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Beth David B'nai Israel Beth Am Synagogue

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BUILDING INFORMATION

Name & Location:

Beth David B'nai Israel Beth Am Synagogue
55 Yeomans Road
Toronto
Clanton Park

Year Completed:

1959

OTHER IDENTIFICATION

Alternate Name:

Montessori Jewish Day School

Notes:

Completed in 1959; designed by architect Irving Grossman. The facade, intended to resemble a jewel box, is made up of precast concrete panels developed in collaboration with artist Graham Coughtry.

Status:

Completed

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Companies:

The following companies are associated with this building

Architect - Irving Grossman <-- More buildings by this architect.

BUILDING DATA

Building Type:

Religious

Current Use:

Synagogue , Educational

Heritage Status:

No heritage status

Main Style:

Brutalist <-- More buildings in this style.

Sources:

Click to see 5 Source(s)

North York's Modernist Architecture
Author - City of North York Planning Department
Page - 33
The Globe and Mail
Author - Dave LeBlanc
Date - March 2, 2007
Page - G4
Notes - Article about modernist churches.
The Globe and Mail
Author - Martin Knelman
Date - October 21, 2007
Page - A13
Notes - Mention of this building in an article on the book "Concrete Toronto".
Concrete Toronto: A Guide to Concrete Architecture from the Fifties to the Seventies
Author - Michael McClelland, Graeme Stewart
Date - 2004
Page - 38
Notes -
34; Beth David Synagogue.

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Irving Grossman
Author - ERA Architects
Date - 2011
Notes -
Beth David B'nai Israel Beth Am Synagogue, 1959

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