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“[In the late 1960s], projects at the School of Architecture tended to be non-urban projects for the privileged. So I set design problems in the city, with real issues to be addressed, with all the opportunities and problems that they presented.”

— Architect A.J. (Jack) Diamond on Toronto’s Beverley Place Hydro Block public housing, which began as a University of Toronto student exercise. Read our excerpt from his new memoir.
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Designed by Shim-Sutcliffe, the Ace Hotel Toronto features a brick facade that melds seamlessly with the city’s architectural heritage.
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The architect’s new memoir recounts the design of Toronto’s Beverley Place Hydro Block — a groundbreaking public housing project.
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