Category: Canada - Architecture

BT BARN BOOK. BOOK NO. 34.

Price: $125.00 USD

Publisher: Fergus, Ontario, Beatty Bros. Limited : 1918

Seller ID: 29023

Condition: Fair

352 pp, 9 3/4" H. Buff coloured cloth spine with dark brown lettering, paper-covered boards with dark brown and red lettering/borders/illustration on front board, lettering/border on rear board. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, drawings - blue & white floor plans, elevations, Contents: Building the Barn; BT Barn Plans; BT Galvanized Steel Cow Stall; BT Sanitary Steel Pens; BT Water Bowls; BT Tanks; BT Horse Stable Fittings; BT Manure and Feed Carriers; BT Hay Carriers; BT Barn Door Track; BT Railing for Drive, Barn Scraper, and Manger Cleaner; BT Hog Pens and Troughs; Where BT Go...
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ICE PALACES.

By: Anderes, Fred & Agranoff, Ann.

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan of Canada : 1983

Seller ID: 28683

ISBN-13: 9780771598579

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

132 pp, oblong (9 1/8" H x 10 3/4" D). Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w photographs, reproductions, architectural drawings. "The magical buildings illustrated in this pioneer study of a virtually unknown architectural phenomenon were truly built of ice, and they were said to shimmer with color and fire reminiscent of sapphire, topaz, and opal. In style they recalled medieval castles, Gothic cathed-rals, Russian palaces, and Art Deco fantasies. Many were huge, reaching as high as a 14 -story building and extending as long as a football field, but, of course, there's no physical tra...
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A CITY IN THE MAKING. PROGRESS, PEOPLE & PERILS IN VICTORIAN TORONTO.

By: Armstrong, Frederick H.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Dundurn : 1988

Seller ID: 24299

ISBN-13: 9781550020267

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

358 pp, 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w illustrations and map endpapers. Contents: The New City in 1834: The Physical Layout; A Rising Metropolis; Developing Communications: The First Railway Venture; The Most Controversial Torontonian: William Lyon Mackenzie; The Scottish Immigrant, The Family Compact, and Vertical Mobility: The Rise of the Carfrae Family; Evolving Multiculturalism: The Toronto's Black Community in the Late 1840's; Capt. Hugh Richardson and Toronto's Lake Communications; An Ambulatory Architect: William Hay; The Unwitting Philanthropist: The Curious Case of Andrew Mercer; The First Grea...
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C. BAILLAIRGE, ARCT., ING.: DESSINS ARCHITECTURAUX. (CHARLES-PHILIPPE-FERDINAND BAILLAIRGE, ARCHITECTE, INGENIEUR.)

By: Beaudin, Francois; Noel, Ginette; Demers, Jean-Maurice.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Quebec, Ministere des Affaires Culturelles : 1979

Seller ID: 19577

ISBN-13: 9782551036011

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good-

24 pp, oblong (8" x 10") - stapled in wraps. Illustrated in sepiatone and colour with drawings (plans, elevations, architectural details). FRENCH TEXT ONLY. A look at the work of 19th century Quebec architect and engineer, Charles-Philippe-Ferdinand Baillairge. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light to moderate edge wear, wrinkling on the spine, light rubbing - mostly on the rear cover.
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CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ARCHITECTURE: THE MAINSTREAM AND BEYOND.

By: Bernstein, William and Cawker, Ruth.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Fitzhenry & Whiteside : 1982

Seller ID: 21597

ISBN-13: 9780889025882

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

190 pp, 4to (11" H). Profusely illustrated in b&w with photographs, drawings, plans. "The post-Expo era of Canadian architecture has produced works of international importance which have been recognized in European, Japanese and American periodicals. With almost 200 illustrations and a text written for the enquiring general reader, the authors have selected and presented what they judge to be the most significant projects from this rich and continuing period. Through an examination of the National Gallery competition of 1976-77, the authors identify the mainstream concerns of Canadian archite...
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HISTORIC FORTS OF ONTARIO.

By: Bradford, Robert D. Foreword by Stephen D. Mecredy.

