Massey College, University of Toronto, August 31, 2019. Image by Hanifa Mamujee.
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Resource ID
7581
Access
Open
Credit Line
Image by Hanifa Mamujee
Date of Creation
31 August 2019
Description
Massey College, a private project funded by Vincent Massey, opened in 1963 as a residence for graduate male students at the University of Toronto. The building, designed by architect Ron Thom, is a very different approach to Modernist architecture: designed around a central quadrangle inspired by the colleges of Oxford, red brick replaces concrete.
Three sides of the quadrangle house residences and the fourth side houses two libraries - the Upper Library and the basement Lower Library, also known as the Robertson Davies Library, which focuses on the history of printing and includes a fully functional print shop with rare pieces of historical equipment and unusual examples of typography.
Keywords
Libraries, tower
Program Category
Tours
Rights
Hanifa Mamujee
Caption
Massey College, University of Toronto, August 31, 2019. Image by Hanifa Mamujee.