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n 1950, a young Vancouver architectural apprentice was handed a small house project that his boss was too busy to take on. The apprentice, Ron Thom, took the simple plan and rectangular foundation that had been roughed in, and transformed it into a groundbreaking work of architecture that gained national fame. Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright and Richard Neutra, but using(...)
Ron Thom: Copp House. West Coast Modern houses series
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n 1950, a young Vancouver architectural apprentice was handed a small house project that his boss was too busy to take on. The apprentice, Ron Thom, took the simple plan and rectangular foundation that had been roughed in, and transformed it into a groundbreaking work of architecture that gained national fame. Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright and Richard Neutra, but using local wood and paying careful attention to its verdant oceanside setting, Thom created a landmark for the new architectural movement known as West Coast Modernism. The client, Dr. Harold Copp, was himself a trailblazer, the first head of the physiology department in the University of British Columbia’s new Faculty of Medicine and a research pioneer. Generously illustrated with both vintage and contemporary architectural photography, line drawings, and photographs of the architect and residents, The Copp House is the story of a cultural landmark on the shores of Vancouver.
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Glacier Skywalk
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Magical. Breath-taking. Unforgettable. Perched high above the Sunwapta Canyon in Canada’s Rocky Mountains, Glacier Skywalk is all of these things—and more. Its choreographed pathways and cantilevered viewing platform allow visitors to see and experience the world in a whole new way. "Glacier Skywalk" tells the inside story of this award-winning collaboration between Parks(...)
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April 2017
Glacier Skywalk
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Magical. Breath-taking. Unforgettable. Perched high above the Sunwapta Canyon in Canada’s Rocky Mountains, Glacier Skywalk is all of these things—and more. Its choreographed pathways and cantilevered viewing platform allow visitors to see and experience the world in a whole new way. "Glacier Skywalk" tells the inside story of this award-winning collaboration between Parks Canada, Brewster Travel and the combined design-and-build team of Sturgess Architecture, PCL Constructors and RJC Consulting Engineers.
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''Downs House II'' presents an original and comprehensive overview of the home that local architect Barry Downs built for himself in West Vancouver. The site overlooks Howe Sound with a panorama formed by the Coastal Mountain Range of British Columbia. This house of modest proportions presents the key and formative qualities that have come to represent a West Coast Modern(...)
Barry Downs. Downs House II: West Coast Modern house series
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''Downs House II'' presents an original and comprehensive overview of the home that local architect Barry Downs built for himself in West Vancouver. The site overlooks Howe Sound with a panorama formed by the Coastal Mountain Range of British Columbia. This house of modest proportions presents the key and formative qualities that have come to represent a West Coast Modern idiom in architecture.
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This book tells the story of a house, designed by hatmaker-turned-architect Judah Shumiatcher, built for his family in 1975, and demolished in 2013. Like so many other distinguished houses in Vancouver, the only crime House Shumiatcher ever committed was to be sited on a plot of gold.
Judah Schumiatcher, House Schumiatcher. West Coast Modern house series
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This book tells the story of a house, designed by hatmaker-turned-architect Judah Shumiatcher, built for his family in 1975, and demolished in 2013. Like so many other distinguished houses in Vancouver, the only crime House Shumiatcher ever committed was to be sited on a plot of gold.
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The Friedman House is a modernist icon, designed by Frederic Lasserre, founder of the UBC School of Architecture, and landscaped by Cornelia Oberlander. Faced with demolition, it was saved by purchasers who understood its architectural value and historical significance. This book reflects on the possibility of its destruction, remarking on what has been salvaged by its(...)
Frederic Laserre, Friedman House. West Coast Modern house series
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The Friedman House is a modernist icon, designed by Frederic Lasserre, founder of the UBC School of Architecture, and landscaped by Cornelia Oberlander. Faced with demolition, it was saved by purchasers who understood its architectural value and historical significance. This book reflects on the possibility of its destruction, remarking on what has been salvaged by its continued existence, and what could have potentially been lost.
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While the Binning House is beloved by a select group of architects, academics, and local heritage buffs, its subtle splendours remain largely hidden to a wider audience. This first book devoted to this exceptional house sheds new light on Binning’s ingenuity. Original photographs and drawings are presented along with writing that analyzes in detail the unique(...)
