Unbuilt Toronto

Unbuilt Toronto
Author: Mark Osbaldeston
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2008-10-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 1550028359

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Unbuilt Toronto explores the failed architectural dreams of Toronto. Delving into unfulfilled & largely forgotten visions for grand public buildings, landmark skyscrapers, roads & highways, transit systems, & sports & recreation venues, the authors outline such ambitious but ultimately unrealised schemes as St. Alban's Cathedral, the "Newark 2011" subway system, & a 1911 city plan that would have resulted in a Paris-by-the-Lake. Readers will lament the loss of some projects (such as the planned construction boom for the Olympics), be thankful for the loss of others ("City Hall was supposed to look like that?!?"), & marvel at the downtown that could have been (with underground roads & walkways in the sky). With an eye on the future as well as the past, the author takes stock of Toronto's status quo in 2008 & offers some bold predictions on the city's architectural future.

Unbuilt Toronto 2

Unbuilt Toronto 2
Author: Mark Osbaldeston
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2011-10-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 1459700937

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Discover the scrapyard statue planned for University Avenue, the flapper-era "CN Tower" that led to a decade of litigation, and an electric light-rail transit network proposed in 1915. Winner of the 2012 Heritage Toronto Award of Merit Quill & Quire cited Unbuilt Toronto as a book filled with "well-researched, often gripping tales of grand plans," while Canadian Architect said that it is "an impressively researched exploration of never-realized architectural and master-planning projects intended for the city." Now Unbuilt Toronto 2 provides an all-new, fascinating return to the "Toronto that might have been." Discover the scrapyard statue planned for University Avenue, the flapper-era "CN Tower" that led to a decade of litigation, and an electric light-rail transit network proposed in 1915. What would Toronto look like today if it had hosted the Olympics in 1996 or 1976? And what was the downtown expressway that Frederick Gardiner really wanted? With over 150 photographs, maps, and illustrations, Unbuilt Toronto 2 tracks the origins and fates of some of the city’s most interesting planning, transit, and architectural "what-ifs."

Unbuilt Toronto

Unbuilt Toronto
Author: Mark Osbaldeston
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 588
Release: 2011-10-03
Genre: History
ISBN:

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Unbuilt Toronto explores the failed architectural dreams of Toronto. Delving into unfulfilled & largely forgotten visions for grand public buildings, landmark skyscrapers, roads & highways, transit systems, & sports & recreation venues, the authors outline such ambitious but ultimately unrealised schemes as St. Alban's Cathedral, the "Newark 2011" subway system, & a 1911 city plan that would have resulted in a Paris-by-the-Lake. Readers will lament the loss of some projects (such as the planned construction boom for the Olympics), be thankful for the loss of others ("City Hall was supposed to look like that?!?"), & marvel at the downtown that could have been (with underground roads & walkways in the sky). With an eye on the future as well as the past, the author takes stock of Toronto's status quo in 2008 & offers some bold predictions on the city's architectural future.

Unbuilt Hamilton

Unbuilt Hamilton
Author: Mark Osbaldeston
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2016-09-10
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1459733002

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With 150 archival plans, photographs, and illustrations, Mark Osbaldeston explores 200 years of significant but unrealized building, planning, and transit schemes in Hamilton. Learn about the escarpment amphitheatre, the Gage Avenue tunnel, the King’s Forest Zoo, and the downtown planetarium, none of which ever came to fruition.

Buildings Cities Life

Buildings Cities Life
Author: Eberhard Zeidler
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 1232
Release: 2013-08-26
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1459704142

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Renowned architect Eberhard Zeidler tells his story in a two-volume book that explores his early life in Germany and his years in Canada after he moved there in 1951. Architect of Toronto's Eaton Centre and Trump International Hotel and Tower, Zeidler has left his stamp on the urban landscape of Canada, the United States, and the rest of the world.

Unbuilt Victoria

Unbuilt Victoria
Author: Dorothy Mindenhall
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2012-05-12
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1459701747

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The city of Victoria, British Columbia, is a time capsule of Victorian and Edwardian buildings. This book examines some of the architectural plans that were proposed but rejected and lets the reader decide which projects should have been built.

The Built, the Unbuilt, and the Unbuildable

The Built, the Unbuilt, and the Unbuildable
Author: Robert Harbison
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 198
Release: 1993
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780262581226

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Robert Harbison finds meaning in works of architecture that are unnecessary, having outlived their physical functions or never having been intended to have any.

Built Unbuilt

Built Unbuilt
Author: Julien De Smedt
Publisher: Frame Publishers
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2017-09-04
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9492311135

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Built Unbuilt revisits 16 years of Julien De Smedt’s work from the inception of the architectural practice PLOT with Bjarke Ingels in 2001 to the work of JDSA and the founding of the design studio Makers With Agendas with William Ravn in 2013. The Built section of this book gives an overview of De Smedt’s built work seen through the lens of photographer Julien Lanoo. The Unbuilt section is a selective narrative by De Smedt of projects that haven’t made it to the built world.

Large Parks

Large Parks
Author: John Beardsley
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2007-07-26
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781568986241

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Building Art

Building Art
Author: Paul Goldberger
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 546
Release: 2017-11-14
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0307946398

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Here, from Pulitzer Prize–winning critic Paul Goldberger, is the first full-fledged critical biography of Frank Gehry, undoubtedly the most famous architect of our time. Goldberger follows Gehry from his humble origins—the son of working-class Jewish immigrants in Toronto—to the heights of his extraordinary career. He explores Gehry’s relationship to Los Angeles, a city that welcomed outsider artists and profoundly shaped him in his formative years. He surveys the full range of his work, from the Bilbao Guggenheim to the Walt Disney Concert Hall in L.A. to the architect’s own home in Santa Monica, which galvanized his neighbors and astonished the world. He analyzes his carefully crafted persona, in which an amiable surface masks a driving ambition. And he discusses his use of technology, not just to change the way a building looks, but to revolutionize the very practice of the field. Comprehensive and incisive, Building Art is a sweeping view of a singular artist—and an essential story of architecture’s modern era.