Architecture 2005 – Canadian and international trends in context

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

6 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

04/29/2009

Category :

Arts & media

Sub category :

Architecture

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Summary :

Introduction
Chodikoff's August 2005 roundtable of practicing critics and architects
The significance of the important public buildings built in Canada in the 21st century
The components or themes that characterized design during the middle of the decade
The recent renovations in Toronto
Henault's notes on Canada's historical buildings
The Taliesin School of Architecture in the Arizona desert
Conclusion
Works cited

Abstract

Architectural design philosophy has transformed from the high modernism of the early 20th century, from classic functional international style which dominated North American architectural practices up until the 1970s, to be replaced by the anti-modern or the post-modern. (Ghirardo, 1996) However, as Curtis notes, the modernist issues of how to mix technology, buildings, community and materials is not a forgotten concept, but still an evolving element in the architectural field. In 2005 canadian architecture, in a general way, has been concerned with issues of environmental sustainability, use of easily transformational materials in space, the integration of nature and the cultural, and the integration of history and the local. These are in some ways continuations of late modernism, combined with the pastiche of post-modernism; the interest or re-emergence of study of history. (Heartney, 2008)