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The architecture of Toronto is an eclectic combination of architectural styles, ranging from 19th century Georgian architecture to 21st century postmodern architecture and beyond. Initially, the city was on the periphery of the architectural world, embracing styles and ideas developed in Europe and the United States with only limited local ...
Siamak Hariri, OAA, AAA, AIBC, FRAIC, RCA, Intl. Assoc. AIA (Persian: سیامک حریری; born 1958) is a Canadian architect and a founding partner of Hariri Pontarini Architects, a full-service architectural and interior design practice based in Toronto, Canada.
The book covers the architectural history of Toronto, [16] as well as Toronto history more generally from the First Nations' Toronto Carrying-Place Trail up to 1900. [17] The book was the first professional history of Toronto architecture, [7] providing overviews of the evolution of the city's building styles, mostly by focusing on monumental ...
Hariri Pontarini Architects is a Toronto-based architectural practice founded by Siamak Hariri and David Pontarini.. Established in 1994, HPA’s first critically acclaimed project was for McKinsey & Company's Toronto headquarters, which became one of the youngest buildings to be designated with Heritage Status by the City of Toronto. [1]
Lawrence Richards, a member of the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Toronto, has said, "Toronto is a new, brash, rag-tag place—a big mix of periods and styles." [119] Bay-and-gable houses, mainly found in Old Toronto, are a distinct architectural feature of the city. Defining the Toronto skyline is the CN Tower, a ...
Hasht Behesht, a Safavid-era pavilion in Isfahan, Iran.. In architecture, a hasht-behesht (هشتبهشت, hašt-behešt), literally meaning "eight heavens" in Persian, is a type of floor plan consisting of a central hall surrounded by eight rooms, [1] the earliest recognized example of which in Iranian architecture is traced to the time of the Persianate Timurid Empire.
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Shahrvand Editorial Team in their office in Toronto, June 2014. Shahrvand (Persian: شهروند) is the largest Persian language newspaper in North America, which serves the Iranian and Afghan communities across North America. [1] Shahrvand has been published since 1991.