Canadian Modern Architecture
Canadian Modern Architecture

Author: Elsa Lam

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2019-11-19

Total Pages: 544

ISBN-13: 1616898836

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Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) President's Medal Award (multi-media representation of architecture). 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.

The LEGO Architect
The LEGO Architect

Author: Tom Alphin

Publisher: No Starch Press

Published: 2015-09-01

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 1593276133

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Travel through the history of architecture in The LEGO Architect. You’ll learn about styles like Art Deco, Modernism, and High-Tech, and find inspiration in galleries of LEGO models. Then take your turn building 12 models in a variety of styles. Snap together some bricks and learn architecture the fun way!

A Concise History of Canadian Architecture
A Concise History of Canadian Architecture

Author: Harold Kalman

Publisher: Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 680

ISBN-13:

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In this monumental, two-volume set--the first comprehensive study of Canadian architecture--Harold Kalman presents a rich panorama, treating the vast range of Canadian building, from the native peoples and first settlers to the recent past to the present day. He describes the country's architectural history in a lucid and engaging narrative, placing the buildings firmly in a social and cultural context to illuminate distinct characteristics of Canadian architects and architecture. Lavishly illustrated with over eight hundred black and white drawings and photographs, this work will be an essential reference for anyone interested in architectural history.

Architecture
Architecture

Author: Henry-Russell Hitchcock

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1987-01-01

Total Pages: 702

ISBN-13: 9780300053203

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This book examines a period which is far more than a prelude to the age of steel and concrete. The first half-century culminated in the bold iron and glass of the Crystal Palace. There follows the creation of the modern styles of the era based on traditions of the past, and finally, in the 20th century, Art Nouveau and the modern architects in their generations - Perret, Wright, Gropius, Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe and others in many parts of the world.

Treasures Of Canada
Treasures Of Canada

Author: Alan Samuel

Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 1998-11-01

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1459711246

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This tome is an extensive record of Canadas treasures including art, architecture, historical sites, and spots of natural beauty.

Two Worlds
Two Worlds

Author: William Westfall

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 1990-09

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780773507975

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Religion was at the heart of Ontario life for many years. In Two Worlds, Westfall examines the origin, character, and social significance of the powerful and distinctive Protestant culture that grew and flourished in Southern Ontario in the mid-Victorian period.