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| Airport Architecture |
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| The federal Air Board Act of 1919 made provision for the construction of airports (also called aerodromes or air harbours), but for many years airplanes used flying fields that had few facilities. In 1927 the federal government... |
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| Architectural Competitions |
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| TORONTO CITY HALL is a familiar Canadian building built as the result of an architectural competition. Completed in 1963, it was designed by the Finnish architect Viljo Revell, who won the 1958 international competition... |
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| Architectural Education |
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| Architectural education in Canada, as it is currently delivered, is a relatively recent phenomenon. Most programs were developed in the 20th century, with significant modifications in the 1990s and early 2000s. Although the... |
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| Architectural History: 1759-1867 |
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| At least until the 1830s, and even later in some regions, the architecture of the English regime was polarized between Georgian forms, symbolizing British imperial order, and the various regional tendencies, already established... |
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| Architectural History: 1867-1914 |
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| Between Confederation (1867) and the outbreak of World War I (1914), Canada's development from British colony to modern, largely urban, industrial and effectively self-governing nation was reflected in its architecture. By 1914... |
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| Architectural History: 1914-1967 |
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| On 3 February 1916 fire broke out on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. The following morning all that remained of the Centre Block (1859) was the famous pinnacled library and a few walls of rubble. Canada was at war with Germany, its... |
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| Architectural History: 1967-1997 |
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| EXPO 67 reflected to Canadians and to all participating countries the triumph of a diverse, eclectic architectural modernism. A high point in 20th-century Canadian architecture and urbanism, it displayed national and... |
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| Architectural History: Early First Nations |
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| The people of Canada's FIRST NATIONS developed rich building traditions thousands of years before the arrival of the first Europeans. Canada contained five broad cultural regions, defined by common climatic, geographical and... |
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| Architectural History: The French Colonial Régime |
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| Architecture under the French colonial regime was characterized less by its achievements than by its unfulfilled ambitions. Caught between ideals nurtured in France during the classical period and the harsh climate of New France... |
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| Architectural Practice |
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| An architect designs, inspects and certifies the construction of buildings. The process by which buildings are constructed and put into use can be divided into 9 stages, each requiring specific approvals and funding... |
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