Opening the gates of eighteenth-century Montréal / edited by Phyllis Lambert and Alan Stewart.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lambert, Phyllis.

Stewart, Alan M. (Alan Maxwell), 1953-

Centre canadien d'architecture.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Québec (Province)--Montréal--History--18th century--Exhibitions.

City planning.

Architecture, Domestic--Québec (Province)--Montréal--History--18th century--Exhibitions.

Architecture, Domestic.

Fortification--Québec (Province)--Montréal--History--18th century--Exhibitions.

Fortification.

History.

Exhibitions.

Montréal (Québec)--Economic conditions--Exhibitions.

Montréal (Québec).

Montréal (Québec)--History--Exhibitions.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

93 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Montréal : Canadian Centre for Architecture = Centre canadien d'architecture, 1992.

Summary:

This study focuses on the interrelationships of three key elements of Montreal's urban form: its fortifications; the ownership, distribution, and use of property within its walls; and the nature of its buildings.

Notes:

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Opening the gates of eighteenth-century Montréal, shown at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, from 9 September 1992 to 17 January 1993"--P. [6].

Issued also in French under title: Montréal, ville fortifiées au XVIIIe siècle.

ISBN:

092078531X :

0262620863

OCLC:

27937431