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Episodes in Public Architecture

“To see and be seen, to animate and contribute to the ebullience of public life — these are the human impulses that shape great cities,” writes architect Andrew Frontini in his first monograph of his work, completed both at Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners and, later, as the design director of Perkins&Will’s Ontario offices. “The need to affirm and celebrate our collective interdependence drives us to create and inhabit public spaces.” These core principles guided the design of all 11 projects showcased in this volume — from the Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre at the University of Toronto Mississauga, whose instant success highlighted the dearth of accessible public spaces on...