History of Canadian Architecture

Name: History of Canadian Architecture
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ISBN: 9780195411591

ISBN-10: 0195411595

ISBN-13: 9780195411591

Edition: N/A

Authors: Harold D. Kalman

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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, Kalman has produced a rich panorama, treating the vast range ofCanadian 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,…

Book details

Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 423
Size: 1.00" wide x 24.00" long
Weight: 2.332
Language: English

Harold Kalman is a specialist in architectural history and heritage conservation. He is the author (or co-author) of many standard texts on architecture and conservation, including A History of Canadian Architecture and Principles of Heritage Conservation .







The First Buildings



New France



British and American Settlement on the Atlantic Coast



Classicism in Upper and Lower Canada



Building for Communications, Defence, and Commerce



The Return to the Past: the Victorian Revivals



Early Building on the Prairies



The Settlement of the West Coast






The Railway and the Opening of the West



Building the Young Dominion



Domestic Architecture



Town Planning



The True North



Architecture Between the Wars



Modern Architecture and Beyond