A Guidebook to Contemporary Architecture in Toronto - Softcover

Goodfellow, Margaret; Goodfellow, Phil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1553654447 ISBN 13: 9781553654445

Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre, 2010

Synopsis

A Guidebook to Contemporary Architecture in Toronto provides a comprehensive look at the resurgence of city-building in Toronto over the past 20 years. Each project is featured on a two-page spread with a concise descriptive text, project information, photographs, and drawings. The projects are organized by neighborhood and allow the reader to take a self-guided tour. Maps at the introduction of each neighborhood provide context, and an index provides easy referencing of projects throughout.

About this title

About the Author:

Margaret Goodfellow has worked on architectural and urban design projects with leading practices in Toronto. Working in the development industry, she advocates for design excellence.
Phill Goodfellow is a practising architect in Toronto He has been active in promoting discussions on urban affairs at the Tornoto Society of Architects for the past 10 years.
Shawn Micallel is a senior editor at Spacing magazine and co-founder of [murmur], the location-based mobilephone documentary project. He writes about cities, culture, buildings, art and whatever is interesting in books, blogs, magazines, and newspapers.
Nancy Dunton has worked on architectural projects and organized public programs about architecture since 1981, including university and professional programs at the Canadian Centre for Architecture. As a Consultant, she was curator of the 2006 exhabition QIM: a quartier by design.
Helen Malkin has more than twenty years' experience in the development of exhibition and publication projects on architecture and the city, first at the Canadian Centre for Architecture and now as a consultant in arts and cultural management.

Review:

"When surveying the city's development over the past decade through this handy resource book, it is readily apparent that change requires leadership, perseverance and talent to build projects that improve the quality of life in Toronto." (Canadian Architects)

"The book, pocket-sized and jammed with photographs, was a three-year labor of love, and it features buildings and parks from Etobicoke to Scarborough, the waterfront to the 401. Attention is paid to the usual suspects, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts and the Bata Shoe Museum receive full pages, but equally enticing are little known areas like the Schulich School of Business at York University and the laneway homes on Croft Street in Little Italy." (National Post)

"Toronto has undergone 'a dramatic architectural transformation' over the last 15 years, say the authors of a new book that gives a snapshot of some of the city's most important recent buildings." (The Canadian Press)

"The descriptions [in the Guidebook] give a short but thorough background on the projects, while describing the formal merits of each; the color photographs are excellent; and the quality of architecture (most in the public sector) would make other cities jealous. Overall the guidebook is optimistic and positive, celebrating Toronto's recent architecture as a part of the city's larger embrace of culture and creativity." (Archidose)

"A handy pocketbook-sized text, this is a perfect companion for the Torontonian who likes to explore the city on foot." (BlogTO)

About this edition

• Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1553654447
• ISBN 13: 9781553654445
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Malkin Helen, Dunton Nancy