The Glory of Ottawa

by Carolyn A. Young

Book Overview

The competition to design and construct the government buildings in Ottawa, the new national capital, was one of the most important architectural events in nineteenth-century British North America and the finished buildings inspired a major movement in Canadian federal architecture. The Glory of Ottawa focuses on the 1859 design competition for the parliamentary complex, from which these unrivalled buildings emerged. Young includes an investigation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773512276
• ISBN13: 9780773512276
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 10.1"