The architecture of Andrew Thomas Taylor : Montreal's Square Mile and beyond / Susan Wagg.

Main entry:

Wagg, Susan W, author.

Title & Author:

The architecture of Andrew Thomas Taylor : Montreal's Square Mile and beyond / Susan Wagg.

Publication:

Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2013]
©2013

Description:

xxiii, 246 pages : illustrations, plans, portraits ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Apprentice and architect in Britain (1864-1883) -- Homes for Montrealers (1884-1902) -- Bank of Montreal : from sea to sea (1884-1904) -- Building McGill, building Canada (1890s) -- Architect for all institutions (1889-1905) -- Launching an architects' association (1890-1904) -- Public life in London (1904-1937).

Summary:

By the year 1900, architect Andrew Taylor had designed Bank of Montreal branches across the continent and much of McGill University, helped found the McGill School of Architecture, and played a critical role in creating the first professional organization for Quebec architects. In The Architecture of Andrew Thomas Taylor, Susan Wagg presents a ground-breaking study of the life and work of a major figure in nineteenth-century Canadian architecture. Born in Edinburgh and trained in Scotland and England, Taylor spent two decades in Canada between 1883 and 1904, designing some of Montreal's most iconic landmarks. Wagg places his career amidst the wealth of opportunities provided by Canada's high society and captains of industry. Taylor's Canadian relatives, Montreal's powerful Redpath family, brought him into contact with the small group of financiers and entrepreneurs who controlled Canada's destiny. With the support of such influential patrons as Sir William Macdonald and the Bank of Montreal, Taylor successfully confronted dramatic changes in building technology as iron and steel were increasingly used and buildings grew ever taller. He innovatively adapted English and American styles to the Canadian environment, designing structures distinctively suited to their place in history. Positioning Taylor's extensive designs within the context of his time, The Architecture of Andrew Thomas Taylor firmly establishes his work as a cornerstone of Canadian architecture.

ISBN:

9780773541184 (bound)
0773541187

Subject:

Taylor, Andrew T. (Andrew Thomas), 1850-1937.
Architecture Québec (Province) Montréal History 19th century.
Architecture Canada History 19th century.
Architects Québec (Province) Montréal Biography.
Architecture Québec (Province) Montréal Histoire 19e siècle.
Architecture Canada Histoire 19e siècle.
Architectes Québec (Province) Montréal Biographies.
Architects.
Architecture.
Canada.
Québec Montréal.

Form/genre:

Biography.
Biographies.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main montreal 282929
Call No.: BIB 220814
Status: Available

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