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: Belleville, Ontario, Mika : 1988

Seller ID: 14194

ISBN-13: 9780921341208

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

176 pp, 4to (11 1/2" H). Beautifully illustrated in b&w and colour with photographs, reproductions, maps/plans. Contents: Foreword; Preface; The Heritage; Ontario's First Forts: The Iroquoian Fortified Village; In Search of Souls: Ste-Marie-Among-the-Hurons; The First British Army Fort: Fort Erie; Guardian of the Capital: The Old Fort at York; Canadiens, Nor'Westers and Adventurers: Fort William; Frontier Sentinel: Fort George; The South-West Bastion: Ford Malden; Dockyard Sentry: Fort Frederick; Citadel of Upper Canada: Fort Henry; Guarding the St. Lawrence Life Line: Fort Wellington; Watch...
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HISTORIC FORTS OF ONTARIO.

By: Bradford, Robert D. Foreword by Stephen D. Mecredy.

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: Belleville, Ontario, Mika : 1988

Seller ID: 30987

ISBN-13: 9780921341208

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

176 pp, 4to (11 1/2" H). Beautifully illustrated in b&w and colour with photographs, reproductions, maps/plans. Contents: Foreword; Preface; The Heritage; Ontario's First Forts: The Iroquoian Fortified Village; In Search of Souls: Ste-Marie-Among-the-Hurons; The First British Army Fort: Fort Erie; Guardian of the Capital: The Old Fort at York; Canadiens, Nor'Westers and Adventurers: Fort William; Frontier Sentinel: Fort George; The South-West Bastion: Ford Malden; Dockyard Sentry: Fort Frederick; Citadel of Upper Canada: Fort Henry; Guarding the St. Lawrence Life Line: Fort Wellington; Watch ...
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THE ROYAL ALEXANDRA THEATRE: A CELEBRATION OF 100 YEARS.

By: Brockhouse, Robert.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McArthur : 2007

Seller ID: 29176

ISBN-13: 9781552786482

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

346 pp, 11 1/4" H. Profusely illustrated in colour, b&w and sepiatone with photographs/reproductions. "It was one of those grand civic gestures so loved by the aristocracy of the Gilded Age: a gift to Toronto meant to call the world's attention to its blossoming as a great city. The giver was Cawthra Mulock, 'the boy millionaire', one of the wealthiest men in Canada. The gift was the Royal Alexandra, a magnificent new theatre built - with no regard to cost - to equal the most splendid houses of London, Paris and New York. It was to be the lodestar of North American theatres, attracting t...
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NORTH AMERICAN RAILROAD STATIONS.

By: Cavalier, Julian. Edited, with foreword by Frederick A. Platt.

Price: $27.50 USD

Publisher: Cranbury, New Jersey, A.S. Barnes : 1979

Seller ID: 2939

ISBN-13: 9780498021213

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

215 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H). "Railway stations are of great interest for their variety of styles and architectural designs, as well as for their historical aspects, many of which had pioneered the opening up of new communities in the past. One of the objects of this work is to show, pictorially, the variety of styles and designs of railroad station architecture that were built by various railroads in the United States and Canada. More than 300 photographs are presented in addition to some color views, most of which existed at the time of researching for this work." Dust jacket is price clipped t...
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NORTH AMERICAN RAILROAD STATIONS.

By: Cavalier, Julian. Edited, with foreword by Frederick A. Platt.

Price: $27.50 USD

Publisher: Cranbury, New Jersey, A.S. Barnes : 1979

Seller ID: 28214

ISBN-13: 9780498021213

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

215 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H). "Railway stations are of great interest for their variety of styles and architectural designs, as well as for their historical aspects, many of which had pioneered the opening up of new communities in the past. One of the objects of this work is to show, pictorially, the variety of styles and designs of railroad station architecture that were built by various railroads in the United States and Canada. More than 300 photographs are presented in addition to some color views, most of which existed at the time of researching for this work." Dust jacket is price clipped a...
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SASKATOON'S HISTORIC BUILDINGS & SITES: A SURVEY & PROPOSALS.

