Architecture in Transition: From Art to Practice, 1885-1906

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Author/collaborator
Title
Architecture in Transition: From Art to Practice, 1885-1906
Abstract
The author outlines how architectural life in Montreal and Toronto during the 1880s and 1890s was in turmoil. The Canadian public had lost confidence in its designers, students were forced to study abroad to secure a first-class education, professional rivalry was unscrupulous, architectural competitions a scandal. American architects and their architecture were the fashion. By the early decades of the twentieth century the world of the Canadian architect had changed, replaced by one which resembled the world of contemporary architects, with professional organisations, regulated standards, formalised education centred in the universities, and the belief that Canadian architecture should reflect local climates, culture, and geography. Beginning with a review of the architectural milieu in Montreal and Toronto in the 1880s, the author traces the rise of professionalism as an idea and architectural nationalism as a goal.
Place
Montreal and Kingston
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Date
1987
Language
en
Citation
Crossman, Kelly. Architecture in Transition: From Art to Practice, 1885-1906. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1987.
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