He received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Toronto and his Master of Architecture degree from McGill University. His research on Toronto’s rich early 20th century architecture and architects led to the publication of his essay, "Toronto’s Edwardian Skyscraper Row," published in the Journal of the SSAC. He is eager to further this research and hopes to foster an appreciation for the lesser-known parallels of modern architecture in Canada.
Sessions in which David Winterton participates
Friday 26 May, 2017
Sessions in which David Winterton attends
Thursday 25 May, 2017
The purpose of the Roundtable is to use the recently published "Canada. Modern Architectures in History" as the foundation for discussing the palimpsest of Canadian architectural history, and more widely of future directions in its study together with of the modern movements in design. In particular the de- and re-generation of modernism, means to correct the ongoing side-lining of Canadian architectural production in the international literature and the future of its historiography.
This year, Canada marks the 150th anniversary of Confederation. To celebrate this momentous event, communities and organizations are uniting to examine our past and present, to consider plans for the future, and to try to define Canadian national identity. As a nation, Canada has always been a land of many voices, and thus of many identities; a fact that was formally recognized by parliament as multiculturalism some fifty years ago. Since then, we have become increasingly aware that Canadi...
This lecture examines some of the many fine historical churches in the Niagara region from the 1830s to the early 20th century. We commence with St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Niagara-on-the-Lake (1831) and explain Scottish, English and American associations for the 'temple-form' design. After brief consideration of St Vincent-de-Paul Roman Catholic Church, Niagara-on-the-Lake, attention is turned to the Methodist Church at Beaverdams and the reconstruction of its original 1830s design a...
