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Architecture, Town Planning and Community
Donald Wetherell
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Description for Architecture, Town Planning and Community
Paperback. Cecil Burgess was professor of architecture and resident architect at the University of Alberta between 1913 and 1940. This title collects Burgess' public talks and writings offering a fresh insight into the social and intellectual dimensions of architecture and town planning during the first half of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Wetherell, Donald G. Series: University of Alberta Centennial Series. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 664.
This collection of Burgess's public talks and writings offers a unique insight into the social and intellectual dimensions of architecture and town planning during the first half of the twentieth century. Architectural history, the impact of the Arts and Crafts and Modernist movements, the meaning of domestic architecture, and the connection of architecture and town planning to everyday life figure prominently in this collection. A contemporary of Cecil Burgess said that no one in Canada was superior in architectural scholarship. Cecil Burgess was professor of architecture and resident architect at the University of Alberta between 1913 and 1940. A similar ... Read more
This collection of Burgess's public talks and writings offers a unique insight into the social and intellectual dimensions of architecture and town planning during the first half of the twentieth century. Architectural history, the impact of the Arts and Crafts and Modernist movements, the meaning of domestic architecture, and the connection of architecture and town planning to everyday life figure prominently in this collection. A contemporary of Cecil Burgess said that no one in Canada was superior in architectural scholarship. Cecil Burgess was professor of architecture and resident architect at the University of Alberta between 1913 and 1940. A similar ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Series
University of Alberta Centennial Series
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
, Canada
ISBN
9780888644558
SKU
V9780888644558
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About Donald Wetherell
Donald Wetherell is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Communication and Culture at the University of Calgary.
Reviews for Architecture, Town Planning and Community
"The author was Professor of Architecture at the University of Alberta. He died in 1970 at the age of 101. His work, as now edited by Prof. Wetherell of the University of Calgary, is designed to guide municipal councilors, their staff and their architects, into getting the best town planning. His mantra: a community gets the architecture it deserves. It ... Read more