Armstrong, Christopher, 1942- author.

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

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2015.
©2015

203 pages : illustrations, some color ; 26 cm

"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 distinctive today as it did fifty years ago. In Civic Symbol, Christopher Armstrong chronicles the complex and controversial development of this urban landmark from the initial international competition to the many debates that surrounded its construction and furnishing. Armstrong catalogs the many twists and turns along the path from idea to reality for the extraordinary building that Frank Lloyd Wright claimed future generations would say "marks the spot where Toronto fell." Lavishly illustrated with contemporary photographs, plans, and drawings, Civic Symbol is the essential history of this iconic Canadian building."-- Provided by publisher.

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Toronto City Hall (Toronto, Ont.) History.
Toronto City Hall (Toronto, Ont.) Pictorial works.
Toronto City Hall (Toronto, Ont.) History Pictorial works.
City Hall (Toronto, Ont.) Histoire.
City Hall (Toronto, Ont.) Histoire Ouvrages illustrés.
City Hall (Toronto, Ont.) Ouvrages illustrés.
Toronto City Hall (Toronto, Ont.)
City halls Ontario Toronto History.
Public architecture Ontario Toronto.
Hôtels de ville Ontario Toronto Histoire.
Architecture publique Ontario Toronto.
Buildings
City halls
Public architecture
Stadshus.
Historia.
Toronto (Ont.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Toronto (Ont.) Constructions.
Ontario Toronto
Kanada Toronto.

History
Illustrated works

Location: Library main canada 290645
Call No.: BIB 233769
Status: Available