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French-Canadian architecture kept many of its traditional forms, but also adopted some English styles. Throughout British North America the Georgian style was mostly used by the middle and upper classes, and also for institutional buildings such as churches and government structures.
Designed by Quebec architect Eugène-Étienne Taché, it was the precursor of the Chateau-style in Canadian architecture; unique among armouries in Canada due to its design, it was heavily damaged by fire in 2008 Montmorency Park [22] 1908 (park established) 1966 Quebec City
A striking feature of traditional Canadian architecture was the consistent integrity between structural forms and cultural values. The wigwam , (otherwise known as wickiup or wetu ), tipi , and snow house were building forms perfectly suited to their environments and to the requirements of mobile hunting and gathering cultures.
The architecture of Quebec was at first characterized by the settlers of the rural areas along the St. Lawrence River who largely came from Normandy. The houses they built echoed their roots. The surroundings forced enough differences that a unique style developed, and the house of the New France farmer remains a symbol of French-Canadian ...
Modernist architecture in Canada (3 C, 148 P) N. Neoclassical architecture in Canada (4 C, 40 P) New Classical architecture in Canada (1 P)
A residential estate developed between 1915 and 1940 by Canadian industrialist Samuel McLaughlin; among the finest and most intact surviving examples of Canadian architectural and landscape design, featuring the work of Pearson and Darling, Frances Loring, John M. Lyle, Florence Wyle and others Penman Textile Mill [126] 1874 (completed) 1989 Paris
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McGill University, Square Mile Mansions, Canadian Architecture Collection (retrieved October 19, 2013) Quebec City, The assessment roll (retrieved November 28, 2013) Roderick Macleod, "The Road to Terrace Bank: Land Capitalization, Public Space, and the Redpath Family Home, 1837-1861", Erudit, 2003.