Yorkdale Shopping Centre

Title

Yorkdale Shopping Centre

Publisher

Lawrence Technological University

Date Created

July 29, 2015

Alternative Title or Name

Yorkdale Mall

Creator

Graham, John

Creator2

O’Connor, Thomas (photograph)

Creator Nationality

American

Work Type

Single Built Works

Date

August, 1969

Work Location

Ontario (province)
Toronto (inhabited place)

Style/Period

Modern (styles and periods)
Brutalist

Subject

shopping centers
interior views

Description

Interior view of Yorkdale Mall in Toronto, Ontario designed by John Graham & Company and completed in 1964. "Outside the Simpsons, a court of pale grey terrazzo marble measuring 100 by 150 feet featured a vaulted ceiling with light fixtures hanging from each of 110 stalactites. “It is extremely dramatic, perhaps too much so for serenity,” Hugo-Brunt judged. While noting that the “fanciful plaster ceiling…appears as just that, to one who knows the secrets of building,” Thom praised it “as a joyous thing to the public at large who just go through.” In addition to a fountain and reflecting pool, the Simpsons court featured a striking circular staircase leading to a restaurant overlooking the mall beyond,"--Historicist: Yorkdale Mall and the Aesthetics of Commerce, by Kevin Plummer, February 25, 2012.

Material/Medium

concrete

Reproduction Type

jpeg

ID Number

LTU-TO-817

Files

LTU-TOJ-817.jpg
Date Added
July 29, 2015
Collection
LTU Digital Images
Item Type
VRA Core
Tags
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Citation
“Yorkdale Shopping Centre,” LTU Digital Images, accessed March 28, 2024, https://ltuimagecollection.omeka.net/items/show/14796.