Mean City: From Architecture to Design: How Toronto Went Boom!

"The two world wars had a tremendous impact on transforming Canada into a confident and robust industrial nation. With that came a building boom and an artistic explosion that gave young entrepreneurs, designers, artists and architects opportunities to dream big, bold and modern." "Mean City celebrates this great boom in architecture and industrial design from 1945 to 1975." "With the tremendous opportunities available because of a raging economy, architects and designers built and dreamed like never before. Young architects were given the opportunity to execute fantastic and futuristic buildings that defied convention." "Mean City captures Toronto at a moment in a great architectural boom, along with the individuals who were inspired to create this city's great architectural heritage. The book is also a lament to those great modernist buildings that have already been lost, and those that may also meet the same fate in the future."--BOOK JACKET.Martins-Manteiga, John is the author of 'Mean City: From Architecture to Design: How Toronto Went Boom!', published 2008 under ISBN 9781552639122 and ISBN 1552639126.