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Respectable Burial
Respectable Burial also highlights how important a role Montreal played in Canada's history. The cemetery is the final resting place of politician Alexander Galt, poet F.R. Scott, hockey star Howie Morenz, explorer David Thompson, bank presidents, renegades, hangmen, and victims of the Titanic. This history of a model rural cemetery, an innovator in perpetual care and proprietor of the first crematorium in Canada, illustrates changing attitudes to burial and commemoration - including the relationships between Protestantism, Romanticism, and death. Young also shows how the cemetery, a site of great natural beauty that helped inspire Frederick Law Olmsted's adjacent Mount Royal Park, became a much-loved public urban space and examines how the evolution of its landscaping, architecture, and use reflect changing attitudes to the place of women, recreation, heritage, and the environment. Incorporating a rich collection of archival illustrations, walking maps, and a colour photo essay by photographer Geoffrey James, Respectable Burial will appeal to anyone interested in Canadian history, parks, and cities.
Innate Terrain
Innate Terrain addresses the varied perceptions of Canada’s natural terrain, framing the discussion in the context of landscapes designed by Canadian landscape architects. This edited collection draws on contemporary works to theorize a distinct approach practiced by Canadian landscape architects from across the country. The essays – authored by Canadian scholars and practitioners, some of whom are Indigenous or have worked closely with Indigenous communities – are united by the argument that Canadian landscape architecture is intrinsically linked to the innate qualities of the surrounding terrain. Beautifully illustrated, Innate Terrain aims to capture distinct regional qualities that are rooted in the broader context of the Canadian landscape.
Shanghai
"The rise of Shanghai over the past decade is a story of superlatives. The city's skyline has been totally transformed. It now boasts some of world's tallest buildings and longest bridges. This volume presents portfolios of more than thirty design projects recently completed or currently underway, along with expert essays offering pointed analyses from urban design to conservation, confirming Shanghai's preeminent position in the global network."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Les temps du paysage
Le paysage est d'actualité. Il est de notre temps d'en parler ou d'en évoquer les qualités et de se poser des questions sur ce qu'il fut, ce qu'il est et sur ce qu'il sera. Le paysage porte en lui toutes les interrogations du temps : le passé, le présent et le devenir. Son existence naît de regards, d'expériences et d'intentions projetées. Ce livre permet de restituer au paysage la nature et la portée de la valeur-temps : dans les enjeux qu'elle soulève, les cadres d'analyse qu'elle requiert ainsi que les gestes qu'elle motive. La perception du paysage comme construit social, l'interrogation sur la ruralité, la question de l'affichage en paysage urbain montrent à quel point les différentes facettes du paysage méritent toute notre attention. Le livre reflète une variété de points de vue : l'architecture de paysage, l'urbanisme et l'architecture, la géographie et la sociologie... Un premier bilan convaincant de la Chaire en paysage et environnement de l'Université de Montréal.
Plan Canada
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Azure
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Une mort très digne
Fondé en 1852, le cimetière Mont-Royal est depuis longtemps un espace public cher aux Montréalais. C'est le lieu où sommeillent du repos éternel l'homme politique Sir John Abbott, le poète F.R. Scott, l'étoile du hockey Howie Morenz, l'explorateur David Thompson aux côtés de banquiers, d'apostats, d'un bourreau et de victimes du Titanic. Brian Young nous mène dans le périple captivant de l'histoire sociale du cimetière qui nous révèle son évolution depuis sa naissance en tant que lieu de sépulture rural et protestant, jusqu'à sa condition actuelle de cimetière urbain et multiethnique. L'essai du photographe de renom Geoffrey James capte l'interaction de la beauté et de la mort dans le cimetière.
Emergent Architectural Territories in East Asian Cities
This book presents current developments in city planning and architecture in East Asia. It describes the many neighborhoods in which the region’s large cities are modernizing or expanding with innovative structures and advanced construction projects. It combines a typology of public structures with an analysis of the compositional principles of urban environments. Thus, it finally connects new developments in city planning with new developments in architecture, and considers examples such as CCTV, Lujiazui, Kansai Airport, Xinyi, Taipei 101, Chek Lap Kok, Cheonggyecheon, Roppongi Hills, Da Shanzi, Shahe, Omotesando, and Marina Bay from a new perspective.And the new perspectives presented here are not just theoretical: some forty full-page bird’s eye views prepared especially for this volume show these future urban settings in highly detailed images of breathtaking beauty. The result is a rich portrait of the coming together of global and local influences in non-Western countries. With its systematic approach, this presentation by one of the leading international experts in the field is a reference work on a topic of central importance to the world of construction today.
Architecture Canada
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Saucier + Perrotte Architects
Twelve projects from the critically acclaimed work of Saucier + Perrotte Architectes. With essays, index of buildings and awards, and a bibliography of articles on the firm.
