Style for the zeitgeist: The stealthy revival of historicist housing since the late 1960s

Professional Geographer

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 314-332

  Dostrovsky, Nadine ^a   Harris, Richard ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Architectural style; Canada; Housing; Suburbs; Toronto

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; HOUSING; NEOCLASSICAL THEORY; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN HISTORY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 46749150634     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330120801985901     Document Type: Article

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