Michael McClelland

Coach House Books is pleased to announce that Concrete Toronto: A Guidebook to Concrete Architecture from the Fifties to the Seventies received the Award of Excellence in the Book Category at the 2008 Heritage Toronto Awards ceremony, held last night at the historic Carlu.

The Heritage Toronto Board has named Concrete Toronto: A Guidebook to Concrete Architecture from the Fifties to the Seventies a finalist in the book category for the 34th Annual Heritage Toronto Awards.

This weekend's highly anticipated Concrete Music Night, part of the soundaXis festival (and inspired by the Coach House book Concrete Toronto), was a feature in Eye Weekly:<!--newline--><!--newline-->http://www.eyeweekly.com/music/streetspirit/article/28257<!--newline--><!--newline-->Concrete Toronto Music<!--newline-->by Sarah Lis

How much does Alexander Herman dislike concrete architecture? You can read for yourself how much in his article on Open Book Toronto. He likes, the book, though ...<!--newline--><!--newline-->http://www.openbooktoronto.com/kickstart/blog/city_concrete<!--newline--><!--newline-->The City of Concrete<!--newline--><!--newline-->What does Toronto stand for? Well, it's a good question and one that I imagine has bugged more than a few contributors to this site.

Influential British design magazine Wallpaper* is featuring Concrete Toronto, with a series of photos from the book, on their website: <!--newline--><!--newline-->'It's a sign of changing times when a city starts to boast about its concrete content - in decades past few urban areas felt the need to inform the world about their aggregate-based architecture.<!--newline--><!--newline-->'Concrete Toronto is a bold celebration of the ci

The Torontoist recently profiled Concrete Toronto, calling the book 'the first salvo in the upcoming war to preserve our recent architectural heritage.'<!--newline--><!--newline-->Read below for the full story, or visit www.torontoist.com.<!--newline--><!--newline-->Concrete Reading<!--newline--><!--newline-->Will people ever appreciate the fine architecture or heritage value of such widely-d

On the Spacing Wire, they're conducting a poll based on the newly published Concrete Toronto. Spacing wants to know what you think of three of Toronto's most famous concrete buildings: the CN Tower, New City Hall and the Robarts Library.<!--newline--><!--newline-->You can vote at http://spacing.ca/wire/?p=2481.