Francisco Kripacz
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Francisco Kripacz
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Author : Arthur Erickson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-05
Francisco Kripacz written by Arthur Erickson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05 with Architecture categories.
Arthur Erickson was one of the 20th century's premier architects, but little has been written about the man who designed the interiors of Erickson's award-winning buildings, whom everyone in the business simply called "Francisco". A decade before his death, Erickson wrote this manuscript to pay tribute to Kripacz and to tell the world of the importance of Francisco's creations. With stunning images from some of greatest photographers of the day, such as Yousuf Karsh, this book looks at Erickson's key projects and the crucial contributions made by Kripacz to their feel and glamour. It includes Erickson's extended commentary on some of his most famous architectural projects from the 1970's through the 1990s, including Roy Thomson Hall, the Eppich Houses, Napp Laboratories, and the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C., all of which had stunning interior designs and furniture by Kripacz. As this book goes to press, the Erickson and Kripacz-designed furniture line, the Erickson Design Collection, is being brought into manufacture, with many items becoming available for the first time. Francisco Kripacz: Interior Design is a beautiful legacy to the working partnership of a charismatic and passionate artistic duo -- a last testament from a remarkable architect to the man who shared in his greatest achievements.
In The Eye Of The China Storm
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Author : Paul T.K. Lin
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2011-08-04
In The Eye Of The China Storm written by Paul T.K. Lin and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Born in Vancouver in 1920 to immigrant parents, Lin became a passionate advocate for China while attending university in the United States. With the establishment of the People's Republic, and growing Cold War sentiment, Lin abandoned his doctoral studies, moving to China with his wife and two young sons. He spent the next fifteen years participating in the country's revolutionary transformation. In 1964, concerned by the political climate under Mao and determined to bridge the growing divide between China and the West, Lin returned to Canada with his family and was appointed head of McGill University's Centre for East Asian Studies. Throughout his distinguished career, Lin was sought after as an authority on China. His commitment to building bridges between China and the West contributed to the establishment of diplomatic relations between Canada and China in 1970, to US President Richard Nixon's visit to China in 1972, and to the creation of numerous cultural, academic, and trade exchanges. In the Eye of the China Storm is the story of Paul Lin's life and of his efforts - as a scholar, teacher, business consultant, and community leader - to overcome the mutual suspicion that distanced China from the West. A proud patriot, he was devastated by the Chinese government's violent suppression of student protestors at Tiananmen Square in June 1989, but never lost faith in the Chinese people, nor hope for China's bright future.
Interiors
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Interiors written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Interior decoration categories.
Just Watch Me
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Author : John English
language : en
Publisher: Knopf Canada
Release Date : 2009-10-27
Just Watch Me written by John English and has been published by Knopf Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-27 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This magnificent second volume, written with exclusive access to Trudeau’s private papers and letters, completes what the Globe and Mail called “the most illuminating Trudeau portrait yet written” — sweeping us from sixties’ Trudeaumania to his final days when he debated his faith. His life is one of Canada’s most engrossing stories. John English reveals how for Trudeau style was as important as substance, and how the controversial public figure intertwined with the charismatic private man and committed father. He traces Trudeau’s deep friendships (with women especially, many of them talented artists, like Barbra Streisand) and bitter enmities; his marriage and family tragedy. He illuminates his strengths and weaknesses — from Trudeaumania to political disenchantment, from his electrifying response to the kidnappings during the October Crisis, to his all-important patriation of the Canadian Constitution, and his evolution to influential elder statesman.
