History
305 Lost Buildings of Canada
By Raymond Biesinger & Alex Bozikovic
A National Bestseller
The legacies of theaters, hotels, fire stations, flour mills, and more — torn down, burned down, and otherwise lost — are uncovered in this bittersweet collection. Using archival photographs, blueprints, and written reports, Raymond Biesinger has rendered ... Read more
Building New Brunswick
Edited by John Leroux
By John Leroux, Gary Hughes, Robert Leavitt, and Stuart Smith
Building New Brunswick takes us on a journey through time and place to discover this province's architectural legacy. Beginning with the homes of the Mi'kmaq and Maliseet, we move forward through the past: Acadian and Loyalist settlement, colonial and post-colonial periods, both ... Read more
Lions Gate
By Lilia D’Acres & Donald Luxton
Arching over the entrance to Vancouver’s harbour is a beautiful web of intricately suspended steel. It is at once a gateway, landmark, symbol and emblem of a Western city, poised at the edge of a continent gazing westward over the wide Pacific Ocean, to the East. Day and night, ... Read more
The Lost City
By John Leroux
An Atlantic Bestseller
From the 1950s through the 1970s, cities throughout North America engaged in disruptive periods of massive "urban renewal" of older, poorer areas. Neighbourhoods were razed to make way for freeways, housing projects, public amenities, sports arenas, and ... Read more