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Association of Architecture School Librarians Conference 2015: Toronto: Bibliography

Toronto History and Architecture Sources

Prepared by Dasha Grigorieva. University of Toronto Shore + Moffat Library

Toronto Guides / History

Cochrane, Glenn. Glenn Cochrane's Toronto: Tales of the City. Toronto: ECW Press, 2005.

East/West: A Guide to Where People Live in Downtown Toronto. Ed. Nancy Byrtus, et al. 1st ed. Toronto: Coach House Books [for the] Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada, 2000.

Fairburn, M. Jane. Along the Shore: Rediscovering Toronto's Waterfront Heritage. Toronto: ECW Press, 2013.

Fulford, Robert. Accidental City: The Transformation of Toronto. Toronto: Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 1995.

Keenan, Edward. Some Great Idea: Good Neighbourhoods, Crazy Politics and the Invention of Toronto. 1st ed. ed. Toronto: Coach House Books, 2013.

Lemon, James T. Toronto since 1918: An Illustrated History. Ed. National Museum of Man (Canada). Ottawa: National Museum of Man, 1985.

Maciejewski, Andrzej. Toronto Parks. Ed. Sue Lebrecht and Teresa Mrozicka. Toronto: Klotzek Press, 1997.

MacKinnon, Steve. Toronto's Visual Legacy: Official City Photography from 1856 to the Present. Ed. Karen Teeple and Michele Dale. Toronto: James Lorimer, 2009.

Mays, John Bentley. Emerald City: Toronto Visited. Toronto: Viking, 1994.

Micallef, Shawn. Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto. 1st ed. Toronto: Couch House Books, 2010.

Sewell, John. Doors Open Toronto: Illuminating the City’s Great Spaces. 1st ed. Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2002.

Toronto: A City Becoming. Ed. David Macfarlane. Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2008.



Toronto Architecture / Design

Armstrong, Christopher. Making Toronto Modern: Architecture and Design, 1895-1975. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014.

Arthur, Eric Ross. Toronto: No Mean City. Ed. Stephen A. Otto. 3rd ed. revised by Stephen A. Otto. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1986.

Browne, Kelvin. Bold Visions: The Architecture of the Royal Ontario Museum. Ed. Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 2008.

Concrete Toronto: A Guidebook to Concrete Architecture from the Fifties to the Seventies. Ed. Michael McClelland and Graeme Stewart. 1st ed. Toronto: Coach House Books, 2007.

Cruickshank, Tom. Old Toronto Houses. Ed. John de Visser. 2nd ed., Richmond Hill, Ont.: Firefly Books, 2008.

Cummins, Patrick. Full Frontal T.O.: Exploring Toronto’s Architectural Vernacular. Ed. Shawn Micallef. 1st ed. Toronto: Coach House Books, 2012.   

Dendy, William. Toronto Observed: Its Architecture, Patrons, and History. Ed. William Kilbourn and  Bruce M. Litteljohn. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1986.

Dilse, Paul. Toronto's Theatre Block: An Architectural History. Ed. Architectural Conservancy of Ontario. Toronto: Toronto Region Architectural Conservancy, 1989.

Goodfellow, Margaret. A Guidebook to Contemporary Architecture in Toronto. Ed. Phil Goodfellow. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2010.

Martins-Manteiga, John. Mean City: From Architecture to Design : How Toronto Went Boom! Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2007.

McHugh, Patricia. Toronto Architecture: A City Guide. Ed. Susan McHugh. 2nd ed. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1989.

Morawetz, Tim. Art Deco Architecture in Toronto: A Guide to the City's Buildings from the Roaring Twenties and the Depression. Toronto: Glue Inc., 2009.

Osbaldeston, Mark. Unbuilt Toronto: A History of the City That Might Have Been. Ed. Barry Jowett, Royal Ontario Museum, and Toronto Society of Architects. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2008.

Sewell, John. The Shape of the City: Toronto Struggles with Modern Planning. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993.

Smart Address: Art Deco, Style Moderne & their Contemporaries in Toronto. Toronto: Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, 2013.

Stanwick, Sean. Design City Toronto. Ed. Jennifer Flores and Tom Arban. London: J. Wiley, 2007.

Toronto Modern: Architecture, 1945-1965: Catalogue of the Exhibition with Critical Essays. Ed. Marc Baraness, Marco Polo, and Bureau of Architecture and Urbanism. 2nd ed., Toronto: Bureau of Architecture and Urbanism, 2002.

Toronto Places: A Context for Urban Design. Ed. Geoffrey James, et al. Toronto: Published in association with the City of Toronto by University of Toronto Press, 1992.

Whiteson, Leon. The Liveable City: The Architecture and Neighbourhoods of Toronto. Ed. S. R. Gage. Oakville, Ont.: Mosaic Press, 1982.