This fully illustrated, detailed analysis of his pavilion at the Universite de Montreal is the first to clearly establish Cormier's work as a significant part of an international movement in which North American and European influences converge.
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This fully illustrated, detailed analysis of his pavilion at the Universite de Montreal is the first to clearly establish Cormier's work as a significant part of an international movement in which North American and European influences converge.
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Add this copy of Ernest Cormier and the Universit? De Montr? Al to cart. $19.95, very good condition, Sold by Hennessey + Ingalls rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by MIT Press (MA).
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Used-Very Good. Ernest Cormier (1885-1980) has long been regarded in Canada as the mostoutstanding architect of his generation. This fully illustrated, detailed analysisof his pavilion at the Universit? de Montr? al is the first to clearly establishCormier's work as a significant part of an international movement in which NorthAmerican and European influences converge. Among Cormier's major buildings whichinclude the Montr? al Criminal Courthouse Annex, the Supreme Court of Canada, and hisown house, the main pavilion at the Universit? de Montr? al pioneered modeminstitutional building in Qu? bec. Today it stands as a landmark work of 1920sarchitecture whose vast scale was influenced by the Chicago Tribune Competitionrather than by European issues of rationalist form. The essays also discuss Cormier'searly training as an engineer and his elegant and skillful use of such modemmaterials as reinforced concrete and of yellow American-made glazed brick in thecreation of a personal monumental vocabulary that ushered Canadian architecture intoa new era. Included in the more than 100 illustrations is a magnificent currentphotographic survey of the main pavilion by Gabor Szilasi. Isabelle Gournay is agraduate of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. She lives and works in Atlanta whereshe combines research and teaching. Centre Canadien d'Architecture/ The CanadianCentre for Architecture. This fully illustrated, detailed analysis of his pavilion at the Universite de Montreal is the first to clearly establish Cormier's work as a significant part of an international movement in which North American and European influences converge. BEAUTIFUL COPY! ! !
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