A History of Canadian Architecture - Hardcover

Kalman, Harold

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 019541103X ISBN 13: 9780195411034

Verlag: Oxford University Press, Canada, 1995

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Book by Kalman Harold

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Reseña del editor:

This first detailed comprehensive study has been long awaited. Until now, interest in the history of Canadian architecture has been satisfied mainly by brief surveys or local histories. Writing these two volumes over ten years, Harold Kalman has produced a rich panorama, treating the vast range of Canadian building from the dwellings of the native peoples and the first settlers to buildings of the recent past and the present day. Describing the country's architectural history in a lucid and interesting narrative, and placing the buildings firmly in a social and cultural context, Kalman brings to light some distinctive characteristics of Canadian architects and architecture: a respect for nature, natural forms, and local materials; the tendencies to absorb ideas from abroad and then simplify and restrain them, and to take a middle position between extreme modernism and extreme traditionalism; the development of marked regional differences; and the flair for producing innovations in response to social issues. Lavishly illustrated with over 800 black and white drawings and photographs, this is the ideal gift for architects, historians, and the general reader interested in architecture.

Biografía del autor:

Harold Kalman, a well-known architectural historian and heritage consultant was born in Montreal and received his Ph.D. from Princeton University. From 1969-1975 he taught at the University of British Columbia, and is now a principal of the Vancouver office of the Commonwealth Historic Resource Management Limited.

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• Verlag: Oxford University Press, Canada
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• ISBN 10: 019541103X
• ISBN 13: 9780195411034
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 949