Boundary Sequence Illusion Book, Ian MacDonald Architect, Toronto Architecture Publication, Ontario
Boundary Sequence Illusion Book
Documents in Canadian Architecture Series, Ontario, Canada ? author: Brian Carter
11 May 2019
Boundary Sequence Illusion Book: Architect Ian MacDonald
Author: Brian Carter
The book is the latest in the ‘Documents in Canadian Architecture’ series published by Dalhousie Architectural Press.
Boundary Sequence Illusion Book: Architect Ian MacDonald
?Every time I travel across the country I am moved by the Canadian landscape?..It is a northern country, warmed only obliquely by the sun, a country of cold winters and long nights?..No one, I am convinced, can live with such a geography and climate without being shaped by them.?                         
John C. Parkin.

?Boundary Sequence Illusion?, the latest publication from Dalhousie Architectural Press, traces the development of houses designed by the architect Ian MacDonald. Constructed on sites often located in vast, spectacular natural landscapes these houses have been designed in response to particular geographies and extreme weather.

Documents in Canadian Architecture is a series that was initiated in 1994 with the publication of a book recording the work of Patkau Architects. Since the publication of that first book the series has sought to avoid the superficial glance that prevails in many architectural publications by providing insights and details o...