Description |
1 online resource (xii, 204 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: THE CONTEMPORARY SCENE -- 1 A DEMANDING CONTEST -- 2 PAPER ARCHITECTURE -- 3 FROM PAPER INTO STONE -- APPENDICES -- 1 Notice to Architects -- 2 Statement of Accommodation Required -- 3 Alpheus Todd's Memorandum -- 4 Excerpts from Fuller & Jones' Parliament Buildings Competition Entry -- 5 Excerpts from Waterhouse's Manchester Assize Courts Competition Entry -- 6 Sources of Information in Tables 1 and 2 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I |
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Jk -- l -- m -- n -- o -- p -- q -- r -- s -- t -- u -- v -- w -- y -- z |
Summary |
The competition to design and construct the government buildings in Ottawa, the new national capital, was one of the most important architectural events in nineteenth-century British North America, and the resulting buildings inspired a major movement in Canadian federal architecture. The Glory of Ottawa focuses on the 1859 design competition from which these unrivalled buildings emerged |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-193) and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Fuller, Thomas, 1823-1898.
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Jones, Chilion, 1838-1912
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Fuller, Thomas, 1823-1898 fast |
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Parliament Buildings (Ottawa, Ont.)
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SUBJECT |
Parliament Buildings (Ottawa, Ont.) fast |
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Architecture, Modern -- 19th century.
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Architecture -- Competitions -- Canada -- History -- 19th century
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Architecture -- Canada -- 19th century
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Public architecture -- Competitions -- Ontario -- Ottawa -- History -- 19th century
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Architecture, Modern.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Public, Commercial & Industrial.
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Public architecture -- Competitions
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Architecture
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Architecture -- Competitions
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Architecture, Modern
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Buildings
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Ottawa (Ont.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
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Canada
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Ontario -- Ottawa
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780773564961 |
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0773564969 |
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1282857134 |
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9781282857131 |
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9786612857133 |
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6612857137 |
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