Clearshades
Senior Member
Abut the college next to our tower, and you would swear that was Edmonton.
Could you expand on the phrase "drawing lines" ?Formerly the Alexander Taylor School -- still owned by the the Edmonton Public School Board leased to the nonprofit E4C (assistance for the poor) -- built in 1907 -- designed by architect Roland Lines (and drawing Lines was his trade).
I believe that Hugh MacDonald was the Architect.
I don't know if I particularly like it as a trend, but this one was certainly very well done.I'm not sure if this is the proper thread for this but I thought it was applicable to "General Architecture and Design". There has been an increase in recent years of the Neo-Traditionalist architectural style, which I think is a very interesting phenomena. I don't know about everyone but for me personally buildings from eras like the Baroque, Gothic, and other older styles are "better" in my opinion. I know art is subjective and architecture is a part of that but I think most people would agree that a beautiful old building is better than the glass obelisks and arms race to create the most outlandish post-modernist building. There is a development that has gone up in Guatemala City called "Cayala" which exemplifies the ideas of Neo-Traditionalist architecture. It's built in a style that is meant to resemble the Colonial architecture of Guatemala, but also incorporates elements of the native Mayan style in interesting ways. They come together in a new sort of style that is both beautiful (in my opinion), and representative of the nation and people.
What do we think an Edmonton / Canadian style developed in this way might look like. Combining the many styles and influences from European, Indigenous and other peoples who call our country home. I think one of the reasons modernism is so prevalent is because we see it as sort of a culturally neutral style but I think this style shows we can build architecturally and culturally interesting buildings without necessarily serving one specific ethnic groups style.
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We are not a resort where appearance is important or a place with a lot of historical buildings, but a commercial centre that has grown quickly in the modern era. So in our haste, I think we often just went for the generic current North American as the default style and so have ended up looking too much like a generic modern North American city. We have forgotten or overlooked our roots.I'm not sure if this is the proper thread for this but I thought it was applicable to "General Architecture and Design". There has been an increase in recent years of the Neo-Traditionalist architectural style, which I think is a very interesting phenomena. I don't know about everyone but for me personally buildings from eras like the Baroque, Gothic, and other older styles are "better" in my opinion. I know art is subjective and architecture is a part of that but I think most people would agree that a beautiful old building is better than the glass obelisks and arms race to create the most outlandish post-modernist building. There is a development that has gone up in Guatemala City called "Cayala" which exemplifies the ideas of Neo-Traditionalist architecture. It's built in a style that is meant to resemble the Colonial architecture of Guatemala, but also incorporates elements of the native Mayan style in interesting ways. They come together in a new sort of style that is both beautiful (in my opinion), and representative of the nation and people.
What do we think an Edmonton / Canadian style developed in this way might look like. Combining the many styles and influences from European, Indigenous and other peoples who call our country home. I think one of the reasons modernism is so prevalent is because we see it as sort of a culturally neutral style but I think this style shows we can build architecturally and culturally interesting buildings without necessarily serving one specific ethnic groups style.
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