In 2007 Iris Haussler was invited to create a work for the inauguration of the newly transformed Art Gallery of Ontario. She proposed an elaborate in situ piece entitled He Named her Amber to be locat
The world upside down is one in which the symbolic order is turned on its head. It is a world visualized by artists where killer rabbits hunt humans and Superman is a hero of the Soviet Union. It is t
The 1958 international competition for Toronto's new city hall was the catalyst for what would become one of the most iconic modernist buildings of its day, igniting a new era in Canadian architecture
This richly illustrated collection of critical theory and artists' projects documents a monumental public exhibition that explores the changing nature of cities and suburbs.
Through close study of work of Brigitte Shim and Howard Sutcliffe, this book traces the evolution of contemporary architectural ideas particularly as they relate to urbanity and the wilderness.
With the approach of Canada's centennial in 1967, the Canadian government initiated dozens of architectural projects across the country. This ambitious program, unabashedly about nation-building, aime
