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

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

"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 distincti...

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Main Author: Armstrong, Christopher, 1942- (Author)
Other Authors: Sewell, John (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Toronto City Hall (Toronto, Ont.) > History.
Toronto City Hall (Toronto, Ont.) > Pictorial works.
City halls > Ontario > Toronto > History.
Public architecture > Ontario > Toronto.
Toronto (Ont.) > Buildings, structures, etc.
History
Pictorial works
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