Raymond Biesinger Alex Bozikovic (16 results)

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Paperback. Condition: New. Winner, AIGA 50 Books 50 Covers Second Prize Winner, Alcuin Society Book Design Awards (Prose Illustrated) A National Bestseller The legacies of theaters, hotels, fire stations, flour mills, and more - torn down, burned down, and otherwise lost - are uncovered in this bittersweet collection. Using archival photographs, blueprints, and written reports, Raymond Biesinger has rendered a selection of Canada's most iconic lost buildings in his signature minimalist style. Accompanying Biesinger's illustrations are Alex Bozikovic's descriptions which capture each building's historical, cultural, and architectural significance. Bozikovic draws on local histories, archived building permits and his own extensive knowledge of the Canadian urban architectural landscape and its history - from the letters passed through Kelowna's unlikely art deco post office to the destruction of a home in Halifax's Africville - to offer fascinating, sometimes forgotten stories about each building and its significance. An impossible architectural walking tour, 305 Lost Buildings of Canada spans the country, its cities and countryside, and its history. Cities change, buildings come and go, but in this fact-filed compendium, you'll find the lost wonders of Canada's architecture.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Winner, AIGA 50 Books 50 Covers Second Prize Winner, Alcuin Society Book Design Awards (Prose Illustrated) A National Bestseller The legacies of theaters, hotels, fire stations, flour mills, and more - torn down, burned down, and otherwise lost - are uncovered in this bittersweet collection. Using archival photographs, blueprints, and written reports, Raymond Biesinger has rendered a selection of Canada's most iconic lost buildings in his signature minimalist style. Accompanying Biesinger's illustrations are Alex Bozikovic's descriptions which capture each building's historical, cultural, and architectural significance. Bozikovic draws on local histories, archived building permits and his own extensive knowledge of the Canadian urban architectural landscape and its history - from the letters passed through Kelowna's unlikely art deco post office to the destruction of a home in Halifax's Africville - to offer fascinating, sometimes forgotten stories about each building and its significance. An impossible architectural walking tour, 305 Lost Buildings of Canada spans the country, its cities and countryside, and its history. Cities change, buildings come and go, but in this fact-filed compendium, you'll find the lost wonders of Canada's architecture.…

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Paperback. Condition: Like New. LIKE NEW, Appears unread. Spine is uncreased. 99 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. . . . . . . . FROM THE INTRODUCTION: These are all places that mattered. The list is not definitive or exhaustive. Most of the buildings in this book have gone down in our lifetime. Others fell before we were born, in the great culling of buildings in the middle of the twentieth century. Think of this book as an impossible architectural walking tour. It spans the country, its cities and countryside, and jumps across periods of history without hesitation. …

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Trade Paperback. Condition: New. 1sr Canadian Edition. The legacies of theaters, hotels, fire stations, flour mills, and more torn down, burned down, and otherwise lost are uncovered in this bittersweet collection. Using archival photographs, blueprints, and written reports, Raymond Biesinger has rendered a selection of Canadas most iconic lost buildings in his signature minimalist style. Accompanying Biesingers illustrations are Alex Bozikovics descriptions which capture each buildings historical, cultural, and architectural significance. Bozikovic draws on local histories, archived building permits and his own extensive knowledge of the Canadian urban architectural landscape and its history from the letters passed through Kelownas unlikely art deco post office to the destruction of a home in Halifaxs Africville to offer fascinating, sometimes forgotten stories about each building and its significance. An impossible architectural walking tour, 305 Lost Buildings of Canada spans the country, its cities and countryside, and its history. Cities change, buildings come and go, but in this fact-filed compendium, you'll find the lost wonders of Canada's architecture. [ Winner, AIGA 50 Books | 50 Covers and Alcuin Society Book Design Awards Second Prize] 197p.illus. glossary.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Winner, AIGA 50 Books 50 Covers Second Prize Winner, Alcuin Society Book Design Awards (Prose Illustrated) A National Bestseller The legacies of theaters, hotels, fire stations, flour mills, and more - torn down, burned down, and otherwise lost - are uncovered in this bittersweet collection. Using archival photographs, blueprints, and written reports, Raymond Biesinger has rendered a selection of Canada's most iconic lost buildings in his signature minimalist style. Accompanying Biesinger's illustrations are Alex Bozikovic's descriptions which capture each building's historical, cultural, and architectural significance. Bozikovic draws on local histories, archived building permits and his own extensive knowledge of the Canadian urban architectural landscape and its history - from the letters passed through Kelowna's unlikely art deco post office to the destruction of a home in Halifax's Africville - to offer fascinating, sometimes forgotten stories about each building and its significance. An impossible architectural walking tour, 305 Lost Buildings of Canada spans the country, its cities and countryside, and its history. Cities change, buildings come and go, but in this fact-filed compendium, you'll find the lost wonders of Canada's architecture.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. Winner, AIGA 50 Books 50 Covers Second Prize Winner, Alcuin Society Book Design Awards (Prose Illustrated) A National Bestseller The legacies of theaters, hotels, fire stations, flour mills, and more - torn down, burned down, and otherwise lost - are uncovered in this bittersweet collection. Using archival photographs, blueprints, and written reports, Raymond Biesinger has rendered a selection of Canada's most iconic lost buildings in his signature minimalist style. Accompanying Biesinger's illustrations are Alex Bozikovic's descriptions which capture each building's historical, cultural, and architectural significance. Bozikovic draws on local histories, archived building permits and his own extensive knowledge of the Canadian urban architectural landscape and its history - from the letters passed through Kelowna's unlikely art deco post office to the destruction of a home in Halifax's Africville - to offer fascinating, sometimes forgotten stories about each building and its significance. An impossible architectural walking tour, 305 Lost Buildings of Canada spans the country, its cities and countryside, and its history. Cities change, buildings come and go, but in this fact-filed compendium, you'll find the lost wonders of Canada's architecture.…