Author: Cameron, Christina
Title: Charles Baillairge: Architect & Engineer
Description: New York, Mcgill-Queens Univ. Press 1989, First Edition, Hardcover. . 0773506381 Fine/Fine; Crisp, clean copy. ; 201 pages; During his career as an architect, he designed major public buildings such as the Quebec Music Hall, Laval University, Sainte-Marie de Beauce church, and Dufferin Terrace, and was supervising architect for the first Parliament Buildings in Ottawa. He was responsible for introducing Gothic and Greek Revival styles to Quebec city and fostered the use of contemporary materials in residential and commercial structures. Christina Cameron's biography of this remarkable man includes an analysis of innovations in architectural design and construction technology in Quebec City during the middle of the nineteenth century, and includes a discussion of the radical change in the role of the architect from the architect/artisan of the previous century to the professional man who no longer took any part in the actual construction. Fine in Fine dust jacket.

Keywords: Architecture