Unbuilt Toronto

by Mark Osbaldeston

Author	: Mark Osbaldeston
Publisher	: Dundurn
Total Pages	: 259
Release	: 2008-10-27
Genre	: History
ISBN	: 1550028359

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Unbuilt Toronto explores the failed architectural dreams of Toronto. Delving into unfulfilled & largely forgotten visions for grand public buildings, landmark skyscrapers, roads & highways, transit systems, & sports & recreation venues, the authors outline such ambitious but ultimately unrealised schemes as St. Alban's Cathedral, the "Newark 2011" subway system, & a 1911 city plan that would have resulted in a Paris-by-the-Lake. Readers will lament the loss of some projects (such as the planned construction boom for the Olympics), be thankful for the loss of others ("City Hall was supposed to look like that?!?"), & marvel at the downtown that could have been (with underground roads & walkways in the sky). With an eye on the future as well as the past, the author takes stock of Toronto's status quo in 2008 & offers some bold predictions on the city's architectural future.

Unbuilt Toronto 2

by Mark Osbaldeston

Author	: Mark Osbaldeston
Publisher	: Dundurn
Total Pages	: 274
Release	: 2011-10-03
Genre	: History
ISBN	: 1459700937

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Discover the scrapyard statue planned for University Avenue, the flapper-era "CN Tower" that led to a decade of litigation, and an electric light-rail transit network proposed in 1915. Winner of the 2012 Heritage Toronto Award of Merit Quill & Quire cited Unbuilt Toronto as a book filled with "well-researched, often gripping tales of grand plans," while Canadian Architect said that it is "an impressively researched exploration of never-realized architectural and master-planning projects intended for the city." Now Unbuilt Toronto 2 provides an all-new, fascinating return to the "Toronto that might have been." Discover the scrapyard statue planned for University Avenue, the flapper-era "CN Tower" that led to a decade of litigation, and an electric light-rail transit network proposed in 1915. What would Toronto look like today if it had hosted the Olympics in 1996 or 1976? And what was the downtown expressway that Frederick Gardiner really wanted? With over 150 photographs, maps, and illustrations, Unbuilt Toronto 2 tracks the origins and fates of some of the city’s most interesting planning, transit, and architectural "what-ifs."

Unbuilt Hamilton

by Mark Osbaldeston

Author	: Mark Osbaldeston
Publisher	: Dundurn
Total Pages	: 241
Release	: 2016-09-10
Genre	: Architecture
ISBN	: 1459733002

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With 150 archival plans, photographs, and illustrations, Mark Osbaldeston explores 200 years of significant but unrealized building, planning, and transit schemes in Hamilton. Learn about the escarpment amphitheatre, the Gage Avenue tunnel, the King’s Forest Zoo, and the downtown planetarium, none of which ever came to fruition.

Buildings Cities Life

by Eberhard Zeidler

Author	: Eberhard Zeidler
Publisher	: Dundurn
Total Pages	: 1232
Release	: 2013-08-26
Genre	: Architecture
ISBN	: 1459704142

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Renowned architect Eberhard Zeidler tells his story in a two-volume book that explores his early life in Germany and his years in Canada after he moved there in 1951. Architect of Toronto's Eaton Centre and Trump International Hotel and Tower, Zeidler has left his stamp on the urban landscape of Canada, the United States, and the rest of the world.

Unbuilt Victoria

by Dorothy Mindenhall

Author	: Dorothy Mindenhall
Publisher	: Dundurn
Total Pages	: 250
Release	: 2012-05-12
Genre	: Architecture
ISBN	: 1459701747

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The city of Victoria, British Columbia, is a time capsule of Victorian and Edwardian buildings. This book examines some of the architectural plans that were proposed but rejected and lets the reader decide which projects should have been built.

Unbuilt Calgary

by Stephanie White

Author	: Stephanie White
Publisher	: Dundurn
Total Pages	: 234
Release	: 2012-11-03
Genre	: Architecture
ISBN	: 1459703308

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Unbuilt Calgary is a survey of projects proposed but not built that were situated at critical times in Calgary's development; projects that indicate the city's ambitions through its first 100 years. It looks back to ideas and schemes that could have changed the shape of this vibrant city.

Large Parks

by John Beardsley

Author	: John Beardsley
Publisher	: Princeton Architectural Press
Total Pages	: 264
Release	: 2007-07-26
Genre	: Architecture
ISBN	: 9781568986241

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Hoping for the Best, Preparing for the Worst

by Dorothy Duncan

Author	: Dorothy Duncan
Publisher	: Dundurn
Total Pages	: 250
Release	: 2012-05-26
Genre	: History
ISBN	: 1459705947

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An examination of Upper Canadian life at the dawn of a modern nation. Hoping for the Best, Preparing for the Worst explores the web of human relationships that developed in Upper Canada following the American Revolution, in the years leading up to the War of 1812, and during the conflict that raged for two years between the young United States and Britain, its former master. The book focuses on the families, homes, gardens, farms, roads, villages, towns, shops, and fabric of everyday life in this frontier society. Upper Canada was a land in transition as First Nations, fur traders, Loyalists, entrepreneurs, merchants, farmers, and newcomers from every walk of life formed alliances and partnerships based on friendship, marriage, respect, religion, proximity, and the desire to survive and prosper. With the declaration of war in June 1812, Upper Canadians realized that not only their lives but their future peace and prosperity were threatened. They responded with perseverance, loyalty, and unexpected acts of bravery.

The Built, the Unbuilt, and the Unbuildable

by Robert Harbison

Author	: Robert Harbison
Publisher	: MIT Press
Total Pages	: 198
Release	: 1993
Genre	: Architecture
ISBN	: 9780262581226

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Robert Harbison finds meaning in works of architecture that are unnecessary, having outlived their physical functions or never having been intended to have any.