| TITLE |
date |
description |
| essay: "An Architectural History of the Church of St. Mary
Magdalene" |
1982 |
History of the Anglican church at Manning &
Ulster, Toronto |
| essay: "Architecture
or Revolution?" |
1986 |
A History and analysis of Gropius' Fagus Works,
which exemplified Modern Architecture's strategy of social reform
through design. Gropius wrote in 1911: "...the avoidance of social
upheaval depends upon the physical transformation of the
workplace..." Three questions are considered:
- Why was "architecture or revolution?" an essential question
of the period?
- What was the context of getting to this point, what prompted
this language?
- Why did they think that architecture was important enough to
forefend a revolution?
|
| essay: "Art and the Revolution: Russian Architecture,
Painting, Sculpture and Drawing 1917 to 1922" |
1999 |
An examination of the arts during the period of
the Civil War in Russia. |
| essay: "Bellemy's 'Looking Backwards' - a Second Look" |
2001 |
An examination of the book by Edward Bellemy,
entitled "Looking Backwards", (written in 1888), in which he looks
back at an ideal socialist Utopia, as if it were the year 2000.
|
| book: "
Biography of James A. Fletcher" |
2003 |
A biography of my grandfather, James A. Fletcher
III (1878 - 1972). |
| book: "
Biography of John G. Fletcher" |
2003 |
A biography of my father, John G. Fletcher III
(1911 - 2002). |
| book: "Birds on
the Left" |
1995 |
The title refers to a Russian omen of good times
to come. This is a novel of historical fiction based in the
Ukraine of the 1990s. |
| book: "Broken Earth" |
1995 |
a novel with the over-riding theme of the
inter-relatedness of Earth's systems and how they are being
degraded by human activities. "The sound you hear is the grinding
of the gears of capitalism in its last throws as all of its
contradictions come to full realization..." |
| essay: "Building as Education" |
1995 |
On buildings as more than a venue for learning,
rather as an educational tool in itself. Also the process of
building as an educational activity. |
| book: "Building
as Education" |
1995 |
On buildings as more than a venue for learning,
rather as an educational tool in itself. Also the process of
building as an educational activity. |
| essay: "Camino Latino" ('Latin Journey') |
2003 |
travelogue of my trips to Latin and South
America |
| report: "Chemical Hazards and Energy Conservation in
Buildings" |
1984 |
An analysis of contemporary hazards associated
with energy conservation measures. A report contracted and funded
by the federal department of Health and Welfare Canada.
|
| essay: "
Chess in Education" |
1996 |
A Creative, Aesthetic, and Feminist Approach to
the Life Lessons Learned by Students Studying Chess as an Integral
Part of the School Curriculum -and as a Non-school Educational
Experience. |
| book: " Chess in
Education" |
1995 |
n the application and benefits of chess within
the school curriculum. |
| book: " Chess
Matches of David Fletcher" |
1995 |
Analysis of my chess tournament play |
| book: " Chess
Theory" |
1995 |
Introduces my intuitive, non-patriarchal approach
to chess |
| "Conceptualization of Curriculuar Problems" |
1998 |
A systematic and contextual framework for the
consideration of curricular problems |
| essay: "Critique of William Grigsby's 'Housing Markets and
Public Housing'" |
1982 |
Grigsby argued that the poor continue to suffer
in poor housing, despite government efforts, because of the
misguided 'filtering down' theory. |
| essay:"Curriculum Issues: Learning in Non-School Settings" |
1998 |
Katimavik as a Educational Experience in a
Non-School Setting |
| book: " Dalyokoe" |
2002 |
Title in the Russian language refers to going a
far distance and looking back. This personal narrative consists of
my reflections on a series of episodes and encounters that I feel
played a decisive role in my development,
- --as an architect (included are digressions into theories of
architecture);
- --as an artist (included are digressions into theories of
art);
- --as a person (included are digressions into philosophy);
- --as a teacher (included are digressions into theories of
pedagogy & educational practice).
|
| essay: "Dikolne Polne" |
2000 |
History of the steppe region from Crimea to
Lugansk, Ukraine, including the period of Cossaks, anarchist
general Machno, and the Soviet Union, and the contemporary period
of instability. |
| book: " Dikolne
Polne" |
2002 |
A novel of historical fiction, taking place in
two regions: Poland and the Donbass (Eastern Ukraine). The main
character is an artistically-inclined, intellectual, vain,
self-centred, and weak willed idealist. He moves from his home in
south-east Poland to Lugansk in eastern Ukraine, because his
Scotish ancestors had planned the mines and towns of this region
called Donbass, and he wants to reconnect with his family's past.
