Architecture, town planning and community : selected writings and public talks by Cecil Burgess, 1909-1946 / Cecil Scott Burgess ; edited and with an introduction by Donald G. Wetherell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burgess, Cecil Scott, 1870-1970.

Contributor:

Wetherell, Donald Grant, 1949-

Series:

University of Alberta centennial series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Canada--20th century.

Architecture.

City planning--Canada--History--20th century.

City planning.

Burgess, Cecil Scott, 1870-1970.

Burgess, Cecil Scott.

History.

Canada.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

ci, 338 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edmonton : University of Alberta Press, 2005.

Summary:

Cecil Scott Burgess's public talks and writings offer a unique insight into the social and intellectual dimensions of architecture and town planning during the first half of the twentieth century. Architectural history, the impact of the Arts and Crafts and Modernist movements, the meaning of domestic architecture, and the connection of architecture and town planning to everyday life figure prominently in this collection of his writings.

Historian Donald Wetherell writes that Burgess was influential in architectural and town planning in Western Canada. His dedication to the development of professional architecture, including training architects, his tireless promotion of town planning, and his efforts to broaden Canadians' understanding of architectural design give Burgess a special place in the history of Canadian architecture.

Contents:

University of Alberta Centennial Series xi

Cecil Burgess's Architectural Career and Writings xvii

Part I 1909-1920

Document 1 Old Buildings of the Province of Quebec (1909) 3

Document 2 Applications of the Lessons of History (1909-12) 15

Document 3 Architecture (1913) 31

Document 4 The Old House and the New (1913) 51

Document 5 Hygiene in Architecture (1920) 71

Part II 1921-1939

Document 6 Modern Architecture (1925) 89

Document 7 The Town (1928) 105

Document 8 Civic Pride (1929) 117

Document 9 Relation of Architecture to Town Planning (1930) 127

Document 10 Architecture as a Profession (1931) 141

Document 11 Appreciation of Architecture, Lecture 1: Architecture and the Arts (1932) 153

Document 12 Appreciation of Architecture, Lecture 4: Architecture To-Day (1932) 177

Document 13 Recent Domestic Architecture (1932) 217

Document 14 City Improvement (1935) 227

Document 15 Garden Cities (1939-40) 249

Part III 1940-1946

Document 16 Home Building Exhibition (1940) 261

Document 17 The New Town Planning (1941) 269

Document 18 Housing Present and Prospective (1941) 273

Document 19 What Zoning Does for Edmonton (1943) 285

Document 20 Improvement of Business Street Fronts (1946) 293

Part IV Recollection of a Half Century

Document 21 Recollections of a Half Century (1957) 317.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-330) and index.

ISBN:

0888644558

OCLC:

62430509