Main entry:

Kalman, Harold D.

Title & Author:

A concise history of Canadian architecture / Harold Kalman.

Publication:

Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Description:

x, 661 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
" ... a shortened version of the two-volume A History of Canadian Architecture (1994) ..."--Page viii.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 634-636) and indexes.
The first buildings -- European visitors -- New France -- British and American settlements on the Atlantic Coast -- Classcism in Upper and Lower Canada -- Building for communications, defence, and commerce -- The return to the past: the Victorian revivals -- Early buildings on the Prairies -- The settlement of the West Coast -- The railway and the opening of the West -- Building the young dominion -- Domestic architecture -- Architecture between the wars -- Modern architecture and beyond.

Summary:

As in the original work, Harold Kalman emphasizes social and cultural contexts, bringing to light several distinctive characteristics of Canadian architects and their work. Among them are a respect for nature, natural forms, and local materials; a tendency to absorb ideas from abroad and themsimplify or restrain them; a preference for the middle ground between extreme modernism and extreme traditionalism; and a flair for innovation in response to social needs.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0195407008
9780195407006

Subject:

Architecture Canada History.
Architecture Canada Histoire.
Architecture.
Canada.
Architecture (object genre) Canada.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room canada 213044
Call No.: NA740 .K3 2000
Status: Available