Civic symbol : creating Toronto's new City Hall, 1952-1966 /

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"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 distincti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Armstrong, Christopher, 1942- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Sewell, John (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2015.
Temas:
Toronto City Hall (Toronto, Ont.) > History.
Toronto City Hall (Toronto, Ont.) > Pictorial works.
City Hall (Toronto, Ont.) > Histoire.
City Hall (Toronto, Ont.) > Ouvrages illustrés.
Toronto City Hall (Toronto, Ont.)
City halls > Ontario > Toronto > History.
Public architecture > Ontario > Toronto.
Architecture publique > Ontario > Toronto.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Public, Commercial & Industrial.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Buildings
City halls
Public architecture
Toronto (Ont.) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Ontario > Toronto
History
Pictorial works
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Foreword / Sewell, John
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Beginnings
  • Competition
  • Winner
  • Construction
  • Furnishings
  • Opening
  • Coda
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Illustration Credits
  • Index

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