Modern Canadian Architecture

Author : Elsa Lam,Graham Livesey
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781616898830

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Canadian Modern Architecture by Elsa Lam,Graham Livesey Pdf

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.

Author : Robert Mellin
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-17
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780773587410

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Newfoundland Modern by Robert Mellin Pdf

In over 220 drawings and photographs, Robert Mellin presents the development of architecture in the decades immediately following Newfoundland's 1949 union with Canada. Newfoundland's wholehearted embrace of modern architecture in this era affected planning as well as the design of cultural facilities, commercial and public buildings, housing, recreation, educational facilities, and places of worship, and Premier Joseph Smallwood often relied on modern architecture to demonstrate the progress made by his administration. Mellin explores the links between Smallwood and modern architecture, revealing how Smallwood guided the development of numerous architectural projects. He also looks at the work of two innovative local architects, Frederick A. Colbourne and Angus J. Campbell, showing how their architecture was influenced by their life-long interest in art. The first comprehensive work on an important period of architectural development in urban and rural Newfoundland, Newfoundland Modern complements Mellin's award-winning book on the outport of Tilting, Fogo Island.

Author : Leslie Jen
Publisher : Figure 1 Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-16
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1773270389

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Canadian Architecture by Leslie Jen Pdf

Canadian Architecture: Evolving a Cultural Identity surveys the country's most accomplished architectural firms, whose work enhances cities and landscapes across Canada's geographically varied expanse. Author Leslie Jen explores a number of significant projects in urban and rural environments--private residences, cultural and institutional facilities, and democratic public spaces--that profoundly influence our interactions with each other and the communities in which we live. Accompanied by stunning photography, Canadian Architecture is a testament to a thriving, diverse and innovative design culture that continues to play an integral role in shaping our national identity.

Author : Rhodri Windsor Liscombe,R. W. Liscombe
Publisher : University of British Columbia Press
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0774819391

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Architecture and the Canadian Fabric by Rhodri Windsor Liscombe,R. W. Liscombe Pdf

Architecture plays a powerful role in nation building. Buildings and monuments not only constitute the built fabric of society, they reflect the intersection of culture, politics, economics, and aesthetics in distinct social settings and distinct times. From first contact to the postmodern city, this anthology traces the interaction between culture and politics as reflected in Canadian architecture and the infrastructure of ordinary life. Whether focusing on the construction of Parliament or exploring the ideas of Marshall McLuhan and Arthur Erickson, these highly original essays move beyond considerations of authorship and style to address cultural politics and insights from race and gender studies and from postcolonial and spatial theory.

Author : Daniel A. Barber
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780691248653

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Modern Architecture and Climate by Daniel A. Barber Pdf

How climate influenced the design strategies of modernist architects Modern Architecture and Climate explores how leading architects of the twentieth century incorporated climate-mediating strategies into their designs, and shows how regional approaches to climate adaptability were essential to the development of modern architecture. Focusing on the period surrounding World War II—before fossil-fuel powered air-conditioning became widely available—Daniel Barber brings to light a vibrant and dynamic architectural discussion involving design, materials, and shading systems as means of interior climate control. He looks at projects by well-known architects such as Richard Neutra, Le Corbusier, Lúcio Costa, Mies van der Rohe, and Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, and the work of climate-focused architects such as MMM Roberto, Olgyay and Olgyay, and Cliff May. Drawing on the editorial projects of James Marston Fitch, Elizabeth Gordon, and others, he demonstrates how images and diagrams produced by architects helped conceptualize climate knowledge, alongside the work of meteorologists, physicists, engineers, and social scientists. Barber describes how this novel type of environmental media catalyzed new ways of thinking about climate and architectural design. Extensively illustrated with archival material, Modern Architecture and Climate provides global perspectives on modern architecture and its evolving relationship with a changing climate, showcasing designs from Latin America, Europe, the United States, the Middle East, and Africa. This timely and important book reconciles the cultural dynamism of architecture with the material realities of ever-increasing carbon emissions from the mechanical cooling systems of buildings and offers a historical foundation for today’s zero-carbon design.

Author : Linda Fraser,Michael McMordie,Geoffrey Simmins
Publisher : Art in Profile: Canadian Art a
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1552386384

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John C. Parkin, Archives, and Photography by Linda Fraser,Michael McMordie,Geoffrey Simmins Pdf

Architectural practice in post-World War II Canada brought substantial change to the face of the Canadian built environment, led by the contribution of John C. Parkin. This richly illustrated book includes an interview with John C. Parkin and essays that examine the incorporation of art in built architecture, the influence of architectural photography in defining Modern architecture to a Canadian public, the importance of architectural archives, and the corporate structure of a large, highly successful Canadian architectural firm.

Author : Michelangelo Sabatino,Rhodri Windsor Liscombe
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781780236797

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Canada by Michelangelo Sabatino,Rhodri Windsor Liscombe Pdf

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.

