The personal story and philosophy of one of the world’s most famous urban architects is vividly presented in words and pictures.
Discover the life, architecture, and philosophy of Eberhard Heinrich Zeidler, starting with his early life, his studies at the Bauhaus, and his reasons for leaving Germany. In his early days in Peterborough, Ontario, he became a partner of Blackwell and Craig and created homes, schools, hospitals, and the Peterborough Memorial Centre.
After moving to Toronto, Zeidler designed the McMaster Health Sciences Centre, which started a new direction in healthcare buildings and attracted thousands of visiting architects. Many hospitals of this type followed, and architects all over the world appropriated Zeidler’s philosophy. His design of the Eaton Centre succeeded in stimulating Toronto’s dying downtown, bringing new life to it.
Zeidler married Jane Abbott, lived on a farm, and had three children, two girls and one boy. A third daughter was born, and he renovated an old house in one of Toronto’s ravines to raise his family. Projects all over the world followed, including ones in England, Germany, Calgary, Vancouver, Victoria, West Palm Beach, Beijing, Shanghai, and Dubai.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2013.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 720.92
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Double volume"--Cover Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9781459704138 9781459704145
- LCCN
- NA749.Z54
- LCCN Item number
- A2 2013eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (1231 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00233236 (OCoLC)860709297 (CaOOCEL)439939
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Cover 2
- Buildings Cities Life 5
- Copyright 6
- Contents 8
- Foreword 11
- Introduction 13
- A Note to the Reader 25
- Chapter 1 27
- Chapter 2 59
- Chapter 3 71
- Chapter 4 105
- Chapter 5 115
- Chapter 6 133
- Chapter 7 145
- Chapter 8 161
- Chapter 9 169
- Chapter 10 191
- Chapter 11 203
- Chapter 12 305
- Chapter 13 497
- Chapter 14 527
- Chapter 15 537
- Volume II -1
- Cover 563
- Buildings Cities Life 563
- Copyright 564
- Contents 566
- Chapter 16 569
- Chapter 17 573
- Chapter 18 587
- Chapter 19 737
- Chapter 20 997
- Chapter 21 1155
- Zeidler Partners and Staff 1198
- Chronology of Selected Work 1204
- Awards and Accolades 1220
- Index 1226