Speakers Annex Lecture | Christopher Hume on the Guaranty Building and the Modern Skyscraper Boom

Architectural Wonders: Brilliant Buildings That Explain the Modern World

Fridays, October 30-December 4, 10:30 AM – Noon

In this exciting new series, an all-star roster of leading writers and experts will take you on a thrilling tour through architectural history, each delivering a talk on their favourite modern buildings.

With critic Christopher Hume in the closing and opening sessions, and Speakers Annex favourites leading the other sessions, explore the intriguing stories of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, stunning buildings in Prague, and groundbreaking buildings by Arthur Erickson, Frank Gehry, and others.

Explore the ways that each of these brilliant designs shaped the look and feel of the world we inhabit today, and come away from the series with a fresh new sense of perspective on the buildings and cities around us, alive to the rich history of their architectural wonders.

October 30: Christopher Hume on the Guaranty Building and the Modern Skyscraper Boom

A Speakers Annex legend and longtime Toronto Star architecture critic, Hume kicks off the series with a spirited look at the intriguing history of Louis Sullivan’s Guaranty Building in Buffalo, a hugely influential building that laid the foundation for the skyscraper boom in 20th Century cities.