This first detailed comprehensive study has been long awaited. Until now, interest in the history of Canadian architecture has been satisfied mainly by brief surveys or local histories. Writing these two volumes over ten years, Kalman has produced a rich panorama, treating the vast range of
Canadian building from the dwellings of the native peoples and the first settlers to buildings of the recent past and the present day.
Describing the country's architectural history in a lucid and interesting narrative, and placing the buildings firmly in a social and cultural context, Kalman brings to light some distinctive characteristics of Canadian architects and architecture: a respect for nature, natural forms, and local
materials; the tendencies to absorb ideas from abroad and then simplify and restrain them, and to take a middle position between extreme modernism and extreme traditionalism; the development of marked regional differences; and the flair for producing innovations in response to social issues.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 720/.971
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 20
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9780195435108 0195411609
- LCCN
- NA740
- LCCN Item number
- K24 1994eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBNVSL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (vi p., p. 479-933 :)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00223349 (OCoLC)500909115 (CaOOCEL)432057
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaBNVSL
Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Abbreviations in Captions 7
- Chapter 9 THE RAILWAY AND THE OPENING OF THE WEST 8
- Chapter 10 BUILDING THE YOUNG DOMINION 62
- Chapter 11 DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE 124
- Chapter 12 TOWN PLANNING 172
- Chapter 13 THE TRUE NORTH 206
- Chapter 14 ARCHITECTURE BETWEEN THE WARS 234
- Chapter 15 MODERN ARCHITECTURE AND BEYOND 308
- Notes 399
- Bibliographies on the History of Canadian Architecture 432
- Glossary 433
- A 433
- B 433
- C 433
- D 434
- E 434
- F 434
- G 435
- H 435
- I 435
- J 435
- K 435
- L 435
- M 435
- N 435
- O 435
- P 435
- Q 436
- R 436
- S 436
- T 436
- V 436
- Index of Canadian Buildings 437
- General Index 445
- A 445
- B 446
- C 447
- D 449
- E 449
- F 450
- G 450
- H 451
- I 452
- J 452
- K 453
- L 453
- M 454
- N 455
- O 456
- P 456
- Q 457
- R 457
- S 458
- T 460
- U 461
- V 461
- W 461
- Y 462
- Z 462
