Casa Loma
Title
Casa Loma
Publisher
Lawrence Technological University
Date Created
April 28, 2015
Creator
Lennox, Edward James
Creator2
O’Connor, Thomas (photograph)
Creator Nationality
Canadian
Work Type
Single Built Works
Date
August, 1969
Work Location
Ontario (province)
Toronto (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Gothic Revival
Subject
castles (fortifications)
mansions
towers (building divisions)
Description
Exterior view of tower at Casa Loma in Toronto, Ontario designed by E.J. Lennox and completed in 1914. "It was an enormous undertaking: plans comprised 98 rooms, five thousand electric lights, an electrically powered elevator, a shooting gallery almost 50 meters (160 feet) long, a wine cellar, an indoor fountain and a marble swimming pool. Lennox looked to medieval castles for design inspiration, but Casa Loma is much more in keeping sixteenth- and seventeenth-century castles, which were no longer concerned with the realities of medieval warfare; their fortress like appearance had become an architectural conceit, a symbol of a nobleman's dwelling ... The building is dominated by towers and a complicated skyline. White cast-stone battlements, chimneys and corbelled towers pierce the sky, the highest of the towers, crowned by a conical roof, looks out over the city of Toronto,"--Edward James Lennox: "Builder of Toronto," by Marilyn M. Litvak.
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
LTU-TO-596
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