concrete toronto the modern suburbs - ERA Architects Inc.
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Figs. 20, 21, 22. Unrealized Uno Prii designs<br />
Alfred Holden<br />
Uno Prii<br />
Alfred Holden<br />
Uno Prii<br />
Alfred Holden<br />
Uno Prii<br />
Did you go regularly to <strong>the</strong> sites and do that architect’s walkaround?<br />
I would always have to go and see what <strong>the</strong>y were doing – or actually, see<br />
what <strong>the</strong>y were doing wrong. [Chuckles.] Which I did very often.<br />
Are you doing any drawing today?<br />
Not in summertime, but wintertime I sit where you sit over <strong>the</strong>re and do<br />
little sketches of imaginary buildings, and <strong>the</strong>n throw <strong>the</strong>m away. It’s a<br />
pleasant pastime to use your imagination as to what could be done. But on<br />
<strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r hand, I find that <strong>the</strong> architects today are doing very interesting<br />
buildings. Some of <strong>the</strong>m, at least. They are no longer in <strong>the</strong> straitjacket of<br />
this Bauhaus thing, just square or rectangular block. That was <strong>the</strong> climate I<br />
was designing in.<br />
Apartment buildings are really no longer built, are <strong>the</strong>y? In Canada,<br />
or in Toronto.<br />
Condos are being built. Rental housing is pretty well out. But condos,<br />
<strong>the</strong>y’re going up everywhere you go.<br />
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Concrete Toronto | THE MODERN SUBURBS<br />
INTERVIEW Uno Prii<br />
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