Up North : where Canada's architecture meets the land / Lisa Rochon.

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Rochon, Lisa.

Title & Author:

Up North : where Canada's architecture meets the land / Lisa Rochon.

Publication:

Description:

304 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-293) and index.
Foreword / Lise Anne Couture -- Introduction. Architecture that matters -- Chapter one. Canadian architecture : a manifesto -- Essay. Big box, little box : the harsh reality of the suburbs -- Chapter two. The west coast modernists -- Essay. Growing up Canadian : a conversation with Frank Gehry -- Chapter three. Ecstasy and the landscape -- Essay. The structural audacity of St. Mary's Church : Douglas Cardinal's masterwork -- Chapter four. Defining modernisim for big-city Canada -- Essay. The Frum-Lockhart House -- Chapter five. Liberating form from concrete -- Essay. Where architecture meets the trees : the landscape architecture of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander -- Chapter six. Between the earth and the sky -- Essay. The Patkaus' Art of Architecture.

Summary:

In Up North: Where Canada's Architecture Meets the Land, Rochon sets her sights on architecture that is deeply connectected to the land and culture. She analyzes how architecture in this country has celebrated the principles of Canadian society, from our public schools and library to a transparent judicial system. Architecture is positioned as one of the fundamental, life-cahnging arts. She describes the visionary and humanist thninking behind the rise of the city in Canada as well as the way that contemporary architecture has helped to heal Aboriginal communities on the West Coast. Insights are drawn from the author's extensive interviews with the gurus of Canadian modernism, including Authur Erickson, Raymond Moriyama and Jack Diamond, as well as from the country's younger superstars such as the Patkau architects, Saucier + Perrotte architectes and Shim-Sutcliffe architects. Internationally acclaimed works is featured alongside rarely seen jewels of architecture (Back cover).

ISBN:

1552636909 (hardcover)
9781552636909 (hardcover)

Subject:

Architecture Canada.
Architecture Canada History 20th century.
Landscapes Canada.
Architects Canada Interviews.
Architectural design Canada.
Architecture Canada Histoire 20e siècle.
Paysages Canada.
Architectes Canada Entretiens.
Design architectural Canada.
Landscapes
Architectural design
Architects
Architecture
Architektur
Canada
Kanada

Form/genre:

Interviews.
interviews.
History

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 241979
Call No.: NA745 .R62 2005
Status: Available

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