TY  - BOOK
AU  - Carr,Angela
TI  - Toronto architect Edmund Burke: redefining Canadian architecture 
SN  - 9780773564862
AV  - NA749 .T676 1995
PY  - 1995///
CY  - Montreal [Que.
PB  - McGill-Queen's University Press
KW  - Burke, Edmund,
KW  - Architecture, Modern
KW  - 19th century
KW  - History
KW  - Architects
KW  - Canada
KW  - Biography
KW  - Architecture
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Designs and plans
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Chronology --; 1 Introduction --; 2 Apprenticeship and Draughtsmanship: The Educational Lineage --; 3 Ecclesiastical Architecture: The Triumph and Demise of the Amphitheatre Plan --; 4 Residential Architecture: Human and Climatic Considerations --; 5 Institutional Projects: Beauty Grows upon Utility --; 6 Commercial Architecture: The Langley Years and the Simpson's Store --; 7 New York and Chicago: Manifest Destiny and the Later Commercial Works --; 8 Professional Organization: Legislation and the Public Interest --; Conclusion --; Notes; 2; b
N2  - "Edmund Burke (1850-1919) was one of Canada's pre-eminent architects; his work includes such Toronto landmarks as the Simpson department store, Jarvis Street Baptist Church, and the Bloor Viaduct. Burke's career spanned a key period in Canadian architecture, during which the profession transcended its colonial beginnings to reach maturity in Canadian-born practitioners who converted both American architectural developments and European traditions into forms appropriate to the new Canadian federation. Burke's contributions to Canadian architecture include introducing the technology of the "Chicago men" to Canada and helping to establish a formal professional organization for architects in Ontario." "In this first full-length biography, Angela Carr explores the "Canadian-ness" of Burke's work and shows how it was influenced by architectural developments in the United States and Europe. She documents a comprehensive selection of Burke's works, including his firm's famous Robert Simpson store in Toronto, the first curtain-wall construction in Canada. She places Burke's life and career within the larger social context, addressing the influence of American architects and architecture, the sociology of professions, the organization of architectural offices, and the history of particular building forms."--Jacket
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