New Spirit Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938-1963

Name: New Spirit Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938-1963
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ISBN: 9780262621151

ISBN-10: 0262621150

ISBN-13: 9780262621151

Edition: 1997

Authors: Rhodri W. Liscombe

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The Modernist architecture of the two post-war decades established Vancouver's reputation as a center for progressive design and culture, a city where architects pursued their desire "to make of architecture a great humanistic experience." With an introduction by Adele Freedman discussing Modernism in Canadian architecture as a whole, Rhodri Windsor Liscombe's The New Spiritis the first comprehensive study of the acclaimed Modernist architecture of Vancouver. Modernism in Vancouver had many facets: it was a synthesis of expressions driven by a sense of social responsibility; it emphasized concerns such as economy of form, human uses, relation to site, affordability, and the effective…

Book details

List price: $9.75
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 2/24/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 9.50" wide x 10.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.332
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgements


Abbreviations


Introduction: West Coast Modernism and Points East



Prologue: The Sprit of Modernism



Modernism in Vancouver Architecture



Equity: Designing for the Demos



Community: "The Properly Planned City Embraces All the Arts"



Efficiency: The Economic Imperative


Epilogue: Vancouver and the Modernist Legacy


Notes


Appendices


Bibliography