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The architecture of Canada is, with the exception of that of Canadian First Nations, closely linked to the techniques and styles developed in Canada, Europe and the United States. However, design has long needed to be adapted to Canada's climate and geography, and at times has also reflected the uniqueness of Canadian culture.
Hart House at the University of Toronto, designed by Henry Sproatt. Gothic Revival architecture in Canada is an historically influential style, with many prominent examples. . The Gothic Revival style was imported to Canada from Britain and the United States in the early 19th century, and it rose to become the most popular style for major projects throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuri
This development allowed Second Empire domestic architecture to assume a new role in the American imagination, that of the haunted house. [21] This may have been prompted by changes in aesthetics in the 1930s, in favor of cold austere functional buildings, the opposite of elaborate, but decaying Second Empire houses.
American Greek Revival was an architectural style popular in the United States and Canada from about 1800 to 1860. The unique American interpretation of a larger Greek Revival of the era allowed many rural and vernacular interpretations to flourish, and these further influenced the development of many other styles, such as the gablefront.
The collection was created by John Bland, then director of McGill School of Architecture, in 1974. [2] To date, it contains more than 100 archival fonds documenting renowned Canadian architects such as Edward Maxwell, [3] Moshe Safdie [4] or Harold Lea Fetherstonhaugh [5] through their correspondence, architectural drawings, plans and photographs concerning their realizations.
Michael Dwyer (born 1954) American architecture, 19th and 20th century. Mark Jarzombek (born 1954) Professor of the history and theory of architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Robert Jan van Pelt (born 1955), Dutch-Canadian author, Holocaust scholar and Professor of Cultural History at the University of Waterloo, Canada
This historic property, which dates back to the mid-18th century, is said to be the first example of an architectural type known as the "single house," a narrow building just one room wide ...
The architecture of the United States demonstrates a broad variety of architectural styles and built forms over the country's history of over two centuries of independence and former Spanish, French, Dutch and British rule. Architecture in the United States has been shaped by many internal and external factors and regional distinctions.