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Competing Modernisms

The 1958 competition for Toronto’s New City Hall and square was the largest competition of its era, attracting over 500 entries from architects across the globe. Weaving a tale that is equal parts civic, ...

The Allied Arts

During periods of close collaboration, championed by figures like John Ruskin and William Morris, architecture and craft were referred to as "the allied arts. " By the mid-twentieth century, however, ...

Newfoundland Modern

In over 220 drawings and photographs, Robert Mellin presents the development of architecture in the decades immediately following Newfoundland's 1949 union with Canada. Newfoundland's wholehearted embrace ...

Building House In New France

By (author) Peter Moogk
Categories: History of the Americas

Building House In New France is published by Fitzhenry and Whiteside.

Astana

By (author) Frank Albo
Categories: Architecture

This book lays out a foundation myth encoded into the breathtaking architecture of Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan. An omnibus of folk epic, archaeological research, and code-breaking symbolism, ...