{"product_id":"9781770560314","title":"Concrete Toronto: A Guide to Concrete Architecture from the Fifties to the Seventies","description":"\u003cp\u003eToronto is a concrete city. From international landmarks to civic buildings to cultural institutions to metropolitan infrastructure and the single-family home, reminders of the era of 'brutalist' architecture surround Torontonians. But for how long? As architectural fashion has shifted to the glass-and-steel neomodernism of today, these concrete structures have been increasingly ignored - and in some cases, demolished.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConcrete Toronto\u003c\/em\u003e takes readers on a guided tour of Toronto's concrete architecture. Editors Michael McClelland and Graeme Stewart have assembled a diverse group of industry experts - architects, university faculty, local practitioners, city planners, historians and journalists - to examine the unique and important qualities and the past and future of Toronto's concrete buildings in interviews, articles, archival photos, drawings and case studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppealing to both the average reader and the enthusiast, \u003cem\u003eConcrete Toronto\u003c\/em\u003e provides a refreshing look not only at the neglected buildings, but also at the trends that produced them and the impact and consequences that resulted from their construction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coach House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47183907094768,"sku":"9781770560314","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781770560314_p0.jpg?v=1763706787","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781770560314","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}