Architecture and the Canadian Fabric - Tapa dura

The essays greatly advance the field of architectural history in Canada. Given the breadth on display, Canadian architects and historians surely will find items of interest and pertinence to their practice. -- David Monteyne, Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary * Canadian Architect, April 2013 * According to the editor's conclusion, this study should "reinforce attention to Canadian architectural patrimony and demonstrate its significance for the international discourse and practice of design". This work does succeed in doing so and also adds significantly to the body of literature on Canadian architecture. It is well researched and thoroughly documented. The analytical principles guiding the publication could be applied to other works, including further studies by this group of authors, covering more aspects of the architectural heritage of Canada. -- Barbara Opar, Architecture Librarian, Syracuse University Library * Art Libraries Society of North America * Broad in scope and filled with both insight and intriguing fact...this collection serves to entice a more sustained consideration of the relation between the messy realities of social practice and the production of this thing called architecture. -- Christopher Macdonald, University of British Columbia * BC Studies, No.176, Winter 2012-13 *

Architecture and the Canadian Fabric is essential reading not only for students and enthusiasts of Canadian architecture and history but also for students and practitioners in geography and urban planning.