Ron Thom, architect : the life of a creative modernist

A definitive biography of an iconic Canadian architect--and a social portrait of the midcentury design world he lived in.

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ISBN: 9781771643221
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324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2022.

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Ron Thom, Architect : The Life of a Creative Modernist

by Weder, Adele

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Section	Section Description	Page Number
	Author's Note	p. ix
	Prologue: The Royal Blessing	p. 1
Part 1	West
1	A Foundation in Music	p. 9
2	Building a Culture	p. 19
3	The Shadow of Conflict	p. 29
4	Rebuilding	p. 41
5	Across the Water	p. 51
6	Bold Boys on Blueprints	p. 65
7	Higher Learning	p. 75
8	Electrifying the West	p. 85
9	The Allure of the Woods	p. 97
10	The Home Front	p. 109
11	Dignity, Grace, Beauty, and Warmth	p. 117
12	The Great Transition	p. 135
Part 2	East
13	Rising in the East	p. 149
14	The Big Time	p. 165
15	High Flying	p. 185
16	Roiling Fame	p. 199
17	Culturally Defining	p. 215
18	The Elusive Concept of Home	p. 229
19	Art Versus the Corporate Wave	p. 241
20	Fear Has a Long, Long Tale	p. 255
21	The Last Trip Home	p. 271
	Acknowledgments	p. 284
	Endnotes	p. 287
	Image Credits	p. 305
	Selected Bibliography	p. 308
	Index	p. 312