Landscape design @ canada
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Landscape design @ Canada is one publication within a series dedicated to the promotion of excellence in landscape architecture in various countries throughout the world. Projects in this publication are representative of those created throughout Canada, within a wide range of sectors and many different scales. Landscape Design @ Canada focuses primarily on projects(...)
Landscape design @ canada
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Landscape design @ Canada is one publication within a series dedicated to the promotion of excellence in landscape architecture in various countries throughout the world. Projects in this publication are representative of those created throughout Canada, within a wide range of sectors and many different scales. Landscape Design @ Canada focuses primarily on projects geared toward human use and enjoyment. The selected projects range from large planning initiatives to small urban gardens.
Architecture in Canada
Québec 1850-1950
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During that century Quebec became a province, rose to prominence in Canada, settled the wilderness, and developed a unique cultural and linguistic identity. It is fortunate that so many high-quality photographs, some taken by celebrated photographers such as William Notman, have survived to give us a glimpse into life over the changing decades.
Québec 1850-1950
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During that century Quebec became a province, rose to prominence in Canada, settled the wilderness, and developed a unique cultural and linguistic identity. It is fortunate that so many high-quality photographs, some taken by celebrated photographers such as William Notman, have survived to give us a glimpse into life over the changing decades.
Architecture in Canada
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In the 1850s, Grand Trunk Railway, later Canadian National, was one of New England�s and Canada�s most important and heavily travelled railway lines. It linked Canada�s metropolis, Montreal � through Vermont and New Hampshire � with the nearest ice-free port at Portland, Maine. Despite constant upgrading, accidents did occur, some of them catastrophic. With(...)
Trouble on the tracks : Grand Trunk Railway of New England tragedies, accidents that occured on Canadian National Railways' Montreal to Portland line
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In the 1850s, Grand Trunk Railway, later Canadian National, was one of New England�s and Canada�s most important and heavily travelled railway lines. It linked Canada�s metropolis, Montreal � through Vermont and New Hampshire � with the nearest ice-free port at Portland, Maine. Despite constant upgrading, accidents did occur, some of them catastrophic. With details about four dozen such tragedies, you�ll learn what happened when people, vehicles, or nature decided to duel with a fully-loaded train. Discover the circumstances when a cattle train hit a mudslide� a passenger train toppled over the bank... two locomotives met in heavy fog that made it impossible to see� two trains, one fully-loaded with immigrants, came towards each other on ONE track!� the West Paris Bridge collapsed� two double-headed freight trains collided head-on � a train hit fuel tanker truck, with ensuing explosion and fire� a derailment toppled a chlorine tank car off a bridge onto the highway below. 196 pages, over 200 photographs, (5 colour), 16 maps and diagrams to show where the accidents occurred.
Architecture in Canada
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In the 1960s, the city of Halifax demolished the black community of Africville, ostensibly as part of a program of urban renewal and 'slum clearance'. In the 1980s, the city created a park on the empty site, shich has since become a place of protest and commemoration for black citizens. As yet the city has not issued a formal apology to Africville residents and has paid(...)
Razing africville: a geography of racism
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In the 1960s, the city of Halifax demolished the black community of Africville, ostensibly as part of a program of urban renewal and 'slum clearance'. In the 1980s, the city created a park on the empty site, shich has since become a place of protest and commemoration for black citizens. As yet the city has not issued a formal apology to Africville residents and has paid no further compensation. This book examines the history of the eviction of a community from its space, examining accounts from a variety of sources: urban planning texts, city council documents, news media, and academic reports.
Architecture in Canada
Subconscious city
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"Subsconscious city" examines the often hidden underpinnings of Winnipeg - its myths, its vacant lots, its forgotten communities, its hidden gems - and reveals a complicated picture of place. Created as a companion to the contemporary art exhibition of the same name curated by Shawna Dempsey and Lori Millan, this publication delves into the nature of our urban social and(...)
Architecture in Canada
March 2008, Winnipeg
Subconscious city
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"Subsconscious city" examines the often hidden underpinnings of Winnipeg - its myths, its vacant lots, its forgotten communities, its hidden gems - and reveals a complicated picture of place. Created as a companion to the contemporary art exhibition of the same name curated by Shawna Dempsey and Lori Millan, this publication delves into the nature of our urban social and physical landscape, and its power to shape identity. This volume includes poetry and lyrics by John K. Samson, new fiction by Guy Maddin, creative meditations by Jeanne Randolph and Marvin Francis, and essays by Sigrid Dahle, Molly Johnson and Richard Milgrom, Claudine Majzels, and Dempsey and Millan, ranging in topics from the benefits of zero growth to the Aboriginal urban experience. Artworks of KC Adams, Keith Berens, Simon Hughes' Bonnie Marin, Diana Thorneycroft and many others.
Architecture in Canada
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This text brings together newly commissioned articles in order to provide a detailed overview of recent trends affecting Canadian cities, and future policy implications these trends will have on Canadian cities. The second edition is a significant revision from the first, with(...)
Architecture in Canada
January 1900, Toronto
Canadian cities in transition : the twenty-first century
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This text brings together newly commissioned articles in order to provide a detailed overview of recent trends affecting Canadian cities, and future policy implications these trends will have on Canadian cities. The second edition is a significant revision from the first, with numerous new articles, new contributors, and a much more closely linked editorial structure.
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January 1900, Toronto
Architecture in Canada
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Rattenbury
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The sensational story of British Columbia's most important architect, his triumphs, his battles, his scandalous life and grisly murder by his wife's lover and the subsequent trial are all carefully documented in this award-winning biography. This is the second edition of this book originally published in 1978.
Rattenbury
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The sensational story of British Columbia's most important architect, his triumphs, his battles, his scandalous life and grisly murder by his wife's lover and the subsequent trial are all carefully documented in this award-winning biography. This is the second edition of this book originally published in 1978.
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June 1998, Victoria
Architecture in Canada
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This official guidebook of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia includes comprehensive coverage of 14 areas in Vancouver and on the North Shore.
Architecture in Canada
January 1993, Vancouver
Exploring Vancouver : the essential architectural guide
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This official guidebook of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia includes comprehensive coverage of 14 areas in Vancouver and on the North Shore.
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January 1993, Vancouver
Architecture in Canada
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Edward James Lennox
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Edward James Lennox
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July 1995, Toronto
Architecture in Canada
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Early Canadian court houses
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A compilation of historic court houses from all over Canada.
Early Canadian court houses
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A compilation of historic court houses from all over Canada.
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January 1900, Ottawa
Architecture in Canada