Concrete Toronto
A Guide to Concrete Architecture, from the Fifties to the Seventies
by Michael McClelland
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appears in About Toronto 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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appears in About Toronto and Art.
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