Like the region, he goes through a moral deterioration, from 1980
to 2002. The crucial moments of his personal experiences mirror
the pivital developments of the recent history of these two
nations. The rise and triumph of the Solidarity trade union in
Poland and the collapse of the Soviet Union, as experienced in the
Donbass. |
| essay:"Distance Beyond Distance" |
2001 |
An essay on my travels in Eastern Europe.
|
| book: " Distance
Beyond Distance" |
2001 |
A novel on my travels in Eastern Europe, and the
cultural differences I encountered. |
| essay: "Ecology and Economics" |
1983 |
An analysis of contemporary economics in terms of
ecological perspectives |
| book: " Environment as
Hazard" |
1983 |
... |
| book: " Father
and Sons" |
1995 |
A novel about a stubbornly patriarchal father and
three independent-minded sons. |
| book: " Father
Makhno" |
1995 |
A history of Gerneral Makhno's Anarchist
experiment in eastern Ukraine during the Civil War, 1917 to 1921.
Makhno led an uprising against the Tsar at the age of 15 in 1905
and enjoyed the support of his soldiers and the people of his
region. They fought successfully against many invading armies:
Germans, Greens, Reds, Ukrainian Nationalist Army, Reds (again),
and Whites (under Deniken), before being finally anhiliated by the
Bolshevik Red Army (after aggreeing to ally with them and then
being betrayed). Major decisions were taken by popular vote at
large meetings. |
| essay: "Fertile Chaos" |
2002 |
An analysis of Celtic cultural & religious
practices which disputes the traditionally accepted (Roman)
anti-Celt perspectives. |
| essay: "Frozen Music" |
1980 |
An exploration of certain of my architectural
ideas developed during the 1970s |
| essay: "Higher
Nature: the Order of Nature and the Nature of Order in Palladio's
Exedral Villas" |
1987 |
A Examination of the underlying harmonics
(natural order) and the redemption of landscapes through
architectural ordering (ordered nature) in selected villas by
Renaissance architect Palladio. |
| essay: "A History of the Caravanserai" |
1980 |
Examines the extensive network of stopover
establishments in the Middle East from an architectural
perspective |
| book: "
A History of the Fletcher Clan" |
2003 |
A history of my family and its roots: from the
ancient Celts, through the formation of Scotland as an independent
country, throught conquest by the English and the highland
clearances, to migration to Canada. The focus is first on my
grandfather, James A. Fletcher III (1878 - 1972) and my father
John G. Fletcher III (1911 - 2002). |
| book: " Home as
Hazard" |
1985 |
The home as a site of cognitive dissonence
because we demand that it be safe but it is also a source of
risk. |
| book: " Home of
Revolution" |
2001 |
The home of ballerina Kreshinskaya is analysed
from the perspective of its architectural history and its
political history --being the first headquarters of the Bolsheviks
starting in 1916. |
| book: " Illuminations" |
1982 |
A work focusing on those rare moments of insight
in which epiphanies occur. An autobiographical narrative
structured in terms of episodes and encounters that I feel played
a decisive role in the development of my ideas and understanding
of life in general, and in particular my development as an artist,
with digressions into the theory of art, architecture, and the
psychology of creativity. |
| book: " Integrated Arts Approach
to Global Education" |
1992 |
On my approach to Global Education using Visual
Arts to address anti-racist education, environmental education,
|
| book: " Introducing
Canada" |
1985 |
A school textbook on the geography and history of
Canada, used in American schools. Published by the Milliken
Publishing Company, 1985. |
| book: " Introducing the
Northeastern United States" |
1986 |
A school textbook on the geography and history of
the Northeastern U.S., used in American schools. Published by the
Milliken Publishing Company, 1986. |
| book: " Journey
to Crimea" |
2002 |
A travelogue on the escape from stifling city
life into the fresh air of the mountains of the Crimean
peninsula. |
| essay: "LeCorbusier's Urbanism and Paris" |
1981 |
An analysis of LeCorbusier's re-design of the
core of Paris according to his new urbanist
principles |
| essay: "The Lessons of Hong Kong and Singapore" |
1982 |
A comparative analysis of two public housing
experiences. |
book: "Letters to Friends"
Refletctions on My Life and
Work" |
1995 |
Intimate retrospection, in the form of letters to
distant friends, on a variety of topics and experiences which have
influenced my thinking, projects, and teaching. |
| essay: "The Logic of Structures: Bridge Design Unit" |