By: Clubb, Sally Potter & Sarjeant, William Antony. Foreword By Peter Sargool.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Saskatoon Enironmental Society : 1980

Seller ID: 25987

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good -

58 pp, 11 1/8" H. B&w photographs, maps. Contents: Foreword; Historical Introduction; Historical Walks Around Saskatoon: Temperance Colony Townsite / Southwest Nutana / Southeast Nutana / Sutherland / University Area / City Centre / Riversdale / Southwest Area / Northwest Area / North (including Idylwyld Drive) / City Park and North Park; Saskatoon's Historic Buildings - Can They Be Preserved?; Appendix: Recommendations of the City of Saskatoon Special Committee for the Identification and Listing of Historic Buildings: Historic Structures Recommended for Preservation / List of Contemporary S...
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THE CANADIAN HOME: FROM CAVE TO ELECTRONIC COCOON.

By: Denhez, Marc.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Durndurn Press : 1994

Seller ID: 29491

ISBN-13: 9781550022025

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

256 pp, 11 1/4" H. Inscribed by the author on half title page: "With Best Wishes / Marc Denhez". B&w photographs, plans, drawings, reproductions. "(This book) is about fashion, politics, social mores, innovation, imagination, and technology. Prehistoric Inuit homes with windows of stretched seal guts, the log cabin, the bungalow, the R-2000 house, habitations in space - Denhez examines the ways and wherefores of them all." Slight bump at bottom of spine, tiny scuff on bottom edge of both boards. Dust jacket has very light edge wrinkling, minor rubbing.
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A TORONTO ALBUM 2: MORE GLIMPSES OF THE CITY THAT WAS.

By: Filey, Mike.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Dundurn : 2002

Seller ID: 31106

ISBN-13: 9781550023930

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good-

116 pp, square (10" H x 10" D). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions. ""(A) photographic journey through bustling Toronto from the late 1930s to the early 1970s. Among the 100-plus photographs is a quartet that shows the remarkable changes to Toronto's skyline over a half-century. Others capture the 1939 royal visit, steam trains in their twilight years, the evolution of the Hospital for Sick Children, and glimpses of a few landmark buildings we weren't smart enough to keep." Interior - Christmas greetings with date notation in green ink at the top of the title page, som...
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THIS WAS EXPO.

By: Fulford, Robert. Picture story texts by Alan Edmonds.

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart : 1968

Seller ID: 30864

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good-

203 pp, 11 3/16" H. B&w and colour photographs. A pictorial look at Expo 67, the World's Fair held in Montreal in 1967. Contents: Introduction / A heaven-storming ambition: Tomorrow's World; The greatest show on earth: How the world saw the fair; An exultation of form and structure: Architecture's giant stride into tomorrow; The fairest of the fair: That great American dome; The future of the city: Reshaping the environment; A new way of seeing: Cine Expo; An argument in concrete: Habitat; Where the medium was the message: The bewitching wonderland of the Czechs; The education of actual exper...
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Image for A CENTURY TO CELEBRATE / UN CENTENAIRE A FETE, 1893-1993. THE ONTARIO LEGISLATIVE BUILDING / L'EDIFICE DE L'ASSEMBLEE LEGISLATIVE DE L'ONTARIO.

A CENTURY TO CELEBRATE / UN CENTENAIRE A FETE, 1893-1993. THE ONTARIO LEGISLATIVE BUILDING / L'EDIFICE DE L'ASSEMBLEE LEGISLATIVE DE L'ONTARIO.

By: Hall, Roger.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Legislative Assembly of Ontario / Dundurn Press : 1993

Seller ID: 28365

ISBN-13: 9781550021783

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

164 pp, oblong (9 7/8" H x 11 1/4" D). Bilingual text (English/French) Pictorial endpapers, b&w and colour photographs, reproductions. "The year 1993 marks the centennial of the official opening of the Ontario Legislative Building at Queen's Park. The building, designed in the Richardson Romanesque style by R.A. Waite, was completed in time for the 3rd Session of the 7th Parliament in April of 1893. Since then, twenty-eight parliaments have met within the pink sandstone walls. The building has also witnessed solemn official ceremonies, festive public celebrations, and the ongoing routine...
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OSGOODE HALL: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY.

