Main entry:

Marcoux, Alain, 1951- author.

Title & Author:

History of the Canadian skyscraper : nineteenth and twentieth centuries / Alain Marcoux.

Edition:

Author's limited edition.

Publication:

Montréal : Alain Marcoux, 2016.

Description:

2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm + 2 DVDs.

Notes:
"As a result of his Post-doctoral research activites since 2007, he published in 2016 the present book entitled History of the Canadian skyscraper : nineteenth and twentieth centuries"--Volume 1, page vii.
Issued in slipcase.
DVDs in back pockets.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Mention of the Canadian Centre for Architecture in the section "Notes on author".
Slipcase.

Summary:

"This elaborate study in two volumes first deals with the history of the American skyscraper and the technological developments as prerequisites, the Canadian urban developments. The history of the Canadian skyscraper in Montreal, Ottawa and Quebec City follows. The second volume deals with the history of Canadian skyscraper in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg, complemented by the history of tall buildings in Southern Ontario and other regions across Canada."--Volume, page x.

Subject:

Skyscrapers Canada History.
Tall buildings Canada History.
Gratte-ciel Canada Histoire.
Immeubles de grande hauteur Canada Histoire.
Skyscrapers.
Tall buildings.
Canada.
Skyscrapers Canada 1880-2000.
Office towers Canada 1880-2000.
Office buildings Canada 1880-2000.

Form/genre:

Theses.
DVDs.
History.

Added entries:

Centre canadien d'architecture

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 293367
Call No.: BIB 236474
Copy: DVD 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main canada 293368
Call No.: BIB 236474
Copy: DVD 2
Status: Available

Location: Library main canada 293370
Call No.: BIB 236474
Copy: slipcase
Status: Available

Location: Library main canada 292281
Call No.: BIB 236474
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main canada 293026
Call No.: BIB 236474
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available