From azuremagazine.com
The Globe and Mail, Azure, and Monocle are among the publications that have profiled the book Canadian Modern Architecture, 1967 to the present, co-published by Princeton Architectural Press and Canadian Architect magazine and released this fall.
The book was also recommended in Azure’s annual gift guide, as one of 10 “covetable” books for design lovers.
“What?s Canadian about Canadian architecture" In a country spanning almost 10 million square kilometres, it?s an imposingly big question,” writes Stefan Novakovic in his review for Azure. “A trip from coast to coast to coast traverses huge swathes of cultures and climates ? and equally varied architectural landscapes. […] Canadian Modern Architecture, 1967 to the Present […] explores some of the places and movements that have shaped the nation in 15 chapters by 17 authors, and some 500 pages. It takes a stab at understanding what we built ? and why we built it.” “In the postwar period, Canadian governments explicitly used architecture as a tool of country-building,” writes Alex Bozikovic in his review for the Globe and Mail, published in the paper’s November 23 edition. “John Diefenbaker spoke to an assembly of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada in 1960 and asked the architects for places ‘to touch the hearts of Canadians’ and ‘represent the unity of our country.’ The results must have...