By: Honsberger, John.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Dundurn : 2004

Seller ID: 27421

ISBN-13: 9781550025132

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

331 pp, square large 8vo (9 1/4" H x 9 1/4" D). B&w and colour illustrations. "Osgoode Hall is a national monument and one of Canada's architectural treasures. Of the many public buildings erected in pre-Confederation Canada, it best encapsulates the diverse stylistic forces that shaped public buildings of its era. The gated lawns, the grandly Venetian rotunda, the ornate courtroom, the portrait-lined walls, and the stained-glass windows evoke a venerable dignity to which few Canadian institutions can aspire. It has been the seat of the Law Society of Upper Canada since 1832 and of severa...
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AMPLE MANSIONS: THE VICEREGAL RESIDENCES OF THE CANADIAN PROVINCES.

By: Hubbard, R.H. Foreword by Her Excellency, Jeanne Sauve.

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: Ottawa, University of Ottawa Pres : 1989

Seller ID: 28685

ISBN-13: 9780776602776

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

237 pp, oblong (9 1/4" H x 12 1/4" D). Profusely illustrated with b&w and colour photographs, reproductions. "The viceregal residences of the Canadian provinces mirror the idiosyncrasies of their inhabitants, and the tastes and talents of the architects, builders, gardeners, furniture makers and decorators who created them. In 'Ample Mansions' you will see the finest - and sometimes the worst - of Canadian style. There's no shortage of pomp in our viceregal history, but Dr. Hubbard's scholarly and sprightly text goes behind the scenes too, where there's plenty of room for rot and mildew, p...
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Image for PETERBOROUGH'S ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE: A LISTING OF EXISTING STRUCTURES ERECTED PRIOR TO 1890 IN THE AREA BOUNDED BY THE OTONABEE RIVER, PARKHILL ROAD, PARK STREET AND TOWNSEND STREET.

PETERBOROUGH'S ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE: A LISTING OF EXISTING STRUCTURES ERECTED PRIOR TO 1890 IN THE AREA BOUNDED BY THE OTONABEE RIVER, PARKHILL ROAD, PARK STREET AND TOWNSEND STREET.

By: Kidd, Martha Ann.

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: (Peterborough, Ontario), Peterborough Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee : 1979

Seller ID: 28028

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

176 pp, 11" H. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. Contents: Foreword; Preface; Antrim Street; Aylmer Street; Bethune Street; Brock Street; Charlotte Street; College Street; Dalhouse Street; Dickson Street; Division Street; Donegal Street; Downie Street; Dublin Street; Edinburgh Street; Elcombe Crescent; George Street; Gilchrist Street; Harvey Street; Hunter Street; King Street; London Street; McDonnel Street; Murray Street; Park Street; Parkhill Road; Queen Street; Reid Street; Rubidge Street; Sherbrooke Street; Sheridan Street; Simcoe Street; Stewart Street; Union Street; Water St...
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CASTLE KILBRIDE: THE JEWEL OF WILMOT TOWNSHIP.

By: Knowles, Paul.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: New Hamburg, Ontario, Commemorative Collectibles : 1994

Seller ID: 21797

ISBN-13: 9780969887300

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

96 pp, 4to (11" H). Profusely illustrated in b&w and colour. The story of a gracious home built in 1877 by industrialist James Livingston, left derelict and finally restored and opened as a musuem. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor rubbing, one minor corner crease.
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EDWARD JAMES LENNOX: "BUILDER OF TORONTO".

By: Litvak, Marilyn M.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Dundurn Press : 1995

Seller ID: 20057

ISBN-13: 9781550022049

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

118 pp, large 8vo (9 7/18" H). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, plans, elevations. "From 1876 to 1915, Edward James Lennox was a formidable force in Toronto's architectural community. Many of his buildings are still landmarks in a city that continues to evolve. Born and educated in Toronto, Lennox looked to the past for inspiration but was never captured by it. His prototypical Annex house on Madison Avenue, Old City Hall, and Casa Loma bear witness to his technical expertise and aesthetic sensibilities. Through text and illustrations, this volume tells the story of a resolute arch...
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Category: Canada - Architecture