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Architecture, design and craft in Toronto 1900-1940 : creating modern living
- Title
- Architecture, design and craft in Toronto 1900-1940 : creating modern living / Alla Myzelev.
- Author
- Myzelev, Alla
- Publication
- Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2016.
- ©2016
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | NA2543.S6 M99 2016 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xii, 260 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Architecture and society
- City and town life
- Domestic space
- Modern movement (Architecture)
- Manners and customs
- Ontario > Toronto
- Architecture and society > Ontario > Toronto > History > 20th century
- City and town life > Ontario > Toronto > History > 20th century
- Toronto (Ont.) > Social life and customs > 20th century
- Toronto (Ont.) > Buildings, structures, etc
- Domestic space > Ontario > Toronto > History > 20th century
- Buildings
- History
- 1900-1999
- Modern movement (Architecture) > Ontario > Toronto
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- From arts and crafts to eclecticism. Introduction : Why Toronto? Modernity, nationalism and regionalism -- From theory to practice : Toronto design and architecture -- Casa Loma : from nostalgia to glamour and back again -- Community as a total artwork : Wychwood Park residential suburb -- Furnish the land of my dreams : Sherwood by Fred and Louise Coates -- From eclectic to modern : Toronto architecture 1923-1940. Crafting interiors : the Guild of All Arts in Scarborough -- Living the art deco : Alexandra Biriukova's house for Lawren Harris -- The spectacle of modern life : the Royal York Hotel -- Conclusion : road to modernism.
- ISBN
- 9781472457004
- 1472457005
- LCCN
- 2015038064
- 99970499851
- OCLC
- ocn922836442
- 922836442
- SCSB-5878790
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries