A Guidebook to Contemporary Architecture in Toronto

by Margaret Goodfellow, Phil Goodfellow, Helen Malkin (Editor)

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.

Genres: Architecture, Nonfiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Steph · Rating 4 out of 5]

“The lack of resolution around mobility issues in Toronto will come home to roost very soon. Toronto has done little to discourage the use of the private automobile in the inner city, which is generating more and more traffic congestion. This has generated a kind of warfare between drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians. It’s not efficient, incredibly dangerous, and not very civilized. So I think the next big project requires a confrontation with the current mobility mess and the creation of an exciting, workable vision of how people, vehicles, public transport and goods can move efficiently, safely, and gracefully throughout an expanding, dense Toronto.”

[Al · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book in my local library. Very interesting great pictures, diagrams maps and ways to get involved to understand more about architecture in Toronto

[Kristine Morris · Rating 4 out of 5]

This little guidebook is really quite astounding. The amount of new buildings in Toronto (that are not condos) is really impressive. I know most of the buildings in the book but some were pleasantly discovered. The introduction and explanation of Toronto's Cultural Renaissance is very interesting. Those I have not visited include the multi-faith centre in the Koeffler House by Moriyama (looks amazing), Ireland park (it's been closed whenever I've been), the Eatonville Public Library in Mississauga, Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church.

[Josh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty inspiring look at what's been built and which buildings are in the public eye versus being 'hidden' (whether in a complex, lane way, or up above our typical field of vision.