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Canadian modern architecture : 1967 to the present. / edited by Elsa Lam and Graham Livesey. txt

Por: Colaborador(es): Editor: New York : Princeton Architectural, 2019Edición: First editionDescripción: 543 p. ill.; col.; photo.; plans.; map. 25 cmTipo de contenido:
  • text
Tipo de medio:
  • unmediaded
Tipo de soporte:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781616896454
  • 1616896450
Tema(s): Clasificación CDD:
  • 23 720.971/0904
Clasificación LoC:
  • NA745 C27 2019
Contenidos:
National Movements -- The centennial projects : building the new / Marco Polo and Colin Ripley -- The architecture of public institutions / George Thomas Kapelos -- Campus architecture : the radical medium of learning / Lisa Landrum -- First nations architecture : a long journey forward / Odile Hénault -- International Influences -- Megastructures and high-tech / George Baird -- Postmodernism : reconnecting with history, memory, and place / Larry Wayne Richards -- Urban revitalization / Ian Chodikoff -- Environmental architecture / Steven Mannell -- Regional Responses -- West Coast land claims / Sherry McKay -- Prairie formations / Graham Livesey -- Eastern edge / Brian Carter -- Arctic architecture : standards, experiments, and consensus / Lola Sheppard and Mason White -- Centers of Influence -- The architecture of Quebec : competition, culture, and conservation / David Theodore -- Toronto architecture : form and reform / Elsa Lam -- The new West Coast / Adele Weder. --
Resumen: Canada's most distinguished architectural critics and scholars offer fresh insights into the country's unique modern and contemporary architecture. Beginning with the nation's centennial and Expo 67 in Montreal, this fifty-year retrospective covers the defining of national institutions and movements, how Canadian architects interpreted major external trends, regional and indigenous architectural tendencies, and the influence of architects in Canada's three largest cities-Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Co-published with 'Canadian Architect', this comprehensive reference book is extensively illustrated and includes fifteen specially commissioned essays.
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Canada's most distinguished architectural critics and scholars offer fresh insights into the country's unique modern and contemporary architecture. Beginning with the nation's centennial and Expo 67 in Montreal, this fifty-year retrospective covers the defining of national institutions and movements:

* How Canadian architects interpreted major external trends
* Regional and indigenous architectural tendencies
* The influence of architects in Canada's three largest cities: Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver

Co-published with Canadian Architect , this comprehensive reference book is extensively illustrated and includes fifteen specially commissioned essays.

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National Movements --
The centennial projects : building the new / Marco Polo and Colin Ripley --
The architecture of public institutions / George Thomas Kapelos --
Campus architecture : the radical medium of learning / Lisa Landrum --
First nations architecture : a long journey forward / Odile Hénault --
International Influences --
Megastructures and high-tech / George Baird --
Postmodernism : reconnecting with history, memory, and place / Larry Wayne Richards --
Urban revitalization / Ian Chodikoff --
Environmental architecture / Steven Mannell --
Regional Responses --
West Coast land claims / Sherry McKay --
Prairie formations / Graham Livesey --
Eastern edge / Brian Carter --
Arctic architecture : standards, experiments, and consensus / Lola Sheppard and Mason White --
Centers of Influence --
The architecture of Quebec : competition, culture, and conservation / David Theodore --
Toronto architecture : form and reform / Elsa Lam --
The new West Coast / Adele Weder. --

Canada's most distinguished architectural critics and scholars offer fresh insights into the country's unique modern and contemporary architecture. Beginning with the nation's centennial and Expo 67 in Montreal, this fifty-year retrospective covers the defining of national institutions and movements, how Canadian architects interpreted major external trends, regional and indigenous architectural tendencies, and the influence of architects in Canada's three largest cities-Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Co-published with 'Canadian Architect', this comprehensive reference book is extensively illustrated and includes fifteen specially commissioned essays.

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Elsa Lam is editor of Canadian Architect magazine and is based in Toronto. She holds a doctorate in architectural history from Columbia University.

Graham Livesey is a professor in the Master of Architecture Program (Faculty of Environmental Design) at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada.
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