A Guide to Concrete Architecture, from the Fifties to the Seventies
by Michael McClelland
appears in Architecture and Art.
Toronto is a concrete city. From international landmarks to civic buildings to cultural institutions to metropolitan infrastructure and the singlefamily home, reminders of the era of 'brutalist' Architecture, surround Torontonians. But for how long As architectural fashion has shifted to the glassandsteel neomodernism of today, these concrete st...
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Consider The Works by Kate Ascher. Recommended by 1 sources.
“The Works: Anatomy of a City by Kate Ascher reads like a high-curiosity tour through the invisible infrastructure that keeps New York running. Its useful part is tracing cause-and-effect from daily actions (lights, toilets, trash) to large, interlocking systems, making the city feel legible. The limitation is that the book can drift into dense, specialized detail with more explanation than story momentum. If you prefer fast, character-driven chapters, you may find sections slow or repetitive in how they return to the same “systems in, systems out” pattern.”
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