Twana Narratives: Native Historical Accounts of a Coast Salish Culture. WILLIAM W. ELMENDORF

pies of program analysis and expression, exhibits considerable potential for development. This potential is markedly evident in a comparison between their 1986 competition scheme and their 1988 erected plans for the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery. The former, admittedly envisaging a larger budget, is more complex in massing and symbolic composition, while the latter embodies a compact functional solution that actually enhances their intended play upon the fragile and decoratively useful nature of the objects exhibited inside. The reader, however, will discover a sufficiency of material to arrive at an informed judgement. The bulk of the text comprises two sections. The first reprints the architects' responses to sensible questions posed by the Toronto architect Mario Polo and by Beth Kkapusta and Bronwen Ledger, respectively assistant editor and editor of The Canadian Architect. The second contains the extensively illustrated, informative, and readable commentaries by Carter on eleven projects completed between 1983 and 1993, each addressing the issues of site, design, and construction. Again the word yields precedence to the image: crisply reproduced photographs of model, plans, sections and finished building. The remarkable fecundity and discipline of the Patkau's recent architecture — from the tightly arranged intimacy of the Pyrch house in Victoria, to the efficiently imaginative structuring of the Newton Library in Surrey, B.C. — awaits inspection there. As a final aid, the text includes an Index of Buildings and Projects 1978-1993, listing assistants as well as technical and contractoral association, a tally of awards and exhibitions, and a comprehensive bibliography. This fine publication represents a valuable contribution to the study of Canadian architecture. The series, should it maintain comparable intellectual and production standards, will do the same.