Montreal Architecture

Author : Nancy H. Dunton,Helen Malkin
Publisher : Douglas & McIntyre
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1553653467

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A Guidebook to Contemporary Architecture in Montreal by Nancy H. Dunton,Helen Malkin Pdf

A Guidebook to Contemporary Architecture of Montreal showcases 65 important, and in some cases award-winning, buildings in this vibrant city. These are structures that have changed how architecture is thought of in Montreal, inpired transformations in neighborhoods around them, used materials innovatively, or been built with notable economy. A two-page spread covers each project, with a concise descriptive text alongside photos, drawings, and floor plans. Each building is presented by quarter or neighborhood, encouraging readers to develop their own self-guided walking tours. The front and back flaps fold out into maps to guide visitors through the highlighted quartiers.

Author : Clarence Epstein
Publisher : PUQ
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-19T00:00:00-04:00
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9782760534230

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Montreal, City of Spires by Clarence Epstein Pdf

Of the fifty religious buildings discussed in this book, only a precious few remain standing despite the fact that Montreal boasts one of the largest and most eclectic groupings of Georgian and Victorian structures of any city in North America.Following the British conquest of New France in 1759 a remarkable series of transformations took place in the small, Catholic trading town of Montreal. Given the diversity of settlers forced to live side by side, the new church buildings that were to rise became strategic public spaces, meeting places as well as power bases. It was no wonder that by the time Mark Twain toured Canada’s first metropolis in the 1880s, he found that one could not throw a brick in the place without breaking a church window.By addressing the social, religious and architectural issues surrounding these colonial-era structures, it will become apparent that Montreal was at once a shining jewel in England’s imperial crown, a chief outpost of Catholicism in the New World, as well as the British North American headquarters for more than a dozen independent congregations.

Author : Jean-Claude Marsan
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1990-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773580374

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Montreal in Evolution by Jean-Claude Marsan Pdf

Montreal in Evolution presents the rich and complex history of Montreal's architectural and environmental development from the first fort of Ville-Marie to the skyscrapers of today. It also examines the forces which shaped the city during the past three hundred and fifty years.

Author : Elsa Lam,Graham Livesey
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 47,7 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 : François Rémillard,Brian Merrett
Publisher : Editions Du Meridien
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015035017154

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Montreal Architecture by François Rémillard,Brian Merrett Pdf

Author : Steven Ware
Publisher : Batsford
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015053101435

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Montréal by Steven Ware Pdf

A survey of the architectural culture of Montreal documents some of the most exciting contemporary architecture in Canada. With an eye towards architecture as cultural artifacts that are linked with the people they serve, this guide explains how and why the grandest structures are created. Illustrations.

Author : Susan W. Wagg
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780773541184

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The Architecture of Andrew Thomas Taylor by Susan W. Wagg Pdf

How Andrew Thomas Taylor advanced the quality of architecture in Canada.

Author : Susan Wagg
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780773588370

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The Architecture of Andrew Thomas Taylor by Susan Wagg Pdf

By the year 1900, architect Andrew Taylor had designed Bank of Montreal branches across the continent and much of McGill University, helped found the McGill School of Architecture, and played a critical role in creating the first professional organization for Quebec architects. In The Architecture of Andrew Thomas Taylor, Susan Wagg presents a groundbreaking study of the life and work of a major figure in nineteenth-century Canadian architecture. Born in Edinburgh and trained in Scotland and England, Taylor spent two decades in Canada between 1883 and 1904, designing some of Montreal's most iconic landmarks. Wagg places his career amidst the wealth of opportunities provided by Canada's high society and captains of industry. Taylor's Canadian relatives, Montreal's powerful Redpath family, brought him into contact with the small group of financiers and entrepreneurs who controlled Canada's destiny. With the support of such influential patrons as Sir William Macdonald and the Bank of Montreal, Taylor successfully confronted dramatic changes in building technology as iron and steel were increasingly used and buildings grew ever taller. He innovatively adapted English and American styles to the Canadian environment, designing structures distinctively suited to their place in history. Positioning Taylor's extensive designs within the context of his time, The Architecture of Andrew Thomas Taylor firmly establishes his work as a cornerstone of Canadian architecture.

Author : Nancy Dunton,Helen Malkin
Publisher : D & M Publishers
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781771621113

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A Guidebook to Contemporary Architecture in Montreal by Nancy Dunton,Helen Malkin Pdf

A fresh look at contemporary architecture in Montreal, featuring 75 noteworthy buildings and public spaces. A resource for both locals and tourists alike, A Guidebook to Contemporary Architecture in Montreal presents seventy-five important projects that reflect architecture's resurgence in the city over the last twenty-five years. A two-page spread is dedicated to each project, with concise descriptive text alongside photos, drawings and floor plans. Projects are presented by quartier or neighbourhood so that the visitor can take a selfguided walking tour. The front and back flaps are folding maps to guide the visitor through the highlighted quartiers. At a time when cultural tourism is burgeoning, this guidebook gives the reader a unique understanding of Montreal. Put it in your pocket, take the metro and go see the city.

Author : Sandra Cohen-Rose
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Art deco (Architecture)
ISBN : 0919631061

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Northern Deco by Sandra Cohen-Rose Pdf

Author : Louise Pelletier,Alberto Pérez-Gómez
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1994-03-10
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780773564497

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Architecture, Ethics, and Technology by Louise Pelletier,Alberto Pérez-Gómez Pdf

An enlightened discussion of all relevant aspects of architecture shows the necessity for revision of commonly held assumptions about the nature of architectural history, theory, representation, and ideation; the production of buildings in the postindustrial city; and professional ethics. These topics provide the basis for the fourteen interdisciplinary papers presented here. The introductory section includes an examination of the epistemological origins of technology in the early modern European context and two alternative visions of ethics and its potential relevance for architecture. The second part presents four perspectives on important questions about how we represent buildings and the ethical values involved in that representation. "Ethics and Poetics in the Context of Technological Production" considers the role of philosophical ethics (i.e., a rational structure of categories in architectural practice) and the possibility, and desirability, of incorporating ethical reflections into the generation of architectural form. "The Architectural Uses of History and Narrative in a Technocratic World" explores alternatives for articulating an ethical attitude in forms of discourse other than philosophy and science. These papers were originally presented at the bilingual symposium "Architecture, Ethics, and Technology" held at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal in 1991.

Author : Centre canadien d'architecture
Publisher : Centre canadien d'architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015016936398

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Centre Canadien D'architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture by Centre canadien d'architecture Pdf

Author : Robert Mellin
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,6 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 : Bryan Demchinsky
Publisher : Vehicule Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UVA:X002075339

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Grassroots, Greystones, and Glass Towers by Bryan Demchinsky Pdf

Author : André Tavares
Publisher : Lars Müller Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Architectural writing
ISBN : 3037784733

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The Anatomy of the Architectural Book by André Tavares Pdf

This book makes visible the axes along which architectural knowledge circulates through books into buildings and back.