Miller, Laura J. (Architect), author.

Toronto's inclusive modernity : the architecture of Jerome Markson / Laura J. Miller ; foreword by George Baird ; with photography by Scott Norsworthy.

Vancouver ; Berkeley ; London : Figure 1, [2020]
©2020

304 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

"Jerome Markson's nearly six-decade-long architectural practice began in a time of profound transformation during the post-war period. His buildings were harbingers of important shifts in sociopolitical attitudes, urban policies, and modes of architectural production. From speculative homes in fledgling suburbs, to bespoke private houses, to social housing in downtown Toronto, to luxury landmarks like the Market Square condominiums, as well as important cultural and institutional buildings, his architecture reflects his pursuit of a more open and inclusive expression of modernity, one that moved past late-Modernism's formal legibility in favour of an increasingly idiosyncratic formal, spatial, and material expression. Toronto's Inclusive Modernity: The Architecture of Jerome Markson is the first comprehensive critical assessment of Markson's diverse body of work, interwoven with an account of Toronto's emergence as a cosmopolitan city. Extensive illustrations include wide-format collages by Scott Norsworthy, capturing Markson's buildings in their urban environments today; architectural drawings; and contemporaneous images from the popular press, such as Maclean's and Chatelaine magazines. The significance of Markson's work is examined through three main themes: his prescient use of photography to situate architecture as an inclusive cultural medium and object of human desire; his nuanced responsiveness to Toronto's fast-evolving urban and suburban geographies; and the ways in which his diverse influences--including the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, Britain's Townscape movement, and his encounters with vernacular architecture--were instrumental in his development of a more pluralistic, materially-oriented approach"-- Provided by publisher.

9781773270012 paperback
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Markson, Jerome Criticism and interpretation.
Markson, Jerome Critique et interprétation.
Markson, Jerome
Architecture Ontario Toronto History.
Architecture Ontario Toronto Pictorial works.
Architecture Ontario Toronto Histoire.
Architecture Ontario Toronto Ouvrages illustrés.
Architecture
Buildings
Toronto (Ont.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Toronto (Ont.) Buildings, structures, etc. Pictorial works.
Toronto (Ont.) Constructions.
Toronto (Ont.) Constructions Ouvrages illustrés.
Ontario Toronto

Illustrated works
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Baird, George, writer of foreword.
Norsworthy, Scott, photographer.
Markson, Jerome. Works. Selections.

Location: Library main 308234
Call No.: BIB 253668
Status: Available