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#UofT is home to some of best architecture in #Toronto, says @globeandmail architecture critic & @uoftalumni @alexbozikovic.

Here are 5 buildings he highlights from the downtown campus in "Toronto Architecture: A City Guide".

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1. John P. #Robarts Research Library @uoftlibraries

Ronald Thom called Robarts Library a “dictionary of architectural miseries,” but in the 50 years since it was built, "Fort Book" has inspired new appreciation. @Fisher_Library “is one of the best modernist spaces in the city."

2. @rotmanschool

@alexbozikovic calls it “a fascinating assemblage." Bruce Kuwabara, @KPMBarchitects told @RotmanMgmtMag that it “takes the school to another level in an urban context, in a creative city,” while providing the space and resources for 21st-century classrooms.

3. @WWCollege

“What makes #WoodsworthCollege remarkable is the artful linking of indoor and outdoor spaces, old and new architecture, found façades and artfully wrought interventions,” Bozikovic says.

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4. #UofT Goldring Centre for High-Performance Sport @UofTKPE @Varsity_Blues

Ted Watson of MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects, which designed the centre with Patkau Architects, described the building as an “iceberg” because there is so much going on under the surface.

5. @MasseyCollege #UofT

"Arguably the greatest Toronto building for the 20th century.”

Designed by Ron Thom & constructed in 1962, Massey College “was, and remains, gorgeous.” Its rooms are among TO's finest, with ‘dignity, grace, beauty and warmth.'

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