Word: toronto
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GRAY concrete cliffs rise on a ridge above the Ontario woods 20 miles from downtown Toronto. This is Scarborough College, a new branch of the University of Toronto and John Andrews' only standing building. Another will rise behind Mem Hall in the next few years: Gund Hall, the new Graduate School of Design...
Andrews' approach to architecture is the cause of the excitement. "Movement and communication between people are the critical factors in our office," said the tall, stocky, blond-haired Australian in his Toronto office early this week. With Scarborough and Gund Hall in mind, Andrews, who is also the new chairman of the University of Toronto Architecture Department, reflected, "Education has to be about communication...
...Harvard from Sydney with the attitude of architecture-as-art. Sert didn't give me any formula for design, but I left him with the attitude that humans are the thing." Andrews received his masters from the Design School in 1958, when he moved his base of operations to Toronto...
Time and location were the biggest problems with Scarborough. The University of Toronto wanted the building finished by September, 1966. Andrews was commissioned in July, 1964. He was forced to design the building while it was under construction. He couldn't have used steel even if he had wanted to because "I didn't know exactly what was going on top even while we were pouring the concrete for the foundation. Steel requires precise knoweldge of stresses which we obviously didn't have," said the young designer...
...about the ABCs of mergers and acquisitions. Only one year old, Corporate Seminars has already graduated 700 students, and Colvin expects an enrollment of 2,000 pupils a year very shortly. Last week, following seminars in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Atlanta, Corporate Seminars held classes in Toronto for Canadian businessmen who have also been hit by the urge to merge...