Canada : modern architectures in history / Rhodri Windsor Liscombe and Michelangelo Sabatino.

Main entry:

Liscombe, Rhodri Windsor, 1946- author.

Title & Author:

Canada : modern architectures in history / Rhodri Windsor Liscombe and Michelangelo Sabatino.

Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 2016.
©2016

Description:

390 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

Series:

Modern architectures in history

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-378) and index.
Modernity in Canada, 1886-1914 -- Modernizing the Dominion, 1914-45 -- Modernism and reconstruction, 1945-67 -- Modernism with a punch, 1945-67 -- Questioning modernism, 1967-86 -- Regenerative modernism, 1986 to the present -- Canada's modernist legacy.

Summary:

"Canada is a country of massive size, of diverse geographical features and an equally diverse population all features that are magnificently reflected in its architecture. In this book, Rhodri Windsor Liscombe and Michelangelo Sabatino offer a richly informative history of Canadian architecture that celebrates and explores the country's many contributions to the spread of architectural modernity in the Americas. A distinct Canadian design attitude coalesced during the twentieth century, one informed by a liberal, hybrid, and pragmatic mindset intent less upon the dogma of architectural language and more on thinking about the formation of inclusive spaces and places. Taking a fresh perspective on design production, they map the unfolding of architectural modernity across the country, from the completion of the transcontinental railway in the late 1880s through to the present. Along the way they discuss architecture within the broader contexts of political, industrial, and sociocultural evolution; the urban-suburban expansion; and new building technologies. Examining the works of architects and firms such as ARCOP, Eric Arthur, Ernest Cormier, Brigitte Shim, and Howard Sutcliffe, this book brings Canadian architecture chronologically and thematically to life." Amazon.

ISBN:

9781780236339
1780236336
9781780236797 (ebook)

Subject:

Architecture Canada History.
Modern movement (Architecture) Canada.
Architecture Canada Histoire.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture) Canada.
Modern movement (Architecture)
Architecture
Architektur
Canada
Kanada

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Sabatino, Michelangelo, author.
Modern architectures in history.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room canada 293728
Call No.: NA740 .L5 2016
Status: Available

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