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Building New Brunswick

Title: Building New Brunswick / John Leroux ; with essays by Robert M. Leavitt, Stuart Smith, Gary Hughes.
Author: Leroux, John, 1970-
Publication: Fredericton, N.B. : Goose Lane Editions, [2008], ©2008.

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310 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color), plans (some color); 31 cm

Summary

"New Brunswick's architecture has traditionally exhibited excellence in craftsmanship, faithfulness to materials and harmony with the environment. Building New Brunswick examines the built heritage of the province, from pre-history until today - from the humblest dwelling to the grandest public edifice." "In this volume, Leroux also documents more adventurous takes on modern space and aesthetics, found particularly in churches constructed from the late 1940s to early 1970s and in the expressive spaces of the Modern Movement. He observes that structures such as the initial Universite de Moncton buildings, the Hugh John Flemming Bridge in Hartland, and the Centennial Building in Fredericton will be increasingly valued as central to New Brunswick's heritage. By the late twentieth century, the province began to witness surprising interpretations of Postmodernist, Neotraditionalist, Contemporary and Green architecture, marking a renewed enthusiasm for celebrating form."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

Architecture > New Brunswick > History

Note

Published to coincide with an exhibition held at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, June 2008.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-300) and index.

Contents

Preface / Hermenegilde Chiasson -- Introduction. Hope Restored -- Ch. 1. New Brunswick's First Architects / Robert M. Leavitt -- Ch. 2. France's New Frontier, 1604-1760 / John Leroux -- Ch. 3. Natives of America, 1760-1840 / Stuart Smith -- Ch. 4. The Golden Years, 1840-1914 / Gary Hughes -- Ch. 5. The Great Wars and the Great Depression, 1914-1945 / John Leroux -- Ch. 6. A Tentative Modernism, 1945-1980 / John Leroux -- Ch. 7. Contemporary New Brunswick, 1980 and Beyond / John Leroux.

ISBN

9780864925046
0864925042

LCCN

40015581626

OCLC

ocn191889818
191889818
SCSB-5415138

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Columbia University Libraries