Architecture, Town Planning and Community : Selected Writings and Public Talks by Cecil Burgess, 1909-1946
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
University of Alberta Centennial Series
ISBN-10
0888644558
ISBN-13
9780888644558
Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Imprint
University of Alberta Press
Country of Manufacture
CA
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 4th, 2006
Print length
440 Pages
Weight
664 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.30 x 2.90 cms
Product Classification:
Architecture
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Cecil Burgess was professor of architecture and resident architect at the University of Alberta between 1913 and 1940. This title collects Burgess' public talks and writings offering a fresh insight into the social and intellectual dimensions of architecture and town planning during the first half of the twentieth century.
This collection of Burgess''s public talks and writings offers a unique insight into the social and intellectual dimensions of architecture and town planning during the first half of the twentieth century. Architectural history, the impact of the Arts and Crafts and Modernist movements, the meaning of domestic architecture, and the connection of architecture and town planning to everyday life figure prominently in this collection. A contemporary of Cecil Burgess said that no one in Canada was superior in architectural scholarship. Cecil Burgess was professor of architecture and resident architect at the University of Alberta between 1913 and 1940. A similar collection of writings and talks has not been published about Canadian architecture for this period. Foreword by Hon. Jim Edwards PC.
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