University of Toronto: The Campus Guide

Description

University of Toronto: The Campus Guide, second edition, portrays the dramatic growth and development of Canada's largest university while it showcases some of the finest architecture and landscapes in eleven curated walking tours. Founded in 1850 and built in a pastoral setting outside the city limits, the renowned university now has more than 90,000 students at three distinguished campuses: the downtown Toronto St. George campus, the University of Toronto Mississauga, and the University of Toronto Scarborough. Extraordinary new photographs and beautifully illustrated maps bring to life the university's historical evolution, from the nineteenth century to the present. University of Toronto is the newest addition in the acclaimed Campus Guide series of leading colleges and universities in North America.

Larry Wayne Richards is Professor Emeritus in the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto. Martin L. Friedland is University Professor and Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Toronto and the author of the prize-winning University of Toronto: A History. Eugen Sakhnenko is a photographer and artist based in Toronto.

Editorial Reviews

Canadian Architect

[F]ar more than a simple guidebook, it recounts the intertwined history of the university's development and the architectural styles and strategies it has chosen to represent itself, as it has grown and densified within its downtown and two satellite campuses.