Unbuilt Victoria

Author : Dorothy Mindenhall
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781459701755

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Unbuilt Victoria by Dorothy Mindenhall Pdf

Unbuilt Victoria celebrates the city that is, and laments the city that could have been. For most people, resident and visitor alike, Victoria, British Columbia, is a time capsule of Victorian and Edwardian buildings. From a modest fur-trading post of the Hudson’s Bay Company it grew to be the province’s major trading centre. Then the selection of Vancouver as the terminus of the transcontinental railway in the 1880s, followed by a smallpox epidemic that closed the port in the 1890s, resulted in decline. Victoria succeeded in reinventing itself as a tourist destination, based on the concept of nostalgia for all things English, stunning scenery, and investment opportunities. In the modernizing boom after the Second World War attempts were made to move the city’s built environment into the mainstream, but the prospect of Victoria’s becoming like any other North American city did not win public approval. Unbuilt Victoria examines some of the architectural plans that were proposed but rejected. That some of them were ever dreamed of will probably amaze, that others never made it might well be a matter of regret.

Author : Stephanie White
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-03
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781459703308

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Unbuilt Calgary by Stephanie White Pdf

Unbuilt Calgary is a survey of projects proposed but not built that were situated at critical times in Calgary's development; projects that indicate the city's ambitions through its first 100 years. It looks back to ideas and schemes that could have changed the shape of this vibrant city.

Author : Sean Kheraj
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774824262

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Inventing Stanley Park by Sean Kheraj Pdf

In early December 2006, a powerful windstorm ripped through Vancouver’s Stanley Park. The storm transformed the city’s most treasured landmark into a tangle of splintered trees, and shattered a decades-old vision of the park as timeless virgin wilderness. In Inventing Stanley Park, Sean Kheraj traces how the tension between popular expectations of idealized nature and the volatility of complex ecosystems helped transform the landscape of one of the world’s most famous urban parks. This beautifully illustrated book not only depicts the natural and cultural forces that shaped the park’s landscape, it also examines the roots of our complex relationship with nature.

Author : Tom Zaniello
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-12
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781476680811

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Saints and Sinners in Queen Victoria's Courts by Tom Zaniello Pdf

This chronicle of ten controversial mid-Victorian trials features brother versus brother, aristocrats fighting commoners, an imposter to a family's fortune, and an ex-priest suing his ex-wife, a nun. Most of these trials--never before analyzed in depth--assailed a culture that frowned upon public displays of bad taste, revealing fault lines in what is traditionally seen as a moral and regimented society. The author examines religious scandals, embarrassments about shaky family trees, and even arguments about which architecture is most likely to convert people from one faith to another.

Author : Pierre S. Guimond,Brian R. Sinclair
Publisher : Calgary : Detselig Enterprises
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UCAL:B4328643

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Calgary Architecture by Pierre S. Guimond,Brian R. Sinclair Pdf

Author : Emily Abruzzo,Jonathan D. Solomon
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2006-09-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1568985800

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Decoration by Emily Abruzzo,Jonathan D. Solomon Pdf

With Decoration, the long-running architecture journal 306090 enters a new era as it evolves into full-color book format. In this milestone volumemixing contemporary building projects with commentary and criticism from across the ideological spectrum, as well as interviews, studio profiles, and student work306090 takes on one of the very last taboos of contemporary architecture: decoration. Daring to discuss a phenomenon that surrounds us, but has been quietly ignored or dismissed by theorists and critics in the better part of the twentieth century, Decoration addresses emerging trends in design, planning, landscape, and education. Contributors to this landmark installment include Jesse Reiser, Kent Bloomer, Kengo Kuma, Nina Rappaport, and Meredith Warner.

Author : Mark Osbaldeston
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781550028355

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Unbuilt Toronto by Mark Osbaldeston Pdf

Unbuilt Toronto explores the failed architectural dreams of Toronto. Delving into unfulfilled & largely forgotten visions for grand public buildings, landmark skyscrapers, roads & highways, transit systems, & sports & recreation venues, the authors outline such ambitious but ultimately unrealised schemes as St. Alban's Cathedral, the "Newark 2011" subway system, & a 1911 city plan that would have resulted in a Paris-by-the-Lake. Readers will lament the loss of some projects (such as the planned construction boom for the Olympics), be thankful for the loss of others ("City Hall was supposed to look like that?!?"), & marvel at the downtown that could have been (with underground roads & walkways in the sky). With an eye on the future as well as the past, the author takes stock of Toronto's status quo in 2008 & offers some bold predictions on the city's architectural future.

