Building New Brunswick : an architectural history / John Leroux ; with essays by Robert M. Leavitt, Stuart Smith, Gary Hughes ; edited by Laurel Boone.

Main entry:

Leroux, John, 1970-

Title & Author:

Building New Brunswick : an architectural history / John Leroux ; with essays by Robert M. Leavitt, Stuart Smith, Gary Hughes ; edited by Laurel Boone.

Publication:

Fredericton, N.B. : Goose Lane, c2008.

Description:

310 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 31 cm.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-300) and index.
Introduction. Hope restored -- New Brunswick's first architects / Robert M. Leavitt -- France's new frontier, 1604-1760 / John Leroux -- Natives of America, 1760-1840 / Stuart Smith -- Golden years, 1840-1914 / Gary Hughes -- Great Wars and the Great Depression, 1914-1945 / John Leroux -- Tentative modernism, 1945-1980 / John Leroux -- Contemporary New Brunswick, 1980 and beyond / John Leroux.
Includes reproductions of CCA collection material.

Summary:

"New Brunswick's architecture has traditionally exhibited excellence in craftsmanship, faithfulness to materials and harmony with the environment. Building New Brunswick examines the built heritage of the province, from pre-history until today - from the humblest dwelling to the grandest public edifice." "In this volume, Leroux also documents more adventurous takes on modern space and aesthetics, found particularly in churches constructed from the late 1940s to early 1970s and in the expressive spaces of the Modern Movement. He observes that structures such as the initial Universite de Moncton buildings, the Hugh John Flemming Bridge in Hartland, and the Centennial Building in Fredericton will be increasingly valued as central to New Brunswick's heritage. By the late twentieth century, the province began to witness surprising interpretations of Postmodernist, Neotraditionalist, Contemporary and Green architecture, marking a renewed enthusiasm for celebrating form."--Jacket.

ISBN:

9780864925046
0864925042

Subject:

Architecture New Brunswick History.
Architecture Nouveau-Brunswick Histoire.
Architecture.
New Brunswick.
Centre canadien d'architecture Collection

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Boone, Laurel, 1942-
Hughes, Gary K., 1949-
Leavitt, Robert M.
Smith, Stuart A.
Leavitt, Robert, 1944-
Smith, Stuart Allen, 1933-

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 259757
Call No.: BIB 190683
Status: Available

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