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Every summer between 1882 and 1929, naturalist William Francis Ganong travelled through the wilderness of New Brunswick, systematically mapping previously uncharted territories, taking photographs, and documenting observations on the physical geography of the province that laid the foundations for the modern study of New Brunswick's rich natural history. In The Lost(...)
The lost wilderness: rediscovering W.F. Ganong's New Brunswick
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Every summer between 1882 and 1929, naturalist William Francis Ganong travelled through the wilderness of New Brunswick, systematically mapping previously uncharted territories, taking photographs, and documenting observations on the physical geography of the province that laid the foundations for the modern study of New Brunswick's rich natural history. In The Lost Wilderness, acclaimed photographer and naturalist Nicholas Guitard retraces many of these journeys, comparing his notes with those recorded by Ganong in handwritten travel journals and published articles and monographs.
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Since the beginning of the twentieth century, Toronto's Kensington Market neighbourhood has been home to a multicultural mosaic of immigrant communities: Jewish, Portuguese, Chinese, South Asian, Caribbean, and many others. Despite repeated transformations, the neighbourhood has never lost its vibrant, close-knit character. In Kensington Market, urban planner and public(...)
Kensington market: collective memory, public history, and Toronto's urban landscape
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Since the beginning of the twentieth century, Toronto's Kensington Market neighbourhood has been home to a multicultural mosaic of immigrant communities: Jewish, Portuguese, Chinese, South Asian, Caribbean, and many others. Despite repeated transformations, the neighbourhood has never lost its vibrant, close-knit character. In Kensington Market, urban planner and public historian Na Li explores both the Market's dynamic history and the ways in which planners can access the intangible collective memory that helps define neighbourhoods like it around the world.
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Making the Scene is a history of 1960s Yorkville, Toronto's countercultural mecca. It narrates the hip Village's development from its early coffee house days, when folksingers such as Neil Young and Joni Mitchell flocked to the scene, to its tumultuous, drug-fuelled final months. A flashpoint for hip youth, politicians, parents, and journalists alike, Yorkville was also a(...)
Making the scene: Yorkville and hip Toronto in the 1960s
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Making the Scene is a history of 1960s Yorkville, Toronto's countercultural mecca. It narrates the hip Village's development from its early coffee house days, when folksingers such as Neil Young and Joni Mitchell flocked to the scene, to its tumultuous, drug-fuelled final months. A flashpoint for hip youth, politicians, parents, and journalists alike, Yorkville was also a battleground over identity, territory, and power. Stuart Henderson explores how this neighbourhood came to be regarded as an alternative space both as a geographic area and as a symbol of hip Toronto in the cultural imagination.
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The book profiles major public buildings, university commissions, commercial buildings, and a range of residential architecture - from the homes of the city's richest businessmen in the early twentieth century to modernist works such as the Betel, Horne, and Fraser residences sixty years later. Extensively illustrated with period photographs, many previously unpublished,(...)
Making Toronto modern: architecture and design 1895-1975
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The book profiles major public buildings, university commissions, commercial buildings, and a range of residential architecture - from the homes of the city's richest businessmen in the early twentieth century to modernist works such as the Betel, Horne, and Fraser residences sixty years later. Extensively illustrated with period photographs, many previously unpublished, this broad overview fills a major gap in Toronto's architectural history.
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Troisième monographie par la MAQ avec l’Atelier Pierre Thibault, agence reconnue au Québec mais aussi ailleurs dans le monde. Détentrice de nombreux prix dont le Prix de Rome en architecture du Canada, l’agence la plus connue du grand public québécois célèbre ses 25 ans et se voit ici analysée et placée dans un contexte plus large par les théoriciens en histoire et(...)
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Pierre Thibault: l'architecture comme paysage
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Troisième monographie par la MAQ avec l’Atelier Pierre Thibault, agence reconnue au Québec mais aussi ailleurs dans le monde. Détentrice de nombreux prix dont le Prix de Rome en architecture du Canada, l’agence la plus connue du grand public québécois célèbre ses 25 ans et se voit ici analysée et placée dans un contexte plus large par les théoriciens en histoire et architecture Georges Teyssot et Alessandra Ponte. L’œuvre est également vue et présentée à travers l’œil du cinéaste oscarisé Denys Arcand et du photographe attitré de l’architecte depuis un quart de siècle, Alain Laforest (plus de 100 photos couleurs dans une section bonus spéciale).
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At a moment when the discipline of Canadian art history seems to be in flux and the study of Canadian visual culture is gaining traction outside of art history departments, the authors of Negotiations in a Vacant Lot were asked: is "Canada" - or any other nation - still relevant as a category of inquiry? Is our country simply one of many "vacant lots" where class, gender,(...)