B. C. Binning, Binning house. West Coast modern house series
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While the Binning House is beloved by a select group of architects, academics, and local heritage buffs, its subtle splendours remain largely hidden to a wider audience. This first book devoted to this exceptional house sheds new light on Binning’s ingenuity. Original photographs and drawings are presented along with writing that analyzes in detail the unique architectural character of the house.
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Arthur Erickson: layered landscapes. Drawings from the Canadian Architectural Archives, 2nd edition
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Produced in conjunction with the exhibition Layered Landscapes which examines selected drawings of Arthur Erickson from the Canadian Architectural Archives collection, accompanied by photographs of the finished buildings. Contains drawings from 14 projects, with a series foreword, a foreword by Kenneth Frampton, and essays by Michelangelo Sabatino and Linda Fraser +(...)
Arthur Erickson: layered landscapes. Drawings from the Canadian Architectural Archives, 2nd edition
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Produced in conjunction with the exhibition Layered Landscapes which examines selected drawings of Arthur Erickson from the Canadian Architectural Archives collection, accompanied by photographs of the finished buildings. Contains drawings from 14 projects, with a series foreword, a foreword by Kenneth Frampton, and essays by Michelangelo Sabatino and Linda Fraser + Geoffrey Simmins.
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Shim-Sutcliffe's masterful work at Point William intertwines landscape and architecture with ancient rock and water reshaping and reimagining a site on the Canadian Shield over two decades. Found conditions and new buildings are interwoven and choreographed to create a rich spatial experience moving between inside and out. Kenneth Frampton provides an insightful(...)
Shim Sutcliffe: the architecture of Point William
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Shim-Sutcliffe's masterful work at Point William intertwines landscape and architecture with ancient rock and water reshaping and reimagining a site on the Canadian Shield over two decades. Found conditions and new buildings are interwoven and choreographed to create a rich spatial experience moving between inside and out. Kenneth Frampton provides an insightful introduction with selected images and his own sketches framing a way of seeing Point William for the reader. Michael Webb''s provocative interview with Brigitte Shim and Howard Sutcliffe describes their evolving vision for Point William and their two-decade journey towards its realization. Acclaimed photographers Ed Burtynsky, James Dow and Scott Norsworthy contribute through their powerful images capturing the spirit of Point William thorough the seasons and over time.
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One glimpse of the cascading steel beams mirrored in the reflecting pond and it's clear that the Hugo and Brigitte Eppich house is a singular achievement, a daring experiment that embodies Erickson's West Coast modernist ideas about site, material, and form. Erickson's first steel residence explores both the structural and aesthetic possibilities of the material, with(...)
Eppich House II: the story of an Arthur Erickson masterwork
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One glimpse of the cascading steel beams mirrored in the reflecting pond and it's clear that the Hugo and Brigitte Eppich house is a singular achievement, a daring experiment that embodies Erickson's West Coast modernist ideas about site, material, and form. Erickson's first steel residence explores both the structural and aesthetic possibilities of the material, with curved beams, dyed cladding, and milled furnishings designed by Francisco Kripacz- features that would have been near-impossible on a regular commission. But after seeing the first Eppich House, built for Hugo's twin brother Helmut, Hugo entrusted Erickson with creating and furnishing the entire house, inside and out- another first for Erickson- and made available the Eppic brothers' steel fabricating plants, which built virtually every component of the home.
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This book considers the contemporary house through close scrutiny of works designed by Ian MacDonald, and the ideas that are embedded within them. The architect explores boundary and illusion, and considers site and sightings in both the city and countryside to create houses that appear, disappear, and re-appear. Energetic explorations of land and considerations of(...)
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March 2019
Boundary Sequence Illusion: Ian Macdonald architect
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This book considers the contemporary house through close scrutiny of works designed by Ian MacDonald, and the ideas that are embedded within them. The architect explores boundary and illusion, and considers site and sightings in both the city and countryside to create houses that appear, disappear, and re-appear. Energetic explorations of land and considerations of weather provide the basis for MacDonald's designs of residential spaces that capture particular views, establish sequences of movement, and make inspiring places to live in nature.
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