Author : Greg Bellerby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1927958237

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The West Coast Modern House by Greg Bellerby Pdf

A landmark study of one of Canada' most important architectural movementsThe West Coast Modern House chronicles the development of Vancouver residential architecture from the 1940's through its continued influence on contemporary practice. The post-war era in Vancouver defined what has become popularly know as the 'West Coast Style'. Through the work of seminal figures such as BC Binning, Ned Pratt, Ron Thom, Fred Hollingsworth, Douglas Simpson, Barry Downs and Arthur Erickson, Vancouver architects won national awards and international recognition for their innovative house designs. This period is now seen as one of the most important in the cities architectural history. Focusing on the years from 1940 to the mid-1960's, The West Coast Modern House features over fifty examples of modern houses. The book is richly Illustrated by photographs taken at the time by noted architectural photographers Graham Warrington, Selwyn Pullan and John Fulker. Essays by Greg Bellerby, Jana Tyner and Chris Macdonald elaborate on the history and innovative design strategies of the early period, through to an examination of the ways modern architectural concerns are being utilized by contemporary practitioners. The West Coast Modern House enables the reader to come to a greater understanding of the significance of modern residential architecture on the west coast and the persistence and relevance of its innovative design, material and construction strategies.

Author : Leon Whiteson
Publisher : Hurtig
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015012221852

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Modern Canadian Architecture by Leon Whiteson Pdf

Author : Shannon Ricketts,Leslie Maitland,Jacqueline Hucker
Publisher : Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015058279608

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A Guide to Canadian Architectural Styles, Second Edition by Shannon Ricketts,Leslie Maitland,Jacqueline Hucker Pdf

"A thoughtful, elegantly written, and easy-to-read guide to over three hundred years of architectural style in Canada." - Kelly Crossman, Carleton University

Author : Ron Williams
Publisher : McGill Queens Univ
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 077354206X

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Landscape Architecture in Canada by Ron Williams Pdf

A groundbreaking history of the development of designed landscapes in Canada.

Author : Harold D. Kalman,Harold Kalman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015032250873

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A History of Canadian Architecture by Harold D. Kalman,Harold Kalman Pdf

Author : Malcolm Quantrill,Glenn Murcutt,Kenneth Frampton,Brian MacKay-Lyons
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2005-07-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1568984774

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Plain Modern by Malcolm Quantrill,Glenn Murcutt,Kenneth Frampton,Brian MacKay-Lyons Pdf

It's been our distinct pleasure over the past few years to publish monographs on a select group of young architects and firms whose work represents the best of contemporary design thinking while retaining a distinctive regional sensibility. The Nova-Scotian architect Brian MacKay-Lyons fits neatly into this distinguished list, which includes Marlon Blackwell in the Ozarks, Rick Joy in the Southwest, andMiller/Hull in the Northwest. Those familiar with Nova Scotia understand the austere beauty of this Canadian landscape, with its wide open skies and rugged terrain pushing up against the Atlantic. MacKay-Lyons's work responds to this unique topography and to the vernacular building traditions that define its communities. His houses, commercial buildings, and public projects combine regional forms with local materials, technologies, and building practices to create works that are linked to their environments right down to their DNA.Peaked gables, shed roofs, and sliding doors are inspired by local barn types; corrugated metal cladding comes from the buildings used by the areas fishing industry; structural wooden frames are based on local ship-building traditions. These elements communicate a sense of place that is sophisticated, accessible, and free of sentimentality. Novelist and historian Malcolm Quantrill weaves together an intimate portrait of MacKay-Lyons and his work, elucidating the "peculiar regionality" of his subject's architecture. A New Voices monograph published with The Graham Foundation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781423647645

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The Modern A-Frame by Anonim Pdf

Midcentury spaces made new: A-Frame homes from rustic to ultra-modern, mountain retreats to seaside getaways. The A-Frame home surged in popularity in the 1950s, and has captured the public’s imagination with its playfully modern, steep-sloping roofline ever since. The Modern A-Frame celebrates seventeen diverse accounts of these minimalists cabins reinvented for the twenty-first century. Nostalgic escapes, heritage homes, full-time simplicity, and artists at work categorize the A-frames whose engaging stories are shared. Whether fabricated from a 1960s kit or as a new build via retro inspiration, the variety of styles and homeowners in this photo-driven collection beautifully captures the romance of a classic structure, which beckons to travelers and homebuyers today, just as it did sixty years ago. Perfect for the architectural enthusiast, midcentury-minded designer, or armchair traveler. Ben Rahn has been photographing architecture and interiors for more than twenty years. He founded A-Frame Studio in 2003 out of a desire to combine his love of design with his keen photographic eye. His work has been recognized internationally and has appeared in publications such as Dwell, Wallpaper, Conde Naste Traveller, and more. He lives in Toronto, Canada.

Author : Lisa Rochon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Architects
ISBN : 1552636909

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Up North by Lisa Rochon Pdf

The legacy of Canadian architecture grows out of its landscape and has never abandoned its strong sense of place. This title offers analysis and insights drawn from Lisa Rochon's experience as a national critic, as well as interviews with the gurus of Canadian architecture.