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Negotiations in a vacant lot: studying the visual in Canada
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At a moment when the discipline of Canadian art history seems to be in flux and the study of Canadian visual culture is gaining traction outside of art history departments, the authors of Negotiations in a Vacant Lot were asked: is "Canada" - or any other nation - still relevant as a category of inquiry? Is our country simply one of many "vacant lots" where class, gender, race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation interact? What happens to the project of Canadian visual history if we imagine that Canada, as essence, place, nation, or ideal, does not exist? The authors of this collection stand at the multiple points where national culture and globalization collide, however, suggesting that academic investigation of the visual in Canada is contested in ways that cannot be contained by arbitrary borders.
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Spectacular, scientific, and educational cultural practices were used to establish and define public identities in the British colonies of nineteenth-century Canada. In Visibly Canadian, Karen Stanworth argues that visual representations were the era's primary mode of expressing identity, and shows how the citizenry of Quebec and Ontario was - or was not - represented in(...)
Visibly Canadian: imaging collective identities in the Canadas, 1820-1910
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Spectacular, scientific, and educational cultural practices were used to establish and define public identities in the British colonies of nineteenth-century Canada. In Visibly Canadian, Karen Stanworth argues that visual representations were the era's primary mode of expressing identity, and shows how the citizenry of Quebec and Ontario was - or was not - represented in the visual culture of the time.Through nine case studies, each representing key moments of identity formation and contestation, Stanworth investigates how a broad range of cultural phenomena, from fine arts to institutional histories to public spectacles, were used to order, resist, and articulate identities within specific social and economic contexts. The negotiation and planning underpinning civic culture are evident in rare moments of compromise such as the surprising proposal from the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society to merge their annual parade with the celebration of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. Equally astounding is the scale of nineteenth-century public spectacles; reenactments of Victorian scenes of war often attracted crowds of upwards of 10,000 people. Illustrated with over fifty images, many unseen for over a century, Visibly Canadian establishes the significance of artwork and public spectacles in cutting across language, religion, and class to tell stories of nationhood, belonging, and difference.
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One in a series, Canadian Modern, Architecture and National Identity: The Centennial Projects 50 Years On presents an introduction to the Centennial Projects of 1967 and documents 21 of the most important. De la série Canadien modern, Architecture et identité nationale: Les projets du Centenaire, 50 ans plus tard est une introduction aux projets du Centenaire de 1967(...)
Architecture and national identity; the centennial projects 50 years on / Architecture et identité nationale: les projets du centenaire, 50 ans plus tard
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One in a series, Canadian Modern, Architecture and National Identity: The Centennial Projects 50 Years On presents an introduction to the Centennial Projects of 1967 and documents 21 of the most important. De la série Canadien modern, Architecture et identité nationale: Les projets du Centenaire, 50 ans plus tard est une introduction aux projets du Centenaire de 1967 et répertorie les 21 projets les plus importants.
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A landmark study of one of Canada’s most important architectural movements The West Coast Modern House chronicles the development of Vancouver residential architecture from the 1940’s through its continued influence on contemporary practice. The post-war era in Vancouver defined what has become popularly known as the “West Coast Style.” Through the work of seminal(...)
The West Coast modern house: Vancouver residential architecture
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A landmark study of one of Canada’s most important architectural movements The West Coast Modern House chronicles the development of Vancouver residential architecture from the 1940’s through its continued influence on contemporary practice. The post-war era in Vancouver defined what has become popularly known as the “West Coast Style.” Through the work of seminal figures such as BC Binning, Ned Pratt, Ron Thom, Fred Hollingsworth, Douglas Simpson, Barry Downs and Arthur Erickson, Vancouver architects won national awards and international recognition for their innovative house designs. This period is now seen as one of the most important in the city’s architectural history. Focusing on the years from 1940 to the mid-1960’s, The West Coast Modern House features over fifty examples of modern houses. The book is illustrated by photographs taken at the time by noted architectural photographers Graham Warrington, Selwyn Pullan and John Fulker. Essays by Greg Bellerby, Jana Tyner and Chris Macdonald elaborate on the history and innovative design strategies of the early period, through to an examination of the ways modern architectural concerns are being used by contemporary practitioners. The West Coast Modern House enables the reader to come to a greater understanding of the significance of modern residential architecture on the west coast and the persistence and relevance of its innovative design, material and construction strategies
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Architecture of Saskatchewan is a visual journey from the 1930s to the present, illustrating and explaining the evolution of architecture in the province and offering a guide to the architectural styles of the period. The publication of the book in 2011 celebrates and commemorates the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Saskatchewan Association of Architecture.
Architecture de Saskatchewan : a visual journey, 1930-2011
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Architecture of Saskatchewan is a visual journey from the 1930s to the present, illustrating and explaining the evolution of architecture in the province and offering a guide to the architectural styles of the period. The publication of the book in 2011 celebrates and commemorates the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Saskatchewan Association of Architecture.
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