Ron Thom Architect
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Author : Adele Weder
language : en
Publisher: Greystone Books Ltd
Release Date : 2022-09-13
Ron Thom Architect written by Adele Weder and has been published by Greystone Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A definitive biography of an iconic Canadian architect—and a social portrait of the midcentury design world he lived in. Ron Thom came of age in the mid-20th century, just as the modern movement and an impending building boom were about to reshape the country. Talented in music and art as well as design, he rejected sleek austerity in favor of modern architecture that is warm, intimate, and beautiful. He worked from coast to coast, and his most renowned buildings—Massey College, Trent University, the Shaw Festival Theatre, and landmark houses—continue to inspire generations of architects, as well as the legions of people who work, study, visit, and live in them. In Adele Weder’s new biography, Thom emerges as a complex figure, gifted with creative genius but pursued by demons. More than just the life story of one man, this book is a portrait of the society that shaped him. His world included Jack Shadbolt, Arthur Erickson, the Massey family, Barbara, and Murray Frum, and many other luminaries of 20th-century Canada. To unpack this multifaceted story, Weder pored through institutional and personal archives in Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal, Peterborough, and Toronto. She tracked down and interviewed Thom’s surviving friends, colleagues, and family members across the country, from New Brunswick to Vancouver Island. Her extensive research serves as the bedrock for Ron Thom, Architect—a book for anyone interested in a transformative era in Canada's cultural history.
Claws Of The Panda
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Author : Jonathan Manthorpe
language : en
Publisher: Cormorant Books
Release Date : 2019-01-26
Claws Of The Panda written by Jonathan Manthorpe and has been published by Cormorant Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-26 with Political Science categories.
Claws of the Panda tells the story of Canada’s failure to construct a workable policy towards the People’s Republic of China. In particular the book tells of Ottawa’s failure to recognize and confront the efforts by the Chinese Communist Party to infiltrate and influence Canadian politics, academia, and media, and to exert control over Canadians of Chinese heritage. Claws of the Panda gives a detailed description of the CCP’s campaign to embed agents of influence in Canadian business, politics, media and academia. The party’s aims are to be able to turn Canadian public policy to China’s advantage, to acquire useful technology and intellectual property, to influence Canada’s international diplomacy, and, most important, to be able to monitor and intimidate Chinese Canadians and others it considers dissidents. The book traces the evolution of the Canada-China relationship over nearly 150 years. It shows how Canadian leaders have constantly misjudged the reality and potential of the relationship while the CCP and its agents have benefited from Canadian naivete.
If Walls Could Speak
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Author : Moshe Safdie
language : en
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Release Date : 2022-10-06
If Walls Could Speak written by Moshe Safdie and has been published by Atlantic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Over more than five decades, legendary architect Moshe Safdie has built some of the world's most influential and memorable structures - from the 1967 modular housing scheme in Montreal known as Habitat to the Marina Bay Sands development in Singapore. For Safdie, the way a space functions is fundamental; he is deeply committed to architecture as a social force for good, believing that any challenge, including extreme population density and environmental distress, can be addressed with solutions that enhance community and uplift the human spirit. If Walls Could Speak takes readers behind the veil of an essential yet mysterious profession to explain through Safdie's own experiences how an architect thinks and works - from the spark of imagination through the design process, the model-making, the politics, the engineering, the materials. Relating memorable stories about what has inspired him - from childhoods in Israel and Montreal to the projects and personalities worldwide that have captured his imagination - Safdie reveals the complex interplay that underpins every project and his vision for the role architecture can and should play in society at large. Illustrated throughout with drawings, sketches, photographs, and documents from his firm's voluminous archives, If Walls Could Speak is a book like no other, and will forever change the way you look at and appreciate any built structure.
Aba Journal
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987-11-01
Aba Journal written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-11-01 with categories.
The ABA Journal serves the legal profession. Qualified recipients are lawyers and judges, law students, law librarians and associate members of the American Bar Association.
Current Background
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974-05-23
Current Background written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974-05-23 with China categories.
In My Own Key
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Author : Liona Boyd
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2017-08-19
In My Own Key written by Liona Boyd and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
From down-and-out years in Paris, to her romance with Canada’s prime minister Pierre Trudeau, to stages around the world, Liona Boyd has made a lifestyle of crossing boundaries, both musically and romantically. Whether with classical greats or folk legends like Gordon Lightfoot, she has always made music — and lived her life — in her own key.