In this new series, former Toronto Star architecture critic Christopher Hume (The Secret Life of Architecture, Architectural Wonders) returns to Curious Minds to offer a spirited survey of the most stunning—and thought-provoking—buildings of the past two decades.

Taking us on a globetrotting journey from the glittering new high-rises of Asia and New York to Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim museum in Bilbao; from epic German concert halls to the projects that global “starchitects” have launched here in Toronto, Hume will assess the power of architecture, the most functional of art forms, to inspire us, to make us think and, above all, to entertain.

This series is led by Christopher Hume, who was the architecture critic and urban issues columnist for the Toronto Star from the early 1980s until his retirement in 2016. He is the recipient of many of Canada’s country’s top awards in the field, including the National Newspaper Award and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada President’s Award.

Please see listings below and click here for more details. 

May 14: The Power of the Tower
May 21: Museums on Display
May 28: Architecture on Stage
June 4: The Library Turns a Page
June 11: Infrastructure Comes Out of the Closet
June 18: Toronto Makes a Spectacle of Itself 

Promotional Partner: Toronto Society of Architects.