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The architecture of Jerome Markson: Toronto's inclusive modernity

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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. This book 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.

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D'Arcy Jones Architects: 12 buildings

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D'Arcy Jones Architects 2009-2020 presents the work and methods of this highly-regarded Vancouver firm. These buildings emerge from a dialogue between concept and situation, material and function. Each project develops "from the inside out," through an iterative design process centered around human comfort and function. The book presents renovations and conversions that emphasize the materiality and pure volume of older buildings, as well as new builds that explore modern civility and emphasize their natural settings.

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Ron Thom, architect. The life of a creative modernist

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Ron Thom came of age in the mid-20th century, just as the modern movement and an impending building boom were about to reshape the country. Talented in music and art as well as design, he rejected sleek austerity in favor of modern architecture that is warm, intimate, and beautiful. He worked from coast to coast, and his most renowned buildings-Massey College, Trent University, the Shaw Festival Theatre, and landmark houses-continue to inspire generations of architects, as well as the legions of people who work, study, visit, and live in them. In this new biography, Ron Thom emerges as a complex figure, gifted with creative genius but pursued by demons. More than just the life story of one man, this book is a portrait of the society that shaped him. His world included Jack Shadbolt, Arthur Erickson, the Massey family, Barbara and Murray Frum, and many other luminaries of 20th-century Canada.

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Context and content: The memoir of a fortunate architect

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In this personal account of A.J. Diamond’s life and work, he shares how he came to be the founder of the leading architecture firm Diamond Schmitt, one of Canada’s most successful architecture companies. He also explains his principles of design, which at their core are about making a positive impact in the world, considering the needs of the content, client, and context. Diamond gives insight into his design principles in relation to some of his most notable projects, including the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, la Maison symphonique de Montréal, the Mariinsky II Theatre in Saint Petersburg. Diamond also chronicles his family ancestry, his childhood in South Africa, from his birth in his grandfather’s study in the small provincial town of Piet Retief on the borders of Eswatini (Swaziland) and Mozambique, to his university days at the University of Cape Town and Oxford and the University of Pennsylvania. His memoir traces his immigration to the U.S. and, eventually, Canada as well as his growing architectural practice in Toronto, where he focused on the issues facing his chosen city.

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Éric Gauthier vu par/by Denis Bilodeau : architecture, trame/grid, index

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À des kilomètres du vanity-show qui se pratique dans la profession, Éric Gauthier vu par Denis Bilodeau : Architecture, trame, index, c’est beaucoup plus qu’un simple survol, livré au public projet par projet, en ordre prévisible. Ici, le chercheur et l’architecte, accomplissant là un patient travail intellectuel et analytique, ont fouillé ensemble la matière pour l’organiser différemment, sur le principe d’un index conçu par le commissaire.

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Twenty + change 01: emerging Toronto design practices

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Twenty + Change 01 is the first publication documenting a biennial exhibition of emerging designers working in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design. Projects by twenty-one Toronto designers rethink public and domestic space, new technology, and innovative materials and effects. The book includes profiles of emerging firms, project descriptions, full-colour images and essays by noted architectural critics, educators, and practitioners. Published simultaneously with Twenty+Change 02 .

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Twenty + change 02: emerging Canadian design practices

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Published simultaneously with Twenty+Change 01, Twenty + Change 02 is the second publication documenting a biennial exhibition of emerging design practices from across Canada working in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design. Projects by twenty-one Canadian designers rethink urban infrastructure, propose new models for public space and housing, and examine the unique relationships between the single-family house and landscape. The book includes profiles of emerging firms, project descriptions, full-colour images and essays by noted architectural critics, educators, and practitioners.