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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 ...
The Farhang-e Soruri (Persian: فرهنگ سروری), also known as Majma al-fors and Loghat-e Soruri, is a Persian dictionary composed by the Safavid poet and lexicographer Soruri Kashani in 1599/1600. It was dedicated to the Safavid ruler Shah Abbas I (r. 1587–1629).
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 ...
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 ...
The Persian Contributions to the English Language: An Historical Dictionary is a 2001 book by Garland Cannon and Alan S. Kaye. It is a historical dictionary of Persian loanwords in English which includes 811 Persian words appeared in English texts since 1225 CE.
Henry Langley (26 November 1836 – 1907) was a Canadian architect based in Toronto.He was active from 1854 to 1907. Among the first architects born and trained in Canada, he was a founding members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1880 and was instrumental in establishing the Ontario Association of Architects in 1889.
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.
Architecture in Canada" The Canadian Encyclopedia "Grignon, Marc. "Architectural History: 1759-1867"." The Canadian Encyclopedia; Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, – biographies of Canadian architects and lists of their buildings from 1800 to 1950. Canada by Design: Parliament Hill, Ottawa at Library and Archives Canada