Author : Tessa Morrison
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317005568

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Unbuilt Utopian Cities 1460 to 1900: Reconstructing their Architecture and Political Philosophy by Tessa Morrison Pdf

Bringing together ten utopian works that mark important points in the history and an evolution in social and political philosophies, this book not only reflects on the texts and their political philosophy and implications, but also, their architecture and how that architecture informs the political philosophy or social agenda that the author intended. Each of the ten authors expressed their theory through concepts of community and utopian architecture, but each featured an architectural solution at the centre of their social and political philosophy, as none of the cities were ever built, they have remained as utopian literature. Some of the works examined are very well-known, such as Tommaso Campanella’s Civitas Solis, while others such as Joseph Michael Gandy’s Designs for Cottages, are relatively obscure. However, even with the best known works, this volume offers new insights by focusing on the architecture of the cities and how that architecture represents the author’s political philosophy. It reconstructs the cities through a 3-D computer program, ArchiCAD, using Artlantis to render. Plans, sections, elevations and perspectives are presented for each of the cities. The ten cities are: Filarete - Sforzina; Albrecht Dürer - Fortified Utopia; Tommaso Campanella - The City of the Sun; Johann Valentin Andreae - Christianopolis; Joseph Michael Gandy - An Agricultural Village; Robert Owen - Villages of Unity and Cooperation; James Silk Buckingham - Victoria; Robert Pemberton - Queen Victoria Town; King Camp Gillette - Metropolis; and Bradford Peck - The World a Department Store. Each chapter considers the work in conjunction with contemporary thought, the political philosophy and the reconstruction of the city. Although these ten cities represent over 500 years of utopian and political thought, they are an interlinked thread that had been drawn from literature of the past and informed by contemporary thought and society. The book is structured in two parts:

Author : Hugh Pearman,Nicholas Grimshaw
Publisher : Phaidon
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2000-01-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015043253510

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Equilibrium by Hugh Pearman,Nicholas Grimshaw Pdf

The work of the pioneering figure in British high-tech architecture.

Author : Roger Berthoud
Publisher : Dutton Adult
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015050031627

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The Life of Henry Moore by Roger Berthoud Pdf

Henry Moore's rise from Yorkshire miner's son to international acclaim as the twentieth century's greatest sculptor is one of the most remarkable stories in British art. In this revised, updated, expanded and redesigned new edition of The Life of Henry Moore, Roger Berthoud charts Moore's transition from controversial young modernist to pillar of the art-world establishment, garlanded with domestic and foreign honours. His account is enriched by the weekly interviews he did with Moore -- and his wife Irina -- before the sculptor's death in 1986, aged eighty-eight. At home and abroad Moore's sculptures aroused strong passions and were often the object of abuse, sharp criticism and even physical assault, as well as of admiration. He was attacked by younger artists, among others, who saw his growing fame as an obstacle to their advancement. He was to survive the ebb and flow in his reputation, and emerge with the status of a contemporary old master. From a mass of material, including recently discovered early letters, and interviews with Moore's friends, his former assistants and students, dealers, collectors, museum officials and leading architects with whom he worked, Roger Berthoud has built up a lively and engaging though not uncritical picture of Moore's long life and career in this definitive biography. Book jacket.

Author : Mark Osbaldeston
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781459700932

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Unbuilt Toronto 2 by Mark Osbaldeston Pdf

Discover the scrapyard statue planned for University Avenue, the flapper-era "CN Tower" that led to a decade of litigation, and an electric light-rail transit network proposed in 1915. Winner of the 2012 Heritage Toronto Award of Merit Quill & Quire cited Unbuilt Toronto as a book filled with "well-researched, often gripping tales of grand plans," while Canadian Architect said that it is "an impressively researched exploration of never-realized architectural and master-planning projects intended for the city." Now Unbuilt Toronto 2 provides an all-new, fascinating return to the "Toronto that might have been." Discover the scrapyard statue planned for University Avenue, the flapper-era "CN Tower" that led to a decade of litigation, and an electric light-rail transit network proposed in 1915. What would Toronto look like today if it had hosted the Olympics in 1996 or 1976? And what was the downtown expressway that Frederick Gardiner really wanted? With over 150 photographs, maps, and illustrations, Unbuilt Toronto 2 tracks the origins and fates of some of the city’s most interesting planning, transit, and architectural "what-ifs."

Author : Victoria. Supreme Court
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : UCAL:B5016964

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The Victorian Law Reports by Victoria. Supreme Court Pdf

Author : William Henry Davenport Adams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : OXFORD:590005018

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Celebrated Englishwomen of the Victorian Era by William Henry Davenport Adams Pdf

Author : Alberto Saldarriaga Roa,Luis Restrepo,Claudia Uribe Touri
Publisher : Villegas Asociados
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173008058337

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Luis Restrepo by Alberto Saldarriaga Roa,Luis Restrepo,Claudia Uribe Touri Pdf

Luis Restrepo, an architect from Bogot, believes that people are the prime axis of space. As a result, whether designing a warehouse or a cozy house in the Savannah of Bogot, his novel constructions are based on the concepts of livability and well-being.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 804 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : UOM:35112103799104

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The Victorian Reports by Anonim Pdf