Saturday 27 May, 2017
In light of the temporal emphasis of the conference as a whole, this session will investigate the idea of Canadian built environment in the context of “alternative modernities,” a term that defines Modernism not as a monolithic discourse, but as multiple aesthetic, cultural, and political ways of engaging with/or countering mainstream Western modernist narratives. In other words, how do constructed spaces/buildings in Canada run parallel to, or otherwise disrupt or complicate, dominant not...
Architectural walking tour of Niagara-on-the-Lake with the Niagara Historical Society and Museum. Visite à pied de l'architecture de Niagara-on-the-Lake avec le Niagara Historical Society and Museum. Meeting Point | Point de Rencontre : Niagara Historical Soceity and Museum, 43 Castlereagh Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake. (Approx. 8 minutes walking from downtown | 8 minutes à pied du centre-ville) Guide : Glenn Smith Description :