama And Kathryn Seymour -- Ontario Science Centre / Raymond Moriyama And Kathryn Seymour -- Yorkdale Shopping Centre / Veronica Madonna -- Richard Serra -- Shift / Adrian Blackwell -- Concrete Libraries In Toronto's Modern Suburbs / Chase Z. Li -- Ross Social Sciences And Humanities Building, York University / Philip Beesley -- Beyond Toronto -- Trent University / Lisa Rochon -- Mcmaster Health Sciences Centre / Tom Bessai -- University Of Guelph / Ian Panabaker And Wilfred Ferwerda -- Building With Concrete -- Concrete As A Building Material / Chris Andrews -- Building Paris / Anne Miller -- Beer Precast / Elizabeth Hulse -- Broken-rib Panel And The Virtues Of Ugly / Pina Petricone -- Selling Concrete / Anne Miller -- Interview -- Morden Yolles: Building In Concrete -- Durability Is Only Skin Deep / Ted Kesik -- Concrete, Conservation And Continuity / James Ashby -- Architectural Concrete: A Designer's Perspective / David Bowick -- Transcript -- Scarborough College Is Concrete (john Andrews, Vincent Tovell) -- Scarborough College's Brutalist Dreams / Paolo Scrivano -- Toronto's Experience In Preservation Has Not Always Been Concrete / Kathryn Anderson -- Concrete Ideas / Pina Petricone -- Canadian War Museum: A Case Study / Brian Rudy. Editors, Michael Mcclelland, Graeme Stewart. Includes Bibliographical References. 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. In the sixties, architecture fell in love with concrete. Fashion has since shifted and concrete buildings have fallen out of favor and into disrepair. But they represent an exciting era of faith in architecture and technical innovation. This work acts as a guidebook to the city's extensive concrete heritage.