1991 |
A curriculum unit on bridge design which
introduces the major principles of how structures
wrok. |
| book: " My Year
in the Forest" |
1995 |
Story of my experiences in the isolated region of
mountains, forests, and lakes northeast of Vancouver,
B.C. |
| essay: "Ontario House Typology Survey" |
1981 |
Report done for the Ontario Ministry of Energy on
the energy efficiency of Ontario houses |
| essay: "The Order of Nature & the Nature of Order" |
1998 |
An analysis of the architecture of Palladio in
terms of environmental philosophy |
| essay: "Ozone Depletion" |
1976 |
Analysis of the causes and consequences of
significant reductions in Earth's ozone layer. |
| book: " The
Palace of the Soviets" |
1995 |
A work which traces the conception, design
competition, and ultimate abandonment of the construction of a
great Palace of the Soviets in Moscow. It was to be the biggest,
tallest building in the world. |
| essay: "The Prisoners' Dilemma -Applied to Issues of the
Environment" |
1983 |
Examines the lessons learned about the way people
make decisions in groups (most notably they are disproportionately
influenced by unlikely but high returns) and act not in their best
self interest, and applies these to ongoing problems of our
relationship to the environment |
| essay: "Psychosemiology and the Recognition of Building
Types" |
1981 |
A study examining how people recognize building
types reveals the psychological structures that make up our
systems of sign symbolism. |
| essay: "The Public Perception of Indoor Air Pollution Hazards"
|
1984 |
An analysis of contemporary public perceptions of
the risks associated with indoor air contamination from outgassing
of furnature, radon gas, and other pollutants |
| essay: "Reform Movements of the 1890s and 1960s --a
Comparison" |
1981 |
Comparison of how reform in the 1890s meant
depoliticisation (ie. no parties) and reform in the 1960s meant
politicization. |
| essay: "Radon Mitigation in Existing Homes" |
1986 |
Techniques to reduce the risks associated with
radon gases in air-sealed homes. Sources tend to be cracks in
basement walls which should be sealed. |
| essay: "A Review of the Metropolitan Toronto & Region
Conservation Authority" |
1984 |
Report on my study undertaken with funding from
the Ontario Ministry of the Environment |
| essay: "
Reflections on the REVOLUTION in ONTARIO: Lessons from the Street
During Ten Days that Shook the Province" |
1998 |
An anecdotal account of the Oct. - Nov. 1997
Strike by Ontario teachers against the Tory Bill 160.
|
| book: " Safe
Conduct" |
1995 |
On the nature of acceptable risk and perceived
safety. |
| essay: "Second Nature" |
1999 |
The story. |
| book: " Silent
Summer" |
1995 |
Novel surrounding the 1636 order, by the
Patriarch of Russia, that all musical instruments be burned. Set
in a bleak provincial town in southern Russia, it is a story about
human connection and disconnection --and the role that music
plays. Specifically, the metaphysical ripples caused by the one
act of the banning of music. |
| book: "Still Life" |
1995 |
Story of the daily life of a woman in Crimea
--which is unchanging despite dramatic political and economic
turmoil. |
| book: " Teachers'
House |
1999 |
A history of the Kiev's Teachers' House which
traces its conception, design competition, construction, use
--including as the first Kiev headquarters of the Bolsheviks in
1917. |
| book: " Theories
on Chess Strategy" |
1995 |
Applies my approach to chess to large scale
stategies. |
| book: " Towards
an Ecozoic Curriculum" |
1995 |
On enviornmental education. Published by the
Etobicoke Board of Education, 1995. |
| essay: "Turtles All the Way Down" |
1983 |
A journal of conversations with Peter Timmerman
|
| essay: "Upgrading of Rural Dwellings and Energy Conservation"
|
1981 |
techniques to improve the energy efficiency of
rural homes. Introduced the measure or index I called:
"habitability". |
| essay: "White Death" |
1998 |
A history of the construction of the Baltic-White
Sea Canal by forced labour in the 1930s |
| book: " White
Death" |
1995 |
A novel of historical fiction, taking place in
the far north of Russia during the 1930s construction of the
Baltic-White Sea Canal by forced labour. One story amongst many
within the GULAG system of Stalin's Soviet Union. |
| book: " Work in
Progress" |
1995 |
A collection of writings and drawings related to
architectural theory:
- Volume One: 1979 - 1980;
- Volume Two: 1980 - 1981;
- Volume Three: 1981 - 1983;
- Volume Four: 1983 - 1988;
- Volume Five: 1989 - 1990;
- Volume Six: 1990 - 1999;
- Volume Seven: 1999 - 20__;
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