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Architecture on Ice
Howard Shubert
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Description for Architecture on Ice
Hardback. An architectural and cultural history of skating rinks and hockey arenas in North America. Series: McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation Studies in Art History. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AMGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 5817 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1724.
Despite the legendary reputations of Madison Square Garden, Maple Leaf Gardens, and the Montreal Forum, skating rinks and hockey arenas may be North America's most overlooked cultural buildings. Architecture on Ice reveals the central role they have played in influencing urban, social, and political life across the continent. In the first book to chart the development of skating rinks and arenas from their origins as simple wooden sheds to today's fully wired, multi-purpose entertainment complexes, Howard Shubert examines how these buildings have been adapted to seasonal change and to a multitude of uses besides skating - from political rallies ... Read more
Despite the legendary reputations of Madison Square Garden, Maple Leaf Gardens, and the Montreal Forum, skating rinks and hockey arenas may be North America's most overlooked cultural buildings. Architecture on Ice reveals the central role they have played in influencing urban, social, and political life across the continent. In the first book to chart the development of skating rinks and arenas from their origins as simple wooden sheds to today's fully wired, multi-purpose entertainment complexes, Howard Shubert examines how these buildings have been adapted to seasonal change and to a multitude of uses besides skating - from political rallies ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Series
McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation Studies in Art History
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773548138
SKU
V9780773548138
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99-15
About Howard Shubert
Howard Shubert is the former curator of prints and drawings at the Canadian Centre for Architecture. He lives in Toronto.
Reviews for Architecture on Ice
" Unique in topic and scope, Architecture on Ice offers a historically broad yet detailed architectural history of skating rinks and hockey arenas in North America and makes an important contribution to the study of these culturally and economically significant spaces." Michael Windover, Carleton University " Teeming with illustrations, this is a thorough and broadly thoughtful chronicle not